Poems (Helen Jenkins)/The Mercy of God
THE MERCY OF GOD.
Great Father! source of love supreme,
Forever kind and good,
Thy mercy is our grandest theme,
A deep and boundless flood!
Forever kind and good,
Thy mercy is our grandest theme,
A deep and boundless flood!
Baptize our souls therein, and send
Thy spirit like a dove,
Till all our hearts with Thine shall blend
In consecrated love.
Thy spirit like a dove,
Till all our hearts with Thine shall blend
In consecrated love.
A brotherhood in bonds of faith,
We love to sing and pray;
Clinging to Christ in life and death,
Nothing can bar our way.
We love to sing and pray;
Clinging to Christ in life and death,
Nothing can bar our way.
Thousands, drear darkness groping through,
Shall soon the light receive;
And with rejoicing hosts renew
The cry, "Lord, I believe."
Shall soon the light receive;
And with rejoicing hosts renew
The cry, "Lord, I believe."
O, take away our sinful pride
And make us strong and true!
For God and Christ, whate'er betide,
Bravely our work to do!
And make us strong and true!
For God and Christ, whate'er betide,
Bravely our work to do!
Like children we desire to be,
In reverent love and fear,
Looking with hope and trust to Thee
For help and guidance here.
In reverent love and fear,
Looking with hope and trust to Thee
For help and guidance here.
O, be Thou very near to all
Who seek to do Thy will!
Thou who dost heed the sparrows' fall,
Thy shorn lambs keep from ill.
Who seek to do Thy will!
Thou who dost heed the sparrows' fall,
Thy shorn lambs keep from ill.
May truth be precious in our sight,
While we our faith defend,
Crying with rapturous delight,
"Jehovah is our Friend!"
While we our faith defend,
Crying with rapturous delight,
"Jehovah is our Friend!"