A Selection of Psalms and Hymns ‎#CCIX

CCIX. National Judgments deprecated, and national Mercies pleaded

1 While o’er our guilty land, O Lord!
We view the terrors of thy sword
Oh! whither shall the helpless fly?
To whom but thee direct their cry?

2 The helpless sinner's cries and tears,
Are grown familiar to thine ears;
Oft has thy mercy sent relief,
When all was fear and hopeless grief.

3 On thee our guardian God, we call,
Before thy throne of grace we fall;
And is there no deliv'rance there?
And must we perish in despair?

4 See, we repent, we weep, we mourn,
To our forsaken God we turn;
O spare our guilty country, spare,
The church which thou hast planted here.

5 We plead thy grace indulgent God;
We plead thy Son’s atoning blood;
We plead thy gracious promises,
And are they unavailing pleas?

6 These pleas, presented at thy throne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings down
On guilty lands in helpless woe;
Let them prevail to save us too.

Text Information

• First Line: While o'er our guilty land, O Lord!
• Title: National Judgments deprecated, and national Mercies pleaded
• Author: President Davies
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Amos 3:1
  ;
  Amos 3:6
• Topic: Fasts and Thanksgivings
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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