A Selection of Hymns ‎#LXXXVIII

LXXXVIII. Confession and Pardon

1 My sorrows like a flood,
Impatient of restraint,
Into thy bosom, O my God,
Pour out a long complaint.

2 This impious heart of mine
Could once defy the Lord,
Could rush with violence on to sin,
In presence of thy sword.

3 How often have I stood
A rebel to the skies,
And yet, and yet, O matchless grace!
Thy thunder silent lies.

4 O shall I never feel
The meltings of thy love?
Am I of such hell-harden'd steel
That mercy cannot move.

5 O'ercome by dying love,
Here at thy cross I lie:
And throw my flesh, my soul, my all,
And weep, and love, and die.

6 "Rise," says the Savior, "rise,
"Behold my wounded veins;
"Here flows a sacred crimson flood,
"To wash away thy stains."

7 See, God is reconcil'd!
Behold his smiling face!
Let joyful cherubs clap their wings
And sound aloud his grace.

Text Information

• First Line: My sorrows like a flood
• Title: Confession and Pardon
• Author: Dr. Watts
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  1 John 1:9
  ;
  Proverbs 28:13
• Topic: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings: Pardon; Pardon: Confession and pardon
• Source: Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems

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