John 2:2

• [Joh 2:2] How Welcome Was The Call

  How welcome was the call, And sweet the festal lay, When Jesus deigned in Cana’s hall To bless the marriage day! And happy was the bride, And glad the bridegroom’s heart, For He Who tarried at their side Bade grief and ill depart. His gracious power divine The water vessels knew; And plenteous was the mystic wine The wondering servants drew. O Lord of life and love, Come Thou again today; And bring a blessing from above That ne’er shall pass away. O bless, as erst of old, The bridegroom and the bride; Bless with the holier stream that flowed Forth from Thy piercèd side. Before Thine altar throne This mercy we implore; As Thou dost knit them, Lord, in one, So bless them evermore.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

John 5:3

• [Joh 5:3] Beside The Gospel Pool

  Beside the Gospel pool Appointed for the poor; From year to year, my helpless soul Has waited for a cure. How often have I seen The healing waters move; And others, round me, stepping in Their efficacy prove. But my complaints remain, I feel the very same; As full of guilt, and fear, and pain. As when at first I came. O would the Lord appear My malady to heal; He knows how long I’ve languished here; And what distress I feel. How often have I thought Why should I longer lie? Surely the mercy I have sought Is not for such as I. But whither can I go? There is no other pool Where streams of sovereign virtue flow To make a sinner whole. Here then, from day to day, I’ll wait, and hope, and try; Can Jesus hear a sinner pray, Yet suffer him to die? No: He is full of grace; He never will permit A soul, that fain would see His face, To perish at His feet.

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  source: Cyberhymnal