University of Virginia Library

1968.

[He waits; to manifest His grace]

When He had heard therefore that he was sick, &c. —xi. 6.

He waits; to manifest His grace,
To help His dying friend, delays,
The sickness lingers to remove,
But not through want of power or love.

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Thus our Physician from the sky
Lets a beloved patient die,
And then exerts His power to save
And lifts the sinner from the grave.