Author: ‘J.S.’ in Gospel Magazine 1776
Your mercy, my God, is the theme of my song,
the joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue;
your free grace alone, from the first to the last,
has won my affections, and bound my soul fast.
2. Your mercy in Jesus has freed me from hell;
its glories I’ll sing and its wonders I’ll tell;
this Jesus my friend, when he hung on the tree,
there opened the channel of mercy for me.
3. Your mercy is more than a match for my heart,
which wonders to feel its own hardness depart;
in awe at your goodness, I fall to the ground,
and weep to the praise of the mercy I found.
4. The door of your mercy stands open to all-
the poor and the needy, whoever shall call;
no sinner who comes seeking mercy today
is ever by Jesus sent empty away.
5. Great Father of mercies, your goodness I own,
and the covenant love of your crucified Son;
all praise to the Spirit, whose whisper divine
seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine.
Scriptures: Hebrews 13:20, Ephesians 2:8, Ephesians 2:4, Luke 18:13, John 6:37, Acts 2:23, 1 Peter 3:18, Romans 3:24, Psalms 89:1, Acts 5:30, Psalms 59:16, Joel 2:32, Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13, 2 Corinthians 1:3, Mark 15:25, Exodus 15:13, Numbers 14:19, Psalms 31:7, Psalms 34:2, Psalms 72:12-13, Psalms 101:1, Psalms 108:3-4, Psalms 109:21-22, Luke 1:72, Luke 5:8, Luke 22:20, Acts 2:36, Acts 10:39, Romans 5:15, 1 Corinthians 11:25, 2 Corinthians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 10:17, Ephesians 1:13, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 2:10, 1 Peter 2:24