National Judgments Deprecated, and National Mercies Pleaded

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While over our guilty land, O Lord

Author: Samuel Davies
Tune: FEDERAL STREET
Published in 77 hymnals

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1 While o’er our guilty land, O Lord,
We view the terrors of Thy sword,
O 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 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 there.

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

5 These pleas, presented at Thy throne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings down
On guilty lands in helpless woe;
Let them prevail and help us, too.

Source: Evangelical Lutheran hymnal: with music #152

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Author: Samuel Davies

Davies, Samuel., M.A., born near Summit Ridge, Newcastle, Delaware, America, Nov. 3, 1723, and educated under the Rev. Samuel Blair, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, through the pecuniary assistance of the Rev. William Robinson, a Presbyterian Minister of New Brunswick. In 1745 he was licensed by the Presbytery of Newcastle as a probationer for the ministry, and undertook duty in Virginia, in 1747. After visiting England in 1753, on behalf of the New Jersey College, and having received the degree of M.A., he was appointed President of New Jersey Presbyterian College, Princeton, in succession to Jonathan Edwards. He died Feb. 4, 1761, at the early age of 37. His manuscripts were entrusted to Dr. T. Gibbons, who published therefrom 5 volumes… Go to person page >

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First Line:	While over our guilty land, O Lord
Title:	National Judgments Deprecated, and National Mercies Pleaded
Author:	Samuel Davies
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Amos 3:1-6
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FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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