Lutheran Service Book ‎#915

915. Today Your Mercy Calls Us

1 Today Your mercy calls us
To wash away our sin.
However great our trespass,
Whatever we have been,
However long from mercy
Our hearts have turned away,
Your precious blood can wash us
And make us clean today.

2 Today Your gate is open,
And all who enter in
Shall find a Father's welcome
And pardon for their sin.
The past shall be forgotten,
A present joy be giv'n,
A future grace be promised,
A glorious crown in heav'n.

3 Today our Father calls us;
The Holy Spirit waits;
His blessed angels gather
Around the heav'nly gates.
No question will be asked us
How often we have come;
Although we oft have wandered,
It is our Father's home.

4 O all-embracing Mercy,
O ever-open Door,
What should we do without You
When heart and eye run o'er?
When all things seem against us,
To drive us to despair,
We know one gate is open,
One ear will hear our prayer.

Text Information

• First Line: Today Your mercy calls us
• Title: Today Your Mercy Calls Us
• Author: Oswald Allen, 1816-78 (alt. )
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 1:18
  ;
  Luke 15:20-24
  ;
  Hebrews 9:14
  ;
  John 10:9
• Topic: Beginning of Service; Gospel Call

Tune Information

• Name: ANTHES
• Composer: Friedrich K. Anthes, 1812-after 1857
• Meter: 76 76 D
• Key: G Major
• Source: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Setting)