Author: Watts Hymnal: Church Book #99 (1890) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: Church Book Lyrics: 1 Lord, we confess our numerous faults,
How great our guilt has been:
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.
2 But, O my soul, for ever praise,
For ever love His Name,
Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways
Of folly, sin, and shame.
3 'Tis not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done;
But we are saved by sovereign grace
Abounding through His Son.
4 'Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the Water and the Blood
Our souls are saved from sin.
5 'Tis through the purchase of His Death
Who hung upon the Tree,
The Spirit is sent down to breathe
On such dry bones as we.
6 Raised from the dead we live anew;
And justified by grace,
We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face. Topics: Sin and Redemption; Septuagesima Sunday; Quinquagesima Sunday; Lent, Second Sunday; Passion Week; Third Sunday after Trinity; Seventh Sunday after Trinity; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Languages: English Tune Title: TRESDALE
Lord, we confess our numerous faults