Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Approach my soul the mercy-seat
Topic: Christ/Hiding Place
Writer: John Newton
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: CM
Tune: Downs
Hymn Number: 354
Page Number: 125, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAPPROACH, my soul, the mercy-seat,
Where Jesus answers pray'r;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can persih there.
Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burden'd souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.
Bow'd down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely press'd,
By war without, and fear 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 Thy gracious name!