Text: | Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | BURFORD |
1 Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.
2 Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee:
And such, O Lord, am I.
3 Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By wars without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.
4 Be Thou my Shield and Hiding-place,
That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him, Thou hast died.
5 O wondrous Love, to bleed and die,
To bear the Cross and shame,
That guilty sinners such as I
Might plead Thy gracious Name!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat |
Author: | John Newton (1779) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Repentance |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BURFORD |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | g minor |
Source: | Chetham's Psalms, 1718 |