FAITH IN JESUS

"Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean." Matthew 8:2

Words: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby, in Welcome Tidings: A New Collection of Sacred Songs for the Sunday School (New York: Biglow & Main, 1877).
Music: William Howard Doane.

Gracious Lord, Thou canst make me clean; hide not Thy face from me;
Sick and faint, as the leper came, Jesus, I come to Thee.
Thou canst remove the plague of sin, washing my inmost soul;
Jesus, I come with breaking heart, help me and make me whole.

Refrain

Gracious Lord, Thou canst make me clean;
Speak, and my soul shall live;
O my faith will not let Thee go
Till Thou my sin forgive.

Gracious Lord, Thou canst make me clean; weary and sad am I;
Bending low at Thy sacred feet, hear my repentant cry;
Faith in Thy Word has led me here, faith cannot plead in vain;
Lord, I believe; O cleanse me now, wash me from every stain.

Refrain

Gracious Lord, Thou canst make me clean; Lord, I am pleading still;
Now I hear from Thy lips divine, "Child, thou hast faith--I will";
Joy to my soul, great joy has come, mourning and tears are o'er;
Sweet are the words of Thy love to me, "Go thou, and sin no more."

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