GOD OF MERCY AND COMPASSION

God of mercy and compassion,\nLook with pity upon me;\nFather, let me call thee Father,\n‘Tis thy child returns to thee.\nJesus, Lord, I ask for mercy;\nLet me not implore in vain;\nAll my sins I now detest them,\nNever will I sin again.\n2. By my sins I have deservèd\nDeath and endless misery,\nHell with all its pains and torments,\nAnd for all eternity. Jesus, Lord, etc.\n3. By my sins I have abandon’d\nRight and claim to heaven above,\nWhere the saints rejoice for ever\nIn a boundless sea of love. Jesus, Lord, etc.\n4. See our Saviour, bleeding, dying,\nOn the cross of Calvary;\nTo that cross my sins have nail’d him,\nYet he bleeds and dies for me. Jesus, Lord, etc.