A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) ‎#212

212. Sufficiency of Pardon

1 Why does your face, ye humble souls,
Those mournful colours wear?
What doubts are these that try your faith,
And nourish your despair?

2 [What though your numerous sins exceed
The stars that fill the skies,
And, aiming at the eternal throne,
Like pointed mountains rise?]

3 [What though your mighty guilt beyond
The wide creation swell,
And has its cursed foundations laid
Low as the deeps of hell?]

4 See, here an endless ocean flows
Of never-failing grace;
Behold, a dying Saviour’s veins
The sacred flood increase!

5 It rises high, and drowns the hills;
Has neither shore nor bound;
Now if we search to find our sins,
Our sins can ne’er be found.

6 Awake, our hearts, adore the grace
That buries all our faults;
And pardoning blood that swells above
Our follies and our thoughts.

Text Information

• First Line: Why does your face, ye humble souls
• Title: Sufficiency of Pardon
• Author: Watts
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1844
• Topic: Salvation and Free Grace

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