Hymn
The Healing Power of Jesus
Behold, the blind their sight receive!
Behold, the dead awake and live!
The dumb speak wonders, and the lame
Leap like the hart, and bless His name.
Thus doth th'eternal Spirit own
And seal the mission of the Son;
The Father vindicates His cause,
While He hangs bleeding on the cross.
He dies; the heavens in mourning stood;
He rises, and appears a God.
Behold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed, no more to die.
Hence, and forever, from my heart
I bid my doubts and fears depart;
And to those hands my soul resign,
Which bear credentials so divine.
The Healing Power of Jesus — Text from Book of Worship (Rev. ed.), 1870. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-healing-power-of-jesus
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Healing Power of Jesus?
The words of The Healing Power of Jesus were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1870. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including God our Preserver and The Goodness of God.
Is The Healing Power of Jesus public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Book of Worship (Rev. ed.), published in 1870. 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 metre of The Healing Power of Jesus?
The Healing Power of Jesus is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Sinner, O, why so thoughtless grown?, A Dying Savior and Grieving For the Transgressors.