Tune: CANTERBURY
Words: Charles Wesley, 1740, alt.
Music: adapted from Orlando Gibbons, 1623
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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:
I my Master have denied,
I afresh have crucified,
Oft profaned His sacred name,
Put Him to an open shame.
VERSE 4:
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 5:
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:
I my Master have denied,
I afresh have crucified,
Oft profaned His sacred name,
Put Him to an open shame.
VERSE 4:
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 5:
Now incline me to repent,
Let me all my sins lament,
Now my rebel heart deplore,
Turn, believe, and sin no more.