Approach My Soul the Mercy Seat

1. Approach, my soul, the mercy seat,
    Where Jesus answers pray’r;
There humbly fall beneath His feet,
    For none can perish there.

2. Your promise is my only plea;
    With this I venture nigh;
You call for burdened souls to free,
    And such, O Lord, am I.

3. You are my Shield and Hiding-place,
    And sheltered near Your side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
    And tell him You have died.

4. O wondrous love, to bleed and die,
    To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
    Can plead Your gracious Name!

Text: John Newton (1725-1807)
Tune: R. Simpson (1790-1832)

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