How blest the man whose conscious grief

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How blest the man whose conscious grief

Author: James Merrick
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 How blest the Man, whose conscious Grief
From Thee, great God! has found Relief:
Whose Guilt thy boundless Love has veil'd,
His Fears compos'd, his Weakness heal'd!

2 My hunble Soul it's Crimes shall own:—
Behold me bow before thy Throne,
To Thee my inmost Guilt disclose,
And in thy Bosom pour my Woes.

3 But lo!— while yet my Hands I rear—
The Voice of Mercy to my Ear
Descends, and, whis'pring Peace within,
Confirms the Pardon of my Sin!

4 For this shall All, who Thee adore,
E'er yet the Day of Grace be o'er,
To Thee with stedfast Hope repair,
To Thee prefer th' unwearied Pray'r.

Source: Psalms and Hymns, selected for the use of the Parish-Church of Boston #97

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Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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