Jesus, Who Bought Us with His Blood

Jesus

who bought us with His blood

And makes our souls His care

Was known of old as Is­ra­el’s God

And an­swered Ja­bez’ pray­er.

Jabez! a child of grief! the name

Befits poor sin­ners well;

For Je­sus bore the cross and shame

To save our souls from hell.

Teach us

O Lord

like him

to plead

For mer­cies from above;

O come

and bless our souls in­deed

With light

and joy

and love.

The Gos­pel’s pro­mised land is wide

We fain would en­ter in;

But we are pressed

on ev­ery side

With un­belief and sin.

Arise

O Lord

en­large our coast

Let us pos­sess the whole;

That Sa­tan may no long­er boast

He can Thy work con­trol.

Oh

may Thine hand be with us still

Our guide and guard­ian be;

To keep us safe from ev­ery ill

Till death shall set us free.

Help us on Thee to cast our care

And on Thy Word to rest;

That Is­ra­el’s God

who hear­eth pray­er

Will grant us our re­quest.