Stanza 1
Jesus, to what didst thou submit
To save thy dear-bought flock from hell!
Like a pour trav'ller see him sit,
Athirst, and weary, by the well.
Stanza 2
The woman who for water came,
(What great events on small depend)
Then learnt the glory of his name,
The Well of life, the sinner's Friend!
Stanza 3
Taught from her birth to hate the Jews,
And filled with party-pride; at first
Her zeal induced her to refuse
Water, to quench the Savior's thirst.
Stanza 4
But soon she knew the gift of GOD,
And JESUS, whom she scorned before,
Unasked, that drink on her bestowed,
Which whoso tastes shall thirst no more.
Stanza 5
His words her prejudice removed,
Her sin she felt, relief she found;
She saw and heard, believed and loved,
And ran to tell her neighbors round.
Stanza 6
O come, this wondrous man behold!
The promised Savior! this is he,
Whom ancient prophecies foretold,
Born, from our guilt to set us free.
Stanza 7
Like her, in ignorance content,
I worshipped long I knew not what;
Like her, on other things intent,
I found him, when I sought him not.
Stanza 8
He told me all that e'er I did,
And told me all was pardoned too;
And now, like her, as he has bid,
I live to point him out to you.