Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Show pity Lord O Lord forgive
Topic: The Gospel/Faith and Repentance
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 346
Page Number: 215, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsShow pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive;
Let a repentant rebel live;
Are not thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in thee?
My crimes, though great, can not surpass
The power and glory of thy grace;
Great God, thy nature hath no bound;
So let thy pardoning love be found.
O, wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here, n my heart, the burden lies,
And past offenses pain my eyes.
My lips, with shame, my sins confess,
Against thy low, against thy grace;
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe,
I am condemned, but thou art clear.
Should sudden vengeance sieze my breath,
I must pronounce thee just in death;
And if my soul were sent to hell,
Thy righteous law approves it well.
Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord.
Whose hope, still hovering round thy word
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.