HEAL us, Emmanuel! we are here, Waiting to feel Thy touch; Deep-wounded souls to Thee repair, And, Saviour, we are such.
Our faith is feeble, we confess, We faintly trust Thy Word; But wilt Thou pity us the less? Be that far from Thee, Lord!
Remember him who once applied With trembling for relief: ‘Lord, I believe,’ with tears he cried, ‘O help my unbelief!’
She, too, who touched Thee in the press, And healing virtue stole, Was answered, ‘Daughter, go in peace; Thy faith hath made thee whole.’
Like her, with hopes and fears we come, To touch Thee, if we may; O send us not despairing home, Send none unhealed away.
William Cowper, 1731-1800