Common Tune

Hymn

Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat

DETROIT · C.M. · words John Newton · music William Bradshaw

Setting: PBHT 1907 (modern) · PBHT 1907 · Southern Harmony 1854 · TBH 1901

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Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat cross by sore ven an and Thy ly ture swers bear shel Sa this Je To That, By With Where the tered tan I sus nigh; shame, side, pressed, prayer; my be ise my drous won Thou down prom proach, neath love! shield is soul, 4. Be 3. Bowed 2. Thy 1. Ap O 5. of and ing ly cy die, place, sin, plea, seat, hid load on mer to and a my the bleed Thy him to O can cious hast for am ish gra Thou Thee Lord, per For And I And Might I, face, in, Thee, feet, plead tell come such, none name. died! rest. I. there. bly est with my ty guil may war call hum That I By Thou There such as er with to His and dened be fears sin fierce out bur fall cus souls fore ac ners, 6. Poor tempest tossèd soul, be still; My promised grace receive; 'Tis Jesus speaks—I must, I will, I can, I do believe. John Newton, 1779 DETROIT C.M. William Bradshaw, 1820
Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat cross by sore ven an and Thy ly ture swers bear shel Sa this Je To That, By With Where the tered tan I sus nigh; shame, side, pressed, prayer; my be ise my drous won Thou down prom proach, neath love! shield is soul, 4. Be 3. Bowed 2. Thy 1. Ap O 5. of and ing ly cy die, place, sin, plea, seat, hid load on mer to and a my the bleed Thy him to O can cious hast for am ish gra Thou Thee Lord, per For And I And Might I, face, in, Thee, feet, plead tell come such, none name. died! rest. I. there. bly est with my ty guil may war call hum That I By Thou There such as er with to His and dened be fears sin fierce out bur fall cus souls fore ac ners, 6. Poor tempest tossèd soul, be still; My promised grace receive; 'Tis Jesus speaks—I must, I will, I can, I do believe. John Newton, 1779 DETROIT C.M. William Bradshaw, 1820

1.Approach, my soul, the mercy seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.

2.Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.

3.Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By war without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.

4.Be Thou my shield and hiding place,
That, sheltered by Thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him Thou hast died!

5.O wondrous love! to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead Thy gracious name.

6.Poor tempest tossèd soul, be still;
My promised grace receive;
'Tis Jesus speaks—I must, I will,
I can, I do believe.

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