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1305.
[To Thee I now draw near]
She came behind Him, and touched the border.
—viii. 44.
To Thee I now draw near,
With faith and shame and fear
Mercy at Thy feet implore,
Feel my own unworthiness,
Faint without Thy saving power,
Die without Thy healing grace.
With faith and shame and fear
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Feel my own unworthiness,
Faint without Thy saving power,
Die without Thy healing grace.
Source of my holiness,
Thy manhood I confess;
Through the means to Thee apply,
Wait Thy Spirit to receive;
Let it heal and purify,
Jesus, in Thy patient live.
Thy manhood I confess;
Through the means to Thee apply,
Wait Thy Spirit to receive;
Let it heal and purify,
Jesus, in Thy patient live.
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