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Text:I seek the mercy-seat
Author:Anon.
Tune:CONTRITION
Composer:Edwin Barnes

455. I seek the mercy-seat

1 I seek the mercy-seat,
Where thou dost answer prayer;
There humbly fall before thy feet,
For none can perish there.

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

3 Bowed down beneath my sin,
By Satan sorely pressed;
By wars without and fears within;
I come to thee for rest.

4 Be thou my hiding-place;
That, sheltered near thy side,
I may rejoice in Jesus' grace
In Jesus crucified.

Text Information
First Line: I seek the mercy-seat
Author: Anon.
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: The Sinner: Repentance and Acceptance
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: CONTRITION
Composer: Edwin Barnes
Meter: S. M.
Key: c minor or modal
Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #384, 732, or 736.



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