A Selection of Hymns ‎#DXXVIII

DXXVIII. National judgments deprecated, and national mercies pleaded

1 While o’er our guilty land, O Lord,
We view the terrors of thy sword;
Oh! whither shall the helpless fly;
To whom but thee direct their cry?

2 The helpless sinner's cries and tears
Are grown familiar to thine ears;
Oft has thy mercy sent relief,
When all was fear and hopeless grief.

3 On thee, our guardian God, we call,
Before thy throne of grace we fall;
And is there no deliverance there?
And must we perish in despair?

4 See, we repent, we weep, we mourn,
To our forsaken God we turn;
O spare our guilty country, spare
The church which thou hast planted here.

5 We plead thy grace, indulgent God;
We plead thy son’s atoning blood;
We plead thy gracious promises,
And are they unavailing pleas?

6 These pleas, presented at thy throne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings down
On guilty lands in helpless woe;
Let them prevail to save us too.

Text Information

• First Line: While o'er our guilty land, O Lord
• Title: National judgments deprecated, and national mercies pleaded
• Author: President Davies
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  Amos 3:1-6
• Topic: Times and Seasons: Days of Humiliation; Fast day hymns; National prayer and praise

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