At Even, Ere The Sun Was Set by Charles Wesley


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At Even, Ere The Sun Was Set
by Charles Wesley

Album: Hymns 57 - Various Seasons and Occasions, Evening Hymn (967-974)


1 AT even, ere the sun was set,
The sick, O Lord, around thee lay;
O in what divers pains they met!
O with what joy they went away!

2 Once more 'tis eventide, and we
Oppressed with various ills draw near:
What if thy form we cannot see?
We know and feel that thou art here.

3 O Saviour Christ, our woes dispel!
For some are sick, and some are sad,
And some have never loved thee well,
And some have lost the love they had;

4 And some have found the world is vain,
Yet from the world they break not free;
And some have friends who give them pain.
Yet have not sought a friend in thee;

5 And all, O Lord, crave perfect rest,
And to be wholly free from sin;
And they who fain would serve thee best
Are conscious most of wrong within.

6 O Saviour Christ, thou too art man!
Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried;
Thy kind but searching glance can scan
The very wounds that shame would hide,

7 Thy touch has still its ancient power;
No word from thee can fruitless fall;
Hear in this solemn evening hour,
And in thy mercy heal us all.


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I was raised in the Salvation Army and this was a favourite prayer song for our prayer meeting after sermon so good to see it here- what an angelic song writer he was, how gifted in gospel doctrine - Feb 2023

This is the best healing song I have ever seen. Ever since I found it in the Methodist hymn book, I have been using it whenever I need God's healing in my life and when praying for others. - Jan 2021


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