The great Physician now is near
The great Physician now is near. William Hunter* (1811-1877).
Published in Hunter’s Songs of Devotion (Pittsburgh, 1859), entitled ‘Christ the Physician’. Stanzas 4, 5 and 7 of the original have been omitted in many books, including the Baptist Hymnal (various editions). Reynolds (1976) quotes the three stanzas:
4. The children too, both great and small,
Who love the name of Jesus,
May now accept the gracious call
To work and live for Jesus.
5. Come, brethren, help me sing His praise,
Oh, praise the name of Jesus;
Oh sisters, all your voices raise,
Oh, bless the name of Jesus.
7. And when to that bright world above,
We rise to see our...
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