1976. Good Thou Art, and Good Thou Dost

1. Good Thou art, and good Thou dost,
Thy mercies reach to all,
Chiefly those who on Thee trust,
And for Thy mercy call;
New they every morning are;
As fathers when their children cry,
Us Thou dost in pity spare,
And all our wants supply.

2. Mercy o’er Thy works presides;
Thy providence displayed
Still preserves, and still provides
For all Thy hands have made;
Keeps, with most distinguished care,
The man who on Thy love depends;
Watches every numbered hair,
And all his steps attends.

3. Who can sound the depths unknown
Of Thy redeeming grace?
Grace that gave Thine only Son
To save a ruined race!
Millions of transgressors poor
Thou hast for Jesus’ sake forgiven,
Made them of Thy favor sure,
And snatched from hell to Heaven.

4. Millions more Thou ready art
To save, and to forgive;
Every soul and every heart
Of man Thou wouldst receive:
Father, now accept of mine,
Which now, through Christ, I offer Thee;
Tell me now, in love divine,
That Thou hast pardoned me!

Text Information
First Line: Good Thou art, and good Thou dost
Title: Good Thou Art, and Good Thou Dost
Author: Charles Wesley (1763)
Meter: 76.76.778.76
Language: English
Source: Hymns for Children, 1763
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ORMESBY
Composer: George Merritt (before 1890)
Meter: 76.76.778.76
Incipit: 13567 12132 56757
Key: B♭ Major
Source: The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, edited by George Booth (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1889), number 46
Copyright: Public Domain



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