Scripture Verse

A woman, who was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touched the hem of His garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. Matthew 9:20–21

Introduction

Words: Mar­tha White, 1899. Ap­peared in The Voice of Me­lo­dy, ed­it­ed by Ed­mund S. Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz, 1900), num­ber 57.

Music: James M. Dun­gan (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of White or Dun­gan (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Let me touch the hem of His gar­ment,
And the touch will make me whole;
Let me reach the bless­èd Sav­ior,
The Re­deem­er of my soul.

Refrain

You can now touch the hem of His gar­ment,
If by faith you en­ter in,
He will cleanse you from your sin;
You can now touch the hem of His gar­ment,
He will cleanse and make you clean.

Tho’ the throng is dense and threat’n­ing,
Still my Sav­ior’s form I see;
Could I on­ly touch His gar­ment,
That alone would par­don me.

Refrain

Tho’ my sins be great and ma­ny,
Yet His voice I seem to hear;
Stand aside, O care­less list­en­er,
Let the wea­ry ones draw near.

Refrain

Let me touch the hem of His gar­ment,
While the Bless­èd One is nigh;
For the throng grows dense and dens­er,
And they soon will pass me by.

Refrain