Hymn
The Good Physician
- Writer
- John Newton
- Meter
- 7.6.7.6 D
How lost was my condition,
Till Jesus made me whole,
There is but one Physician
Can cure a sin-sick soul.
There is a balm in Gilead,
To make the wounded whole,
There's pow'r enough in Jesus,
To cure a sin-sick soul.
The worst of all diseases
Is light, compared with sin;
On ev'ry part it seizes,
But rages most within.
'Tis palsy, plague, and fever,
And madness all combined,
And none but a believer,
The least relief can find.
A dying, risen Jesus
Seen by the eye of faith,
At once from danger frees us
And saves the soul from death.
Come then to this Physician,
His help He'll freely give,
He makes no hard condition,
'Tis only look and live.
The Good Physician — Text from The New Praiseworthy, 1916. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-good-physician
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Good Physician?
The words of The Good Physician were written by John Newton; the version here was published in 1916. The library holds 37 more hymns by John Newton, including Mary to Her Savior's Tomb and When any turn from Zion's way.
Is The Good Physician public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The New Praiseworthy, published in 1916. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of The Good Physician?
The Good Physician is in 7.6.7.6 D. Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, From all Thy Saints in Warfare, Now Be the Gospel Baner and Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus.