5 Mercy good Lord, mercy we ask,
This is the total sum,
For mercy, Lord, is all our suit,
O let thy mercy come!
1 SHEW pity, Lord; O Lord forgive!
Lord, let repenting sinners live:
Are not thy mercies large and free,
May not the guilty trust in thee?
2 Our crimes though great, do not surpass
The pow'r and glory of thy grace;
O wash our souls from ev'ry sin,
And make our guilty conscience clean!
3 Our lips with shame our sins confess,
Against thy law, against thy grace ;
Lord, should thy judgment be severe,
We are condemn'd but thou art clear.
4 Yet save us trembling sinners, Lord,
Whose hope still hov'ring round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.
1 O THOU! that hear'st when sinners cry,
Though all our crimes before thee lie;
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their mem'ry from thy book.
2 Though we have griev'd thy spirit, Lord,
His help and comfort still afford;
Let sinners, Lord, come near thy throne,
To plead the merits of thy Son.
3 A broken heart, O God, our King!
Is all the sacrifice we bring ;
The God of grace will ne'er despise,
A broken heart for sacrifice.
4 Our souls lie humbled in the dust,
And own thy dreadful sentence just ;
Look down. O Lord, with pitying eye!
And save the souls condemn'd to die.
5 Then will we teach the world thy ways; Sinners shall learn thy sov'reign grace; We'll lead them to our Saviour's blood, And they shall praise our pard'ning God.
1 GOD of our life, to thee we call, Afflicted at thy feet we fall;
When the great water-floods prevail
Leave not our trembling hearts to fail.
2 Friend of the friendless and the faint,
Where shall we lodge our deep complaint;
Where, but with thee, whose open door
Invites the helpless and the poor?
3 Did ever mourner plead with thee,
And thou refuse that mourner's plea ?
Does not thy word still pledg'd remain,
That none shall seek thy face in vain ?
4 Then hear, O Lord! our humble cry,
And bend on us a pitying eye—
To thee, their pray'r thy people make,
Hear us for our Redeemer's sake.
1 ALMIGHTY Father! God of We all like sheep astray,
In folly from thy paths have turned,
Each to his sinful way.
2 Sins of omission and of act,
Through all our lives abound,
Alas! in thought, and word, and deed,
No health in us is found.
30 spare us Lord! in mercy spare!
Our contrite souls restore,
Through him who suffer'd on the cross,
And man's transgression bore.
4 And grant O Father! for his sake,
That we through all our days,
A just and godly life may lead
To thine eternal praise.
1 FORGIVE O Lord, our wand'rings past,
Henceforth we would obey thy call,
Our sins far from us we would cast,
And turn to thee devoutly all.
2 Hear us O God! in mercy hear,
Our guilt with sorrow we deplore,
Shew pity Lord: dispel our fear,
And give us grace to sin no more.
1 OH! merciful Creator hear
Our pray'r to thee devoutly sent;
Which poured forth with many a tear,
Up to thy mercy-seat is sent.
2 Thou mildest searcher of the heart, Who know'st the weakness of our strength; To us forgiving grace impart,
That we inay seek thy face at length.
3 We all have sinn'd, we own our shame,
But spare us who our sins confess :
And for the glory of thy name,
To sinful souls afford redress.
1 CLEFT are the rocks, the earth doth quake,
The slumb'rers of the
grave
The temple's veil is rent in twain,
For Christ our sacrifice is slain !
2 The Mighty One, the Son of God!
Hath humbly kiss'd his Father's rod!
That by his stripes we might be heal'd,
Our pardon by his blood be seal'd !
3 We all like sheep have gone astray,
And turn'd aside from wisdom's
way; But he hath sav'd us from our sin, Our God the ransom lamb hath been.
4 Oh! let us cast each sin away,
Which thus the Son of God could slay!
With contrite heart, and weeping eye,
Behold the Saviour's cross on high!
5 So may we join the song of love,
Which saints and angels sing above;
All honour, glory, praise to thee-
The Lamb slain from eternity!
1 HARK! the voice of love and mercy Sounds aloud from Calvary!
See! it rends the rocks asunder, Shakes the earth, and veils the sky! "It is finish'd!"
Hear the dying Saviour cry.
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