Hymns

Depth of Mercy! Can There Be?

Words: Charles Wesley · Music: Henry Smart, Orlando Gibbons · 1740

Verse 1
Depth of mercy! Can there be
mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God his wrath forbear;
me, the chief of sinners, spare?

Verse 2
I have long withstood his grace,
long provoked him to his face,
would not listen to his calls,
grieved him by a thousand falls.

Verse 3
There for me the Savior stands,
shows his wounds and open hands.
God is love! I know, I feel;
Jesus loves and seeks me still.

Verse 4
Now incline me to repent,
let me all my sins lament;
now my rebel heart deplore;
turn, believe, and sin no more.

Words: Charles Wesley, 1740 | Music: Orlando Gibbons, 1623; harm. Henry Smart, 1881

Acts 7; 1 Timothy 1; 1 John 4

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