Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Approach my soul the mercy seat
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> Newton
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 92
Page Number: 127, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAPPROACH, my soul, the mercy seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before his feet,
For none can perish there.
Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callst the burden'd soul to thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.
Bow'd down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely prest,
By wars without, and fears within,
I come to thee for rest.
Be thou my shield and hiding-place,
That, shelter'd near thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him thou hast died.
O, wondrous love! to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead his gracious name.
"Poor tempest-tossed soul, be still,
My promis'd grace receive;"-
'Tis Jesus speaks-I must, I will,
I can, I do believe.