Lord, in This Thy Mercy's Day

Lord, in this Thy mercy's day

Author: Isaac Williams (1842)
Tune: ST. PHILIP (Monk)
Published in 165 hymnals

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1 Lord, in this thy mercy's day,
ere it pass for aye away,
on our knees we fall and pray.

2 Holy Jesu, grant us tears,
fill us with heart-searching fears,
ere that awful doom appears.

3 Lord, on us thy Spirit pour,
kneeling lowly at the door,
ere it close for evermore.

4 By thy night of agony,
by thy supplicating cry,
by thy willingness to die;

5 by thy tears of bitter woe,
for Jerusalem below,
let us not thy love forgo.

6 Grant us 'neath thy wings a place,
lest we lose the day of grace
ere we shall behold thy face.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #118

Author: Isaac Williams

Isaac Williams was born in London, in 1802. His father was a barrister. The son studied at Trinity College, Oxford, where he gained the prize for Latin verse. He graduated B.A. 1826, M.A. 1831, and B.D. 1839. He was ordained Deacon in 1829, and Priest in 1831. His clerical appointments were Windrush (1829), S. Mary the Virgin's, Oxford (1832), and Bisley (1842-1845). He was Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, from 1832 to 1842. During the last twenty years of his life his health was so poor as to permit but occasional ministerial services. He died in 1865. He was the author of some prose writings, amongst which are Nos. 80, 86 and 87 of the "Oxford Tracts." His commentaries are favourably known. He also published quite a large num… Go to person page >

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First Line: Lord, in this Thy mercy's day
Title: Lord, in This Thy Mercy's Day
Author: Isaac Williams (1842)
Meter: 7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Lord, in this Thy mercy's day. I. Williams. [Lent—A Metrical Litany.] This hymn is taken from "Image the Twentieth," a poem on "The Day of Days; or, the Great Manifestation," in 105 stanzas of 3 lines, which forms a part of his work, The Baptistery; or, The Way of Eternal Life, 1844. It was given with slight changes in the Cooke & Denton Hymnal, 1853, in 6 stanzas. It has been repeated in full or in part in numerous collections in Great Britain and America, and is a most suitable metrical Litany for Lent.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Church Hymn Book #42

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A Church hymnal #273

A Church of England Hymn Book #147

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A New Hymnal for Sunday Schools #47

Anglican Hymn Book #215

Book of Common Praise #d322

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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #146a

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #286

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Carmina Sanctorum #286

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Church Hymnal #56

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #90

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #111

Church Hymns and Services, Published under License of the Church Pension Fund #d135

Church Hymns with Tunes #419

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Church Hymns #130a

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Church Hymns #130b

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CPWI Hymnal #118

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Gems of Gospel Song #101

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Gloria Deo #352

Glory Songs #82

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Hymn Tunes #7

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Hymn Tunes #16

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Hymnal #37

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #63

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #416

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #120

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #60a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #60b

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #120

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada #114

Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada with Accompanying Tunes #d172

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Hymnal #63

Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #94

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #104

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #94

Hymns Ancient and Modern #82

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Hymns and Carols for Church and Sunday-school #51

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #177

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #177

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #224

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Hymns for the Church #166

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Hymns for the Reformed Church in the United States #418

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Hymns of Consecration and Faith #604

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Hymns of the Ages #298

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Hymns of the Ages #298

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Hymns of the Church #171

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Hymns of the Faith #344

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Hymns of Worship and Service #242

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Hymns of Worship and Service (15th ed.) #242

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Hymns of Worship and Service (Chapel Ed., 4th ed.) #166

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Hymns of Worship and Service #242

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Hymns of Worship and Service #166

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Hymns of Worship and Service. (Chapel ed.) #166

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In Excelsis #415

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In Excelsis #a415

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Laudes Domini #629

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Laudes Domini #166

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Laudes Domini #250

Manual of Devotion and Selection of Hymns for ... Girard College for Orphans #d116

Mirfield Mission Hymn Book #79

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #1128

Our Sunday School Hymnody #d54

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Prayer Book and Hymnal for the Sunday School #25

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Royal Gems #47

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S. Mary's hymnal #174

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d279

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Select Songs No. 2 #105

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Songs Celestial #7b

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Songs of Worship #135

St. Francis Hymnal and Choir Manual #d188

Sunday School Songs. 3rd ed. #d78

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Sunday-School Songs #53

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Sursum Corda #368

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #301

The Baptist Hymnal #301

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d341

The Book of Common Praise #d334

The Book of Common Praise #125

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The Book of Common Praise #108

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The Book of Common Praise #90

The Book of Praise #428

The Book of Praise #d439

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The Calvary Hymnal #128

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d368

The Canadian Hymnal #101

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The Canadian Hymnal #101

The Canadian Hymnal #101

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The Catholic Hymnal #58

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The Chapel Hymnal #160

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The Choral Hymnal #78

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The Christian Hymnal #161

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The Church and Home Hymnal #164b

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The Church Hymnal with Canticles #63a

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