Lord, in This Thy Mercy's Day

Verse 1

Lord, in this thy mercy's day, ere it pass for aye away, on our knees we fall and pray.

Verse 2

Holy Jesu, grant us tears, fill us with heart-searching fears, ere that awful doom appears.

Verse 3

Lord, on us thy Spirit pour, kneeling lowly at the door, ere it close for evermore.

Verse 4

By thy night of agony, by thy supplicating cry, by thy willingness to die;

Verse 5

by thy tears of bitter woe, for Jerusalem below, let us not thy love forgo.

Verse 6

Grant us 'neath thy wings a place, lest we lose the day of grace ere we shall behold thy face.