According to His Mercy

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Not what I wish to be

Author: Lucy A. Bennett
Tune: MERCY (Forrest)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Not what I wish to be,
O Saviour mine
Yet, through Thy matchless grace,
I still am Thine.

2 Not what my Pattern was,
Thou knowest well!
But what Thy love to me,
No tongue can tell.

3 Not what Thy sacred will
For me ordains;
Yet doth the crimson blood
Remove the stains.

4 Not yet Thy will is done,
How far I fail!
But precious is the Name
Which doth prevail.

5 Not what one fairer day
I hope to be;
But Jesus is the same—
Mine only plea.

Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #526

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Author: Lucy A. Bennett

Lucy A. Bennett was born on January 8, 1850 in Green Farm, Falfield, Gloucestershire, England. She was a staunch Methodist and a poet. She began to write poems, hymns and prose at an early age. As a young woman, she attended Keswick Conventions where she met and corresponded with prominent Christian leaders, including Christina Rosseti and C. H. Spurgeon. She was active at Mount Pleasant Chapel where she arranged for ministers, led a Bible Class for women, and visited and helped the poor and needy. She helped to found All Nations College, Upper Norwood and Mount Hermon College, Streatham Common. She died on March 10, 1927 Dianne Shapiro, from Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879: an annotated biobiliography by Catherine W. Reilly (Lon… Go to person page >

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