The mercy seat for me

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Let others choose the place of mirth

Author: William Hunter
Tune: [My blessed Savior, is Thy love]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Let others choose the place of mirth,
Of noise and revelry,
Where phantom joys alone have birth,
And from pursuers flee;
Let me with kindred spirits meet,
Where purer pleasures be,
Before the blood-bought mercy-seat,
Oh! the mercy-seat for me.

2 The place of prayer to me hath charms,
Which others fail to see;
"If cares distract, or fear alarms,"
To that defence I flee;
'Tis there I every grace obtain,
For every grace is free:
Oft as I need I go again--
Oh! the mercy-seat for me.

3 While wandering through this vale of wo,
Of strife and vanity,
To this retreat I daily go,
And daily pleasures see;
Nor would I quit the throne of grace,
On earth a king to be,
For earth contains no happier place--
Oh! the mercy-seat for me.

Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #50

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Author: William Hunter

Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1… Go to person page >

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