The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10961

10961. Oh More Than Merciful

1 Oh more than mer­ci­ful! whose boun­ty gave
Thy guilt­less self to glut the greedy grave!
Whose heart was rent to pay Thy peo­ple’s price;
The great high priest at once and sac­ri­fice!
Help, Sav­ior, by Thy cross and crim­son stain,
Nor let Thy glo­ri­ous blood be spilt in vain!

2 When sin with flow­ery gar­land hides her dart,
When ty­rant force would daunt the sink­ing heart,
When flesh­ly lust as­sails, or world­ly care,
Or the soul flut­ters in the fowl­er’s snare—
Help, Sav­ior, by Thy cross and crim­son stain,
Nor let Thy glo­ri­ous blood be spilt in vain!

3 And, chief­est then, when na­ture yields the strife,
And mor­tal dark­ness wraps the gate of life;
When the poor spi­rit, from the tomb set free,
Sinks at Thy feet and lifts its hope to Thee—
Help, Sav­ior, by Thy cross and crim­son stain,
Nor let Thy glo­ri­ous blood be spilt in vain!

Text Information

• First Line: Oh more than merciful! whose bounty gave
• Title: Oh More Than Merciful
• Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
• Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year (London: J. Murray, 1827)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: YORKSHIRE
• Composer: John Wainwright (1750)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain