The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1220

1220. Dear Father, to Thy Mercy Seat

1. Dear Father, to Thy mercy seat
My soul for shelter flees;
’Tis here I find a safe retreat
When storms and tempests rise.

2. My cheerful hope can never die,
If Thou, my God, art near;
Thy grace can raise my comforts high,
And banish every fear.

3. My great protector, and my Lord,
Thy constant aid impart;
O let Thy kind, Thy gracious word
Sustain my trembling heart.

4. Or never let my soul remove
From this divine retreat;
Still let me trust Thy power and love
And dwell beneath Thy feet.

Text Information

• First Line: Dear Father, to Thy mercy seat
• Title: Dear Father, to Thy Mercy Seat
• Author: Anne Steele (1760)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, volume I, page 133
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Original title: "My God, 'Tis to Thy Mercy-Seat."

Tune Information

• Name: MANOAH
• Composer: Giocchino Antonio Rossini (1851, arr.)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 12321 77662 34321
• Key: G Major
• Source: Collection of Church Music, by Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
• Copyright: Public Domain