1. By faith I view my Saviour dying
On the tree;

To every nation he is crying,
Look to me!

He bids the guilty now draw near,
Repent, believe, dismiss their fear:
Hark! hark! what precious words I hear!
Mercy's free! mercy's free!

2. Did Christ, when I was sin pursuing,
Pity me?

And did he snatch my soul from ruin?
Can it be?

Oh, yes! he did salvation bring:
He is my Prophet, Priest and King;
And now my happy soul can sing,
Mercy's free! Mercy's free!

3. Jesus my weary soul refreshes ;
Mercy's free!

And every moment Christ is precious
Unto me.

None can describe the bliss I prove:
While through this wilderness I rove;
All may enjoy the Saviour's love,
Mercy's free! mercy's free!

4. Long as I live, I'll still be crying,
"Mercy's free!"

And this shall be my theme when dying, "Mercy's free!"

And when the vale of death I've pass'd,
When lodged above the stormy blast,
I'll sing, while endless ages last,
"Mercy's free! mercy's free!

197. C. M.

1. ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?

Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

2. Was it for crimes that I had done
He groan'd upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

8. Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When God the mighty Maker died
For man the creature's sin.

4. Thus might I hide my blushing face
While his dear cross appears,

Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to tears.

5. But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe:

Here, Lord, I give myself away;
'Tis all that I can do.

198. S. M.

1. IF Jesus Christ was sent
To save us from our sin

And kindly teach us to repent,
We should at once begin.

2. He says he loves to see

A broken-hearted one;

He loves that sinners, such as we,
Should mourn for what we've done.

3. 'Tis not enough to say

We're sorry and repent,
Yet still go on from day to day
Just as we always went.

4. Repentance is to leave

The sins we loved before,

And show that we in earnest grieve,
By doing so no more.

5 Lord, make us thus sincere,
To watch as well as pray:
However small, however dear,
Take all our sins away.

6. And since the Saviour came
To make us turn from sin,
With holy grief and humble shame
We would at once begin.

199. S. M.

1. DID Christ o'er sinners weep,
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from every eye.

2. The Son of God in tears,
Angels with wonder see;
Be thou astonish'd, O my soul,
He shed those tears for me.

3. He wept that we might weep,
Each sin demands a tear;
In heaven alone no sin is found,
And there's no weeping there.

200. C. M.

1. If you will turn away from sin
In childhood's early day,

The Lord will make you pure within,
And take your guilt away.

2. He'll show you all his matchless love, He'll make you heirs of light,

And give you grace, that you may prove
Still faithful in his sight.

3. He'll lead you in the pleasant way,
Of holiness and peace,

And guide you thus to endless day,
Where sin and sorrow cease.

4. Oh, stay not in the road to death,
But to the Saviour come!

And when you lose life's fleeting breath
He'll send and take you home.

201. S. M.

1. Is this the kind return,

Are these the thanks we owe,
Thus to abuse eternal love,

Whence all our blessings flow?

2. To what a stubborn frame

Hath sin reduced our mind!

What strange rebellious wretches we,
And God as strangely kind!

3. Turn, turn us, mighty God,

And mould our souls afresh;

Break, sovereign grace, our hearts of stone,
And give us hearts of flesh.

202. C. M.

1. A SINNER, Lord, behold, I stand,
In thought and word and deed;
But Jesus sits at thy right hand,
For such to intercede.

2. From early infancy, I know,
A rebel I have been;
And daily as I older grow
I fear I grow in sin.

3. But God can change this evil heart,
And give a holy mind,

And his own heavenly grace impart,
Which those who seek shall find.

4. Then let me all my sins confess,
And pardoning grace implore,
That I may learn thy righteousness
And love my Saviour more.

203. S. M.

1. LORD, I would come to thee,
A sinner all defiled;

Oh, take the stain of guilt away,
And own me as thy child.

2. I cannot live in sin

And feel a Saviour's love:

Thy blood can make my spirit clean :

Oh, write my name above!