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Pardoning Grace

Appears in 105 hymnals Topics: Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon; Confession of sin, repentance, and pardon First Line: From deep distress and troubled thoughts Lyrics: 1 From deep distress and troubled thoughts, To thee, my God, I rais'd my cries: If thou severely mark our faults, No flesh can stand before thine eyes. 2 But thou hast built thy throne of grace Free to dispense thy pardons there, That sinners may approach thy face, And hope, and love, as well as fear. 3 As the benighted pilgrims wait, And long and wish for breaking day, So waits my soul before thy gate; When will my God his face display! 4 My trust is fix'd upon thy word, Nor shall I trust thy word in vain: Let mourning souls address the Lord, And find relief from all their pain. 5 Great is his love, and large his grace, Through the redemption of his Son: He turns our feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done. Scripture: Psalm 130

Thou Lord of all above

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Confession of Sin Lyrics: 1 Thou Lord of all above, And all below the sky, Before Thy feet I prostrate fall, And for Thy mercy cry. 2 Forgive my follies past, The crimes which I have done; Oh, bid a contrite sinner live, Through Thine incarnate Son. 3 Guilt, like a heavy load, Upon my conscience lies; To Thee I make my sorrows known, And lift my weeping eyes. 4 The burden which I feel, Thou only canst remove; Display, O Lord, Thy pard'ning grace, And Thine unbounded love. 5 One gracious look of Thine Will ease my troubled breast; Oh, let me know my sins forgiven, And I shall then be blest.

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross

Author: Fanny Crosby van Alstyne, 1820-1915 Appears in 732 hymnals Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Confession of Sins Refrain First Line: In the Cross Used With Tune: NEAR THE CROSS

How Blest Are They Whose Trespass

Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 31 hymnals Topics: Confession of Sin Lyrics: 1 How blest are they whose trespass has freely been forgiven, whose sins are wholly covered before the sight of heaven. Blest they to whom the LORD God does not impute their sin, who have a guileless spirit, whose heart is true within. 2 While I kept guilty silence, my strength was spent with grief: your hand was heavy on me; my soul found no relief. But when I owned my trespass and did not hide my sin, then you forgave my guilt, LORD, restored my life within. 3 So let the godly seek you in times when you are near; no whelming floods shall reach them or cause their hearts to fear. O LORD, you are my refuge, you are my hiding place, and you surround me always with songs of saving grace. 4 "I graciously will teach you the way that you should go, and, with my eye upon you, help you my counsel know. Then do not be unruly or slow to understand; be not perverse, but willing to heed my wise command." 5 The sorrows of the wicked increase from year to year, but those who trust the LORD God know love instead of fear. Then in the LORD be joyful, in song lift up your voice; be glad in God, you righteous: rejoice, O saints, rejoice! Scripture: Psalm 32 Used With Tune: RUTHERFORD Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

O turn, great Ruler of the skies

Author: James Merrick Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: Confession of Sin Lyrics: 1 O turn, great Ruler of the skies, Turn from my sin Thy searching eyes, Nor let th'offences of my hand, Within Thy book, recorded stand. 2 Give me a will to thine subdued, A conscience pure, a soul renewed; Nor let me, wrapt in endless gloom, An outcast from Thy presence roam. 3 Oh, let Thy Spirit to my heart Once more His quickening aid impart, My mind from every fear release, And sooth my troubled thoughts to peace. 4 So shall the souls whom error's sway Has urged from Thee, blest Lord, to stray, From me Thy heavenly precepts learn, And humbled to their God return. Amen. Used With Tune: CRUX BEATA

Lord, I Lift My Soul to Thee

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Confession of Sin Lyrics: 1 Lord, I lift my soul to Thee, O my God, I trust Thy might; Let not foes exult o'er me, Shame me not before their sight. Yea, may none be put to shame, None who wait for Thee to bless; But dishonored be their name Who without a cause transgress. 2 Lord, to me Thy ways make known, Guide in truth and teach Thou me; Thou my Savior art alone, All the day I wait for Thee. Lord, remember in Thy love All Thy mercies manifold, Tender mercies from above, Changeless from the days of old. 3 Sins of youth remember not, Nor my trespasses record; Let not mercy be forgot, For Thy goodness' sake, O Lord. Just and good the Lord abides He His way will sinners show, He the meek in justice guides, Making them His way to know. Scripture: Psalm 25 Used With Tune: SPANISH HYMN

Out of the Depths of Sadness

Author: Dewey Westra Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Confession of Sin Scripture: Psalm 130 Used With Tune: CONTRITION

Great God, Your Love Has Called Us Here

Author: Brian Wren Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 34 hymnals Topics: Confession of Sin Lyrics: 1 Great God, your love has called us here as we, by love, for love were made. Your living likeness still we bear, though marred, dishonored, disobeyed. We come, with all our heart and mind your call to hear, your love to find. 2 We come with self-inflicted pains of broken trust and chosen wrong, half-free, half-bound by inner chains, by social forces swept along, by pow'rs and systems close confined yet seeking hope for human-kind. 3 Great God, in Christ you call our name and then receive us as your own not through some merit, right, or claim but by your gracious love alone. We strain to glimpse your mercy seat and find you kneeling at our feet. 4 Then take the towel, and break the bread, and humble us, and call us friends. Suffer and serve till all are fed, and show how grandly love intends to work till all creation sings, to fill all worlds, to crown all things. 5 Great God, in Christ you set us free your life to live, your joy to share. Give us your Spirit's liberty to turn from guilt and dull despair and offer all that faith can do while love is making all things new. Scripture: John 13:1-20 Used With Tune: ABINGDON

Jesus, in Your Dying Woes

Author: Thomas Benson Pollack, 1836-1896 Meter: 7.7.7.6 Appears in 77 hymnals Topics: Confession of Sin Lyrics: 1 Jesus, in your dying woes, even while your lifeblood flows, craving pardon for your foes; hear us, holy Jesus. 2 Savior, for our pardon sue when our sins Your pangs renew, for we know not what we do: hear us, holy Jesus. 3 O, may we, who mercy need, be like you in heart and deed, when with wrong our spirits bleed: hear us, holy Jesus. Part II 4 Jesus, pitying the sighs of the thief, who near you dies, promising him paradise: hear us, holy Jesus. 5 May we in our guilt and shame, still your love and mercy claim, calling humbly on your name: hear us, holy Jesus. 6 May our hearts incline to you as we keep your cross in view, Cheer our souls, our hope renew: hear us, holy Jesus. Part III 7 Jesus, loving to the end her whose heart your sorrows rend, and your dearest human friend: hear us, holy Jesus. 8 May we in your sorrows share, for your sake all peril dare, and enjoy your tender care: hear us, holy Jesus. 9 May we all your loved ones be, all one holy family, loving, since your love we see: hear us, holy Jesus. Part IV 10 Jesus, mired in fears unknown, with our evil left alone, while no light from heav'n is shown: hear us, holy Jesus. 11 When we seem in vain to pray and our hope seems far away, in the darkness be our stay: hear us, holy Jesus. 12 Though no Father seem to hear, though no light our spirits cheer, may we know that God is near: hear us, holy Jesus. Part V 13 Jesus, in your thirst and pain, while your wounds your lifeblood drain, thirsting more our love to gain: hear us, holy Jesus. 14 Thirst for us in mercy still; all your holy work fulfill; satisfy Yyour loving will: hear us, holy Jesus. 15 May we thirst your love to know; lead us in our sin and woe, where the healing waters flow: hear us, holy Jesus. Part VI 16 Jesus, all our ransom paid, all your Father's will obeyed; all your suff'rings perfect made: hear us, holy Jesus. 17 Save us in our soul's distress, be our help to cheer and bless, while we grow in holiness: hear us, holy Jesus. 18 Brighten all our heav'nward way with an ever holier ray, till we pass to perfect day: hear us, holy Jesus. Part VII 19 Jesus, all your labor vast, all your woe and conflict past, yielding up your soul at last: hear us, holy Jesus. 20 When the death shades round us low'r, guard us from the temper's pow'r, keep us in that trial hour: hear us, holy Jesus. 21 May your life and death supply grace to live and grace to die, grace to reach the home on high: hear us, holy Jesus. Scripture: Matthew 27:32-56 Used With Tune: SWEDISH LITANY

Lord, I would spread my sore Distress

Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: Confession of Sin, Repentance and Pardon Lyrics: 1 Lord, I would spread my sore Distress And Guilt before thine Eyes; Against thy Laws, against thy Grace How high my Crimes arise! 2 Shouldst thou condemn my Soul to Hell, And crush my Flesh to Dust, Heav'n would approve thy Vengeance well, And Earth must own it just. 3 I from the Stock of Adam came, Unholy and unclean; All my Original is Shame, And all my Nature Sin. 4 Born in a World of Guilt, I drew Contagion with my Breath, And as my Days advanc'd, I grew A juster Prey for Death. 5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and chear my Soul With thy forgiving Love; O make my broken Spirit whole, And bid my Pains remove. 6 Let not thy Spirit quite depart, Nor drive me from thy Face; Create anew my vicious Heart, And fill it with thy Grace. 7 Then will I make thy Mercy known Before the Sons of Men; Backsliders shall address thy Throne, And turn to GOD again. Scripture: Psalm 51:3-13