Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Approach my soul the mercy-seat
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Balerma
Hymn Number: 420
Page Number: 152, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsApproach, my soul, the mer-cy seat,
Where Je-sus an-swers prayer;
There hum-bly fall be-fore his feet,
For none can per-ish there.
Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh:
Thou callest burdened souls to thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.
Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By war without, and fear within,
I come to thee for rest.
Be thou my shield and hiding-place;
That, sheltered near thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him, "Thou hast died."
Oh, wondrous love, to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I.
Might plead thy gracious name!