We found "the leper" used in 15 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
the leper
...May listen to the word,
Like Naaman the leper,
And turn and seek the Lord....
May listen to the word,
Like Naaman the leper,
And turn and seek the Lord.
...Refused so strong appeal,
And there the leper was made whole,
Where humbly he did kneel....
Refused so strong appeal,
And there the leper was made whole,
Where humbly he did kneel.
...Refused so strong appeal,
And there the leper was made whole,
Where humbly he did kneel....
Refused so strong appeal,
And there the leper was made whole,
Where humbly he did kneel.
...Teach us purity.
Thou whose touch could heal the leper,
Make the blind to see;...
Teach us purity.
Thou whose touch could heal the leper,
Make the blind to see;
...Lord! whose love, in power excelling,
Washed the leper’s stain away,
Jesus! from Thy heavenly dwelling,...
Lord! whose love, in power excelling,
Washed the leper’s stain away,
Jesus! from Thy heavenly dwelling,
...The palsied and the lame,
The leper with his tainted life,
The sick with fevered frame....
The palsied and the lame,
The leper with his tainted life,
The sick with fevered frame.
...For He healed their sick at even,
And He cured the leper’s sore,
So that sinful men and women sinned no more;...
For He healed their sick at even,
And He cured the leper’s sore,
So that sinful men and women sinned no more;
...Wand’ring afar from the dwellings of men,
Hear the sad cry of the lepers, the ten;
Jesus have mercy! brings healing divine,...
Wand’ring afar from the dwellings of men,
Hear the sad cry of the lepers, the ten;
Jesus have mercy! brings healing divine,
...Did not His Word the fiends expel,
The lepers cleanse, and raise the dead?
Did He not all their sickness heal,...
Did not His Word the fiends expel,
The lepers cleanse, and raise the dead?
Did He not all their sickness heal,
...Hide not Thy face from me;
Sick and faint, as the leper came,
Jesus, I come to Thee....
Hide not Thy face from me;
Sick and faint, as the leper came,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
...start
Oft as the leper’s case I read,
My own described I feel;...
start
Oft as the leper’s case I read,
My own described I feel;
...By the purple sea,
Jesus hears the leper
Cry in misery....
By the purple sea,
Jesus hears the leper
Cry in misery.
...They sing and shout for joy.
Behold at once the lepers cleansed,
Touched by the Savior’s hand:...
They sing and shout for joy.
Behold at once the lepers cleansed,
Touched by the Savior’s hand:
...They listen, and Heaven springs up in their heart.
The lepers from all their spots are made clean,
The dead by His call are raised from their sin;...
They listen, and Heaven springs up in their heart.
The lepers from all their spots are made clean,
The dead by His call are raised from their sin;
...Mother, or behold her face,
If you keep the leper’s place,
Waiting at the pool;...
Mother, or behold her face,
If you keep the leper’s place,
Waiting at the pool;
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