The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#408

408. Approach, My Soul, the Mercy-Seat

1 Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.

2 Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh:
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.

3 Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By wars without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.

4 Be Thou my Shield and Hiding-place,
That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him Thou hast died.

5 O wondrous Love, to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners such as I
Might plead Thy gracious Name.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat
• Title: Approach, My Soul, the Mercy-Seat
• Author: John Newton (1779)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  2 Corinthians 7:5
• Topic: Way of Salvation: Repentance; Trinity, Eleventh Sunday

Tune Information

• Name: LONDON NEW
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major
• Source: Playford's Psalter, 1671; Altered from the Scotch Psalter, 1635.