Paralytic, The

DESCRIPTION: "Review the palsied sinner's case, Who sought for health in Jesus; His friends convey'd him to the place, Where he might meet with Jesus. A multitude were thronging round,.. But from the roof they let him down." Jesus can heal the ills of many sinners
AUTHOR: William Hunter (source: hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: 1846 (source: Eddy)
KEYWORDS: religious disability
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Mary O. Eddy, "Twenty Folk Hymns," Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1953), p. 41, "The Paralytic P.M." (1 excerpt, 1 tune)
NOTES [53 words]: This is seven monotonous verses long, but the only actual Biblical allusion is in the first verse (much of which is quoted in the description). This is the story of the paralytic who was lowered through the roof to be healed by Jesus; it is told in Mark 2:1-12 (retold more succinctly in Matthew 9:1-8, Luke 5:17-26). - RBW
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