Approach, My Soul, The Mercy-Seat - #456 - Newton

"Approach, My Soul, the Mercy-Seat"
by John Newton, 1725-1807

Tune - Sporh - linked here

1. Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.

2. Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.

3. Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By wars without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.

4. Be Thou my Shield and Hiding-place,
That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce Accuser face
And tell him Thou hast died.

5. O wondrous Love, to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners such as I
Might plead Thy gracious name!

Hymn #456
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Matthew 11:28
Author: John Newton, 1779, ab.
Composer: Louis Spohr, 1835, arr.
Tune: Spohr

 John Newton is famous for "Amazing Grace" and many other hymns.