As When the Hebrew Prophet Raised (EN 4141)

EN 4141 As When the Hebrew Prophet Raised

John.3.14

Versi Version 1

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As when the Hebrew prophet raised

[originally So did the Hebrew prophet raise]

The brazen serpent high,

The wounded looked and straight were cured,

The people ceased to die.

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So from the Savior on the cross

A healing virtue flows;

Who looks to Him with lively faith

Is saved from endless woes.

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For God gave up His Son to death,

So generous was His love,

That all the faithful might enjoy

Eternal life above.

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Not to condemn the sons of men

The Son of God appeared;

No weapons in His hand are seen,

Nor voice of terror heard.

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He came to raise our fallen state,

And our lost hopes restore;

Faith leads us to the mercy seat,

And bids us fear no more.

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Watts’ original version:

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So did the Hebrew prophet raise

The brazen serpent high,

The wounded felt immediate ease,

The camp forbore to die.

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“Look upward in the dying hour,

And live,” the prophet cries;

But Christ performs a nobler cure,

When Faith lifts up her eyes.

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High on the cross the Savior hung,

High in the heav’ns he reigns:

Here sinners by th’ old serpent stung

Look, and forget their pains.

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When God’s own Son is lifted up,

A dying world revives;

The Jew beholds the glorious hope,

Th’expiring Gentile lives.

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