Saviour, who didst healing give,
Still in power go before us;
Thou through death didst bid men live.
Unto fuller life restore us:
Strength from thee the fainting found,
Deaf men heard, the blind went seeing;
At thy touch was banished sickness,
And the leper felt new being.

Thou didst work thy deeds of old
Through the loving hands of others:
Still thy mercies manifold
Bless men by the hands of brothers;
Angels still before thy face
Go, sweet health to brothers bringing;
Still, hearts glow to tell his praises
With whose name the Church is ringing.

Loved physician! for his word,
Lo, the gospel page burns brighter:
Mission servant of the Lord,
Painter true and faithful writer:
Saviour, of thy bounty send
Such as Luke of Gospel story,
Friends to all in body's prison
Till the sufferer see thy glory.


H. D. Rawnsley