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Bitter Indeed The Waters Are
Exodus 15:23-25
BITTERWATERS
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John Newton, 1725-1807 |
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Kathleen Shea Vick, 1953- |
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1. Bitter, indeed, the waters are,
which from this desert flow.
Though to the eye they promise fair, they taste of sin and woe.
Of pleasing drafts I once could dream, but now awake I find,
that sin has poisoned every stream and left a curse behind.
2. But, there's a wonder-working wood,
I've heard believers say,
can make these bitter waters good and take the curse away.
The virtues of this healing tree are known and prized by few.
Reveal this secret, LORD, to me that I may prize it, too.
3. The cross on which the Saviour died
and conquered for His saints:
this is the tree, by faith applied, which sweetens all complaints.
Thousands who've found the blest effect, no longer mourn their lot.
While on His sorrows they reflect, their own are all forgot.
Irregular Ending:
When they by faith (when they by faith)
behold the cross (behold the cross), though many griefs they meet,
they draw again from every loss and find the bitter sweet.
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