ELHB Hymn 399
Approach, my soul, the mercy seat
John Newton (1779)
Hymn Text
399. Approach, my soul, the mercy seat
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1 Approach, my soul, the mercy seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.
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.
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 wars without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.
By Satan sorely pressed,
By wars without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.
4 Be Thou my shield and hiding-place,
That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce Accuser face
And tell him Thou hast died.
That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce Accuser face
And tell him Thou hast died.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #399