The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the Gospel is preached.
Luke 7:22
Words: Louis F. Benson, 1927.
Music: Hesperus Henry Baker, 1854. First published in A Hymnal for Use in the English Church, by John Grey, 1866 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Baker (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
By roads that wound uphill and down,
Beside the lake in Galilee,
From house to house, from town to town,
Our Lord fulfilled His ministry.
He healed the sick, He cured the blind,
He sought for those who went astray;
He told the lost that God is kind
And set them on the homeward way.
How blest the homes that knew Him then;
And holy yet the paths He trod!
O gracious heart that loved all men!
O patient feet that walked with God!
Lord Christ, forevermore the same
In Heaven as in Galilee,
Embolden us to name Thy name,
To make our lives a ministry.