| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | Jesus Took Him by the Hand | | Thomas Toke Lynch (1818–1871) |
| | | THE SUFFERER had been heard to say, | |
| “I am the unhappiest in the land;” | |
| But comforted went on his way, | |
| When Jesus took him by the hand. | |
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| The poor man had been oft passed by | 5 |
| By many people rich and grand; | |
| But found at last prosperity, | |
| When Jesus took him by the hand. | |
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| The sinner in unpitied blame | |
| Was perishing, an outcast banned; | 10 |
| But rose, and left behind his shame, | |
| When Jesus took him by the hand. | |
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| And many of whom all men said, | |
| “They’ve fallen never more to stand,” | |
| Have risen, though they seemed as dead, | 15 |
| When Jesus took them by the hand. | |
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| O ye, who in the journey’s length | |
| Must often tread the weary sand, | |
| Your fainting limbs will gather strength | |
| If Jesus takes you by the hand. | 20 |
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| “Come unto me,” the Saviour cries, | |
| Nor speaks in accents falsely bland: | |
| “Hard is the way,” He says, “but rise:” | |
| And then He takes us by the hand. | | | | |
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