The Book of Worship ‎#407

407. See, gracious God, before Thy throne

1 See gracious God, before Thy throne
Thy mourning people bend!
'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone
Our humble hopes depend.

2 Tremendous judgments from Thy hand
Thy dreadful power display;
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And still we live to pray.

3 What land so favored of the skies
As these apostate States!
Our numerous crimes increasing rise,
Yet still Thy vengeance waits.

4 How changed, alas! are truths divine
For error, guilt, and shame!
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name!

5 Regardless of Thy smile or frown,
Their pleasures they require;
And sink with gay indifference down
To everlasting fire.

6 Oh turn us, turn us, mighty Lord,
By Thy unboundless grace;
Then shall our hearts obey Thy word,
And humbly seek Thy face.

7 Then, should insulting foes invade,
We shall not sink in fear;
Secure of never-failing aid,
If God, our God is near.

Text Information

• First Line: See, gracious God, before Thy throne
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1867
• Topic: In Relation to Civil Government: Public Calamity

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