Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Approach my soul the mercy-seat
Topic: Repenting Sinner
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 32
Page Number: 037, 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 callest burdened souls to thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.
Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By wars without and fears 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.
O wonderous love to bleed and die,
O bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners such as I,
Might plead thy gracious name.
"Poor tempest-tossed soul, be still,
"My promised grace receive."
'Tis Jesus speaks, I must, I will,
I can, I do believe.