The phrase "Physician" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Physician
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Earth’s physicians know not to heal thee,
Thou hast tried them again and again;...
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Earth’s physicians know not to heal thee,
Thou hast tried them again and again;
...Till Jesus made me whole!
There is but one physician
Can cure a sin-sick soul!...
Till Jesus made me whole!
There is but one physician
Can cure a sin-sick soul!
...And can no sovereign balm be found,
And is no kind physician nigh,
To ease the pain, and heal the wound,...
And can no sovereign balm be found,
And is no kind physician nigh,
To ease the pain, and heal the wound,
...And where shall I appear?
O Thou Physician blest,
Make clean my guilty soul...
And where shall I appear?
O Thou Physician blest,
Make clean my guilty soul
...Balm descendeth from on high,
For we have a great physician,
And His coming draweth nigh....
Balm descendeth from on high,
For we have a great physician,
And His coming draweth nigh.
...Let love of Christ attend:
Proclaim the good Physician’s mind,
And prove the Savior friend....
Let love of Christ attend:
Proclaim the good Physician’s mind,
And prove the Savior friend.
...Often were they wounded in the deadly strife;
Heal them, Good Physician, with the balm of life.
Every taint of evil, frailty and decay,...
Often were they wounded in the deadly strife;
Heal them, Good Physician, with the balm of life.
Every taint of evil, frailty and decay,
...Often were they wounded in the deadly strife;
Heal them, good Physician, with the balm of life.
Every taint of evil, frailty and decay,...
Often were they wounded in the deadly strife;
Heal them, good Physician, with the balm of life.
Every taint of evil, frailty and decay,
...Hast thou not heard of Gilead’s balm—
The great Physician there,
Who can thy slavish fear disarm,...
Hast thou not heard of Gilead’s balm—
The great Physician there,
Who can thy slavish fear disarm,
...Physicians all had failed;
But Jesus, the Physician Great,
For him has now availed....
Physicians all had failed;
But Jesus, the Physician Great,
For him has now availed.
...Physicians all had failed;
But Jesus, the Physician Great,
For him has now availed....
Physicians all had failed;
But Jesus, the Physician Great,
For him has now availed.
...Salvation through His blood.
My great physician heals the sick,
The lost He came to save;...
Salvation through His blood.
My great physician heals the sick,
The lost He came to save;
...The Christ to see, the Christ to see?
O Great Physician from above,
Heal Thou the sin-sick souls we love!...
The Christ to see, the Christ to see?
O Great Physician from above,
Heal Thou the sin-sick souls we love!
...I humbly seek to touch my Lord.
Turn then, Thou good Physician, turn,
Thou source of unexhausted love;...
I humbly seek to touch my Lord.
Turn then, Thou good Physician, turn,
Thou source of unexhausted love;
...Suppliant, Lord, to Thee I bow.
Thou the true Physician art;
Thou, O Christ, canst health impart,...
Suppliant, Lord, to Thee I bow.
Thou the true Physician art;
Thou, O Christ, canst health impart,
...The pains and woes Thou didst endure;
For all who need, Physician great,
Thy healing balm we supplicate....
The pains and woes Thou didst endure;
For all who need, Physician great,
Thy healing balm we supplicate.
...To the sick, not to the whole,
The Physician brings relief;
Fear not, therefore, but draw nigh;...
To the sick, not to the whole,
The Physician brings relief;
Fear not, therefore, but draw nigh;
...The only balm is sovereign grace,
And the physician, God.
Our beauty and our strength are fled,...
The only balm is sovereign grace,
And the physician, God.
Our beauty and our strength are fled,
...But ye hear not, Peace, be still!
Sin sick soul, just now the Great Physician
Offers balm for every ill;...
But ye hear not, Peace, be still!
Sin sick soul, just now the Great Physician
Offers balm for every ill;
...He will not cast thee out.
So near the great Physician,
Go, touch His garment’s hem;...
He will not cast thee out.
So near the great Physician,
Go, touch His garment’s hem;
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