Olney Hymns · Character
The Leper
The man with leprosy who came to Jesus saying, 'Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.'
minor
Also known as The Leper By Newton Matthew
First appearance: book i on select texts of scripture
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The speaker identifies with the leper, describing the experience of sin as a leprosy that cannot be hidden or cured by self-effort.
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- Faith and Cleansing
- Faith and Redemption Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional peak occurs in stanza V, where the speaker’s hope is violently extinguished as Satan obscures ev…
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See The Leper in book i on select texts of scripture