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Text:Mercy for the chief of sinners
Tune:MERCY

319a. Mercy for the chief of sinners

Text Information
First Line: Depth of mercy! can there be
Title: Mercy for the chief of sinners
Meter: 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s
Language: English
Publication Date: 1889
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: The Sinner: Penitential
Notes: Now Public Domain. Author from index: C. Wesley; Hymn #403 in "A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America" (1872)
Tune Information
Name: MERCY
Meter: 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s
Key: C Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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