A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under the appointment of the Philadelphian Association CCXV. See, gracious God, before thy throne

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CCXIV

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns‎#CCXV

CCXVI

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See, gracious God, before thy throne

CCXV. See, gracious God, before thy throne

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1 See, gracious God, before thy throne
Thy mourning people bend
'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone,
Our humble hopes depend.

2 Tremendous judgements from thy hand
Thy dreadful power display;
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And still we live to pray.

3 Why is America thus spar'd,
Ungrateful as we are!
O make thy awful warnings heard,
While mercy cries, "Forbear."

4 Sinners regardless of thy frown,
Their pleasures they require;
And sink with gay indifference down,
To everlasting fire.

5 O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord,
By thy resistless grace;
Then shall our hearts obey thy word,
And humbly seek thy face.

Text Information
First Line:	See, gracious God, before thy throne
Meter:	Common Metre
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1790
Topic:	For a Public Fast
Source:	Rippon's Coll.
Notes:	Public Domain.