Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat, Where Jesus answers prayer; There humbly fall before his feet, For none can perish there. | Thy promise is my only plea, With this I venture nigh; Thou callest burdened souls to thee, And such, O Lord, am I. | 278 Bowed down beneath a load of sin, By Satan sorely pressed, By war without, and fears within, I come to thee for rest. | Be thou my shield and hiding-place; That, sheltered near thy side, I may my fierce accuser face, And tell him, thou hast died! | O wondrous love! to bleed and die, To bear the cross and shame, That guilty sinners, such as I, Might plead thy gracious Name. | O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. | |