Cross and Comfort
Blind Bartimaeus
- Words:
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, alt, 1842.
- Music:
- 'Fillmore' Jeremiah Ingalls (1764-1828).
- Setting:
- "The Methodist Hymnal", 1905.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 8 8 8
- 1Blind Bartimaeus at the gatesOf Jericho in darkness waits:He hears the crowd; he hears a breathsay "It is Christ of Nazareth!"And calls in tones of agony,"O Jesus, Jesus pity me!"
- 2The thronging multitudes increase"Blind Bartimaeus, hold thy peace!"But still, above the noisy crowd,The blind man's cry is shrill and loud:Until they say, "He calleth thee;Courage! arise! He calleth thee!"
- 3Then saith the Christ, as silent standsThe crowd, "What wilt thou at My hands?"And he replies, "O give me light!Rabbi, restore the blind man's sight."And Jesus answers, "Go thy way,Thy faith, thy faith hath savèd thee."
- 4Ye that hath eyes and cannot see,In darkness and in misery,Recall those mighty voices three‐"O Jesus, Jesus pity me!""Courage! arise! He calleth thee!""Thy faith, thy faith hath savèd thee."
Scripture
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 2 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Fillmore, is in 83 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.