588    C.M.     W. Gadsby
The Beggar. Mark 10. 46, 47; Ps. 34. 6; 72. 12

1 A limping beggar, clothed in rags;
  Disgraceful and forlorn;
  In self a mass of hateful dregs,
  In Satan’s image born;

2 To Jesus comes, with all his woes,
  And loud for mercy cries;
  And mercy, like a river, flows
  From Jesus’ heart and eyes.

3 He takes the rebel to his breast,
  And, with a touch divine,
  Heals him of all his wretchedness,
  And makes his face to shine.

4 Himself he binds by oath and blood,
  To take the wretch to bliss;
  Then gives his soul a glimpse of God,
  And kills him with a kiss.

5 Salvation unto God belongs!
  Amen! we’ll bless his name;
  And when we have immortal tongues,
  We’ll still repeat the same.