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O Christ, the healer, we have comeAuthor: Fred Pratt Green (1969)Published in 17 hymnals Printable scores: PDF, SibeliusAudio files: MIDI | ||
1 O Christ, the healer, we have come
to pray for health, to plead for friends.
How can we fail to be restored,
when reached by love that never ends?
2 From every ailment flesh endures
our bodies clamor to be freed;
yet in our hearts we would confess
that wholeness is our deepest need.
3 How strong, O Lord, are our desires,
how weak our knowledge of ourselves!
Release in us those healing truths
unconscious pride resists or shelves.
4 In conflicts that destroy our health,
we diagnose the world's disease;
our common life declares our ills:
is there no cure, O Christ, for these?
5 Grant that we all, made one in faith,
in your community may find
the wholeness that, enriching us,
shall reach the whole of humankind.
The Reverend Fred Pratt Green (2 September 1903 – 22 October 2000) CBE was a British Methodist minister and hymnwriter.
Born in Roby, Lancashire, England, he began his ministry in the Filey circuit. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1928 and served circuits in the north and south of England until 1969. During his career as a minister he wrote numerous plays and hymns. It was not until he retired, however, that he began writing prolifically.
His hymns reflect his rejection of fundamentalism and show his concern with social issues. They include many that were written to supply obvious liturgical needs of the modern church, speaking to topics or appropriate for events for which there were few traditional hymns available. His… Go to person page >| First Line: | O Christ, the healer, we have come |
| Title: | O Christ, the Healer |
| Author: | Fred Pratt Green (1969) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | © 1969 Hope Publishing Company |
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| Instances (15) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Chalice Hymnal #503 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | O Christ, the Healer | Fred Pratt Green | Anonymous; Edward Miller | 8.8.8.8 | ROCKINGHAM | D Major | English | 1995 | ||||||||
| Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #513 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #717 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | Frederick Pratt Green (1903-2000) | Georg Joseph | 8.8.8.8 | ANGELUS | E Flat Major | English | 2005 | |||||||||
| Common Praise #291 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | O Christ, the Healer | Fred Pratt Green (1903-) | 8.8.8.8 | Psalm 6; Psalm 41; Hosea 6:1-6; Matthew 8:14-17; Matthew 9:2-8; Matthew 9:18-26; Matthew 15:21-28; Matthew 15:29-39; Mark 1:29-39; Mark 2:1-12; Mark 5:21-43; Mark 7:24-37; Luke 5:17-26; Luke 7:1-10; Luke 8:40-56; Luke 9:1-6; Luke 17:11-19; Luke 18:35-43; John 5:1-9; James 5:13-20; Psalm 6; Psalm 41; Hosea 6:1-6; Matthew 8:14-17; Matthew 9:2-8; Matthew 9:18-26; Matthew 15:21-28; Matthew 15:29-39; Mark 1:29-39; Mark 2:1-12; Mark 5:21-43; Mark 7:24-37; Luke 5:17-26; Luke 7:1-10; Luke 8:40-56; Luke 9:1-6; Luke 17:11-19; Luke 18:35-43; John 5:1-9; James 5:13-20 | ANGELUS | E Flat Major | 1998 | |||||||||
| Evangelical Lutheran Worship #610 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 | 8.8.8.8 | DISTRESS | d minor | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Hymnal Supplement II #67 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | O Christ, the Healer | WAREHAM | 1987 | |||||||||||||
| Presbyterian Hymnal #380 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | O Christ, the Healer | Fred Pratt Green | J. S. Bach | 8.8.8.8 | ERHALT UNS, HERR | e minor | English | 1990 | ||||||||
| Renew! #191 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come | Fred Pratt Green | Joseph Klug, c. 1500-c. 1552 | 8.8.8.8 | ERHALT UNS, HERR | e minor or modal | English | 1995 | ||||||||
| Sing Glory: Hymns, Psalms and Songs for a New Century #489 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | 8.8.8.8 | 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Sing Praise to God: the Hymntunes of Iam Kellam #11 | O Christ, the Healer, we have come | O Christ, the Healer | Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 | Ian Kellam | 8.8.8.8 | DAVANN | B Flat Major | English | 2005 | ||||||||
| The New Century Hymnal #175 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come | Fred Pratt Green | Richard Gieseke | 8.8.8.8 | Luke 9:37-43; Matthew 8:5-13; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 7:1-10 | KENTRIDGE | E Flat Major | 1995 | ||||||||
| The United Methodist Hymnal #265 | O Christ, the healer, we have come to pray for health | O Christ, the Healer | Fred Pratt Green | J. S. Bach | 8.8.8.8 | ERHALT UNS HERR | e minor or modal | English | 1989 | ||||||||
| Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II #638 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | 8.8.8.8 | 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Wonder, Love, and Praise: a supplement to the Hymnal 1982 #772 | O Christ, the healer we have come | O Christ, the healer | Fred Pratt Green (b. 1903) | Elkanah Kelsay Dare (1782-1826) | 8.8.8.8 | KEDRON | c minor or modal | English | 1997 | ||||||||
| Worship and Rejoice #638 | O Christ, the healer, we have come | O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come | Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 | Robert A. Schumann, 1810-1856 | 8.8.8.8 | Mark 1:34; Luke 5:15; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Mark 2:3-12; Luke 5:18-26; Matthew 8:17; Luke 18:42; Matthew 15:30; Mark 6:13; Psalm 103:3; Luke 9:11; Matthew 12:15; John 7:23; Luke 9:42; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 8:13; Luke 17:15; Matthew 15:28; Mark 5:28; Psalm 90:7-15; Luke 8:47-50; Matthew 9:35; John 5:13; Matthew 21:14; Luke 4:40; Matthew 8:8; Luke 14:4; Matthew 14:36; Mark 5:23; Genesis 3:17-19; Luke 6:19; Matthew 9:21-22; John 5:10; Matthew 19:2; Mark 10:52; Matthew 4:23-24; Luke 13:14; Matthew 14:14; Mark 3:10; Luke 6:18; Matthew 9:2-8; Luke 22:51; Matthew 17:18; Mark 6:56; Isaiah 53:5 | CANONBURY | G Major or modal | English | 2001 |
