Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Show pity Lord O Lord forgive
Topic: Gospel/Faith and Repentance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Devotion
Hymn Number: 258
Page Number: 100, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsShow pity, Lord! Oh 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 they grace;
Great God, thy nature hath no bound;
So let thy pardoning love be found.
Oh, wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here, on my heart, the burden lies,
And past offenses pain my eyes.
My lips with shame my sins confess,
Against thy law, against thy grace;
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe,
I am condemned, but thou art clear.
Should sudden vengeance seize 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.