God of Mercy and Compassion

God of mer­cy and com­pas­sion

Look with pi­ty up­on me.

Father

let me call Thee Fa­ther

’Tis Thy child re­turns to Thee.

Jesus

Lord

I ask for mer­cy;

Let me not im­plore in vain;

All my sins—I now de­test them

Never will I sin again.

By my sins I have de­serv­èd

Death and end­less mi­se­ry;

Hell

with all its pains and tor­ments

And for all eter­ni­ty.

By my sins I have aban­doned

Right and claim to Heav’n above

Where the saints re­joice for­ev­er

In a bound­less sea of love.

See our Sav­ior

bleed­ing

dy­ing

On the cross of Cal­va­ry;

To that cross my sins have nailed Him

Yet He bleeds and dies for me.