The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13588

13588. God Of Mercy And Compassion

1 God of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity upon me.
Father, let me call Thee Father,
’Tis Thy child returns to Thee.

Refrain:
Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins—I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.

2 By my sins I have deserved
Death and endless misery;
Hell, with all its pains and torments,
And for all eternity. [Refrain]

3 By my sins I have abandoned
Right and claim to Heav’n above,
Where the saints rejoice forever,
In a boundless sea of love. [Refrain]

4 See our Savior, bleeding, dying,
On the cross of Calvary;
To that cross my sins have nailed Him,
Yet He bleeds and dies for me. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: God of mercy and compassion
• Title: God Of Mercy And Compassion
• Author: Edmund Vaughan
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns for the Confraternity of the Holy Family (Burns & Lambert, 1854)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TARRYTOWN
• Composer: B. M. J. (1913)
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: American Catholic Hymnal by the Marist Brothers (New York: P. J. Kennedy & Sons, 1913)
• Copyright: Public Domain