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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
D
About this Hymn
The original title of this hymn gives us a sense of Charles Wesley's heart when he wrote it: "After a Relapse into Sin." You probably know what it is like to feel as though you have fallen to a place where you do not deserve to be forgiven, or you should know better than to be where you are. But here is the good news of redeeming grace: "Jesus loves and seeks me still."
Lyrics
Verse 1
Depth of mercy! Can there be
mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God his wrath forbear;
me, the chief of sinners, spare?
Verse 2
I have long withstood his grace,
long provoked him to his face,
would not listen to his calls,
grieved him by a thousand falls.
Verse 3
There for me the Savior stands,
shows his wounds and open hands.
God is love! I know, I feel;
Jesus loves and seeks me still.
Verse 4
Now incline me to repent,
let me all my sins lament;
now my rebel heart deplore;
turn, believe, and sin no more.
Depth of mercy! Can there be
mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God his wrath forbear;
me, the chief of sinners, spare?
Verse 2
I have long withstood his grace,
long provoked him to his face,
would not listen to his calls,
grieved him by a thousand falls.
Verse 3
There for me the Savior stands,
shows his wounds and open hands.
God is love! I know, I feel;
Jesus loves and seeks me still.
Verse 4
Now incline me to repent,
let me all my sins lament;
now my rebel heart deplore;
turn, believe, and sin no more.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Charles Wesley, 1740
Music: Orlando Gibbons, 1623; harm. Henry Smart, 1881
Music: Orlando Gibbons, 1623; harm. Henry Smart, 1881