Mark 8:23: He took the blind man by the hand, and led, &c

Out of the crowd He first must take,
Before His grace He show:
Sinner, the busy world forsake.
And with thy Saviour go;
Then shall the God of pardoning love
Bid all thy sin depart.
And by a sovereign touch remove
The blindness of thy heart.

Me by the hand Thy grace hath took,
Kind leader of a sinner blind.
Through Thee I have the world forsook.
And wait Thy healing touch to find,
That when Thou dost my sight restore
My faith may wonder and adore.

Thy hand upon Thy creature lay,
The Spirit of Thy powerful love,
Mould as Thou wilt the passive clay;
Jesus, in whom I live and move,
Apply Thine own balsamic blood.
And show my heart the pardoning God.