Thy mercy, Lord, the sinner's hope

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Thy mercy, Lord, the sinner's hope

Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Tune: TUNBRIDGE CHAPEL (Musica Sacra)
Published in 4 hymnals

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1. Your mercy, Lord, the sinner's hope,
The highest orb of Heaven transcends;
Your sacred truth's unmeasured scope
Through all eternity extends.

2. Your justice, like the hills, remains,
Unfathomed depths you judgments are;
Your providence the world sustains;
The whole creation is your care.

3. The saints shall to your courts be led
To banquet on your love’s repast
And drink as from a fountain head
Of joys that shall forever last.

4. The streams of life with you abound;
Your presence is eternal day.
O show’r your gifts the world around;
Your glorious light to all display!

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #54

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Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

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