THOUGHTS IN SICKNESS.
Oh Thou, whose healing touch
So oft the sick did save,
When thou didst dwell with men below,
And meet affliction's wave,
In weakness and in woe,
I bow my drooping head,
Give thou thy pitying angels charge
To watch my lonely bed.
Far from a mother's love,
Far from a sister's care
I lift my waiting eyes to Thee,
Regard my lonely prayer.
Be near me, while the hours
Oppress'd with suffering, roll,
And make each pain a teacher, Lord,
To my repentant soul.
Should vigorous health once more
Reanimate my frame,
Inspire me with a purer zeal
To glorify Thy name,
To keep thy just commands,
My humbled heart incline,
And grant that both in life and death
Thy holy will be mine.