The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2092

2092. Hallelujah, I Am Free

1. At the mercy seat I linger,
Where I see the crimson seal,
Of the Love that bowed and suffered,
Death and darkness to repeal;
There my rescued soul is kneeling,
Lost in wonder at the grace,
That removes the curse eternal,
From a lost and ruined race.

Refrain
At the mercy seat I linger,
Lo! the sprinkled blood I see,
Hallelujah, I am ransomed!
Hallelujah, I am free!

2. Here the holy bread is broken,
To sustain my fainting heart,
Here the gracious word is spoken
That will make my grief depart;
Lo! thy sins are all forgiven,
Go in peace and sin no more!
Satan’s cruel chain is riven,
And my slavery is o’er. [Refrain]

3. Here I drink the cup of healing
That will soothe my troubled breast,
Filled with faith and hope celestial,
Now I enter into rest;
From the Spirit’s holy altar,
To my lips will leap the flame,
That inspires the constant spreading
Of my great Redeemer’s fame. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: At the mercy seat I linger
• Title: Hallelujah, I Am Free
• Author: G. M. Bills (1899)
• Refrain First Line: At the mercy seat I linger
• Language: English
• Source: The Gospel Hymnal, by Edwin O. Excell (Cincinnati, Ohio: Eaton & Mains, 1899), number 138
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [At the mercy seat I linger]
• Composer: Matthew Lindsay McPhail
• Incipit: 12333 22134 55543
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain