Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Now I have found the ground wherein
Topic: The Gospel/Remission of Sins
Writer: C Wesley
Composer:
Meter: LM six lines
Tune:
Hymn Number: 400
Page Number: 244, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNow I have found the ground where in
Sure my soul's anchor may remain;
The wounds of Jesus, for my sin,
Before the world's foundation slain;
Whose mercy shall unshaken stay,
When heaven and earth are fled away.
O Love, thou bottomless abyss!
My sins are swallowed up in thee;
Covr'd is my unrighteousness,
From condemnation now I'm free;
While Jesus' blood through earth and skies,
Mercy, free, boundless mercy! cries.
With faith I plunge me in this sea,
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest;
Hither, when hell assails, I flee,
I look into my Saviour's breast.
Away, sad doubt, and anxious fear!
Mercy is all that's written here.
Tho' waves and storms go o'er my head,
Tho' strength, and health, and friends be gone;
Tho' joys be withered all, and dead;
Tho' every comfort be withdrawn --
Steadfast on this my soul relies:
Father, thy mercy never dies.