Verse 1
Beneath the Cross of Jesus kneeling,
Dawns on my soul the endless day; (Gal. 6:14, Rev. 21:23, Mal. 4:2, II Pet. 1:19)
There, deeper than all tides of feeling,
Doth God His boundless grace display; (Rom. 5:20)
Thence flow the mystic waves of healing; (Isa. 53:5, I Pet. 2:24)
There all my stains are washed away. (Ps. 51:7, I Jn. 1:7, Rev. 1:5, Rev. 7:14, Isa. 1:18, Ps. 51:2, Acts 22:16)
Verse 2
God wrought for man, His love forth-shewing,
When Moses smote the rock of old;
And, lo, through Israel’s camp on-flowing,
Out brake the longed-for flood, and rolled, (Ex. 17:4-6, Num. 20:8-11, Ps. 78:15-16, I Cor. 10:4)
New strength, new joy, new life bestowing,
On lips that quaffed it, pure and cold.
Verse 3
God wrought for man, mankind redeeming,
When Christ was pierced by Roman spear, (John 19:34)
And, o’er the thirsty world down-streaming,
Forth gushed a fountain, cool and clear, (John 19:34, Rev. 22:1, John 4:10-14)
Till souls, beside those waters gleaming,
Forgot in joy sin’s desert drear. (Zech. 13:1)
Verse 4
Beside that well for aye abiding,
New strength, new joy, new life I gain; (John 4:14)
Within that cleft securely hiding, (Ex. 33:22, Isa. 32:2)
No care can cark,* no sorrow stain;
Here rests the blissful soul confiding, (Matt. 11:28-29)
Here faith the healing draught can drain.
Verse 5
Lord, let my heart, this gift receiving,
Beat one glad anthem to Thy praise;
And may the stream, Thy pierced heart leaving
Refresh and heal me all my days: (John 7:37-38)
Thus by Thy blood my life retrieving, (Heb. 9:12, I Pet. 1:18-19)
A psalm of endless thanks I’ll raise. (Heb. 13:15, Ps. 89:1)
* “Cark” is not a typo; it is a word meaning “to burden with care or anxiety.”