Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#326

326. Now have I found the ground wherein

1 Now I have found the ground wherein
Sure my soul’s anchor may remain:
The wounds of Jesus, for my sin
Before the world’s foundation slain;
Whose mercy shall unshaken stay,
When heaven and earth are fled away.

2 Father, Thine everlasting grace
Our scanty thought surpasses far;
Thy heart still melts with tenderness,
Thine arms of love still open are,
Returning sinners to receive,
That mercy they may taste, and live.

3 O Love, thou bottomless abyss!
My sins are swallowed up in Thee;
Covered is my unrighteousness,
No spot of guilt remains on me;
While Jesus’ Blood, through earth and skies,
Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Now have I found the ground wherein
• Author: Johannes Andreas Rothe (1727)
• Translator: John Wesley (1740)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Faith

Tune Information

• Name: WINCHESTER NEW
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 8 8
• Key: C Major