Pleading the Promises

Verse 1

Mercy alone can meet my case; For mercy, Lord, I cry;-- Jesus! Redeemer! show thy face In mercy, or I die.

Verse 2

Save me, for none beside can save; At thy command I tread, With failing step, life's stormy wave; The wave goes o'er my head.

Verse 3

I perish, and my doom were just; But wilt thou leave me? No: I hold Thee fast, my hope, my trust, I will not let Thee go.

Verse 4

Still sure to me Thy promise stands, And ever must abide; Behold it written on Thy hands, And graven in Thy side.

Verse 5

To this, this only, will I cleave, Thy word is all my plea; Thy word is truth, and I believe: Have mercy, Lord, on me.