‘SINNERS Jesus will receive’; Say this word of grace to all Who the heavenly pathway leave, All who linger, all who fall; This can bring them back again, ‘Christ receiveth sinful men.’
Sick, and sorrowful, and blind, I, with all my sins, draw nigh; O my Saviour, Thou canst find Help for sinners such as I; Speak that word of love again, ‘Christ receiveth sinful men.’
Now my soul is comforted, For Thy blood has washed away All my sins, though crimson-red; And I stand in white array, Purged from every spot and stain; ‘Christ receiveth sinful men.’
‘Christ receiveth sinful men’: Even me, with all my sin; Opens Heaven to me again; With Him I may enter in: Death has no more sting nor pain; ‘Christ receiveth sinful men.’
Erdmann eumeister, 1671-1756, tr Emma Frances Bevan, 1827-1909