Scripture Verse

I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. Leviticus 16:2

Introduction

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Robert Lowry (1826–1899)

Words: Will­iam J. Ste­ven­son, 1880, in Se­lect Gems, by Ro­bert Low­ry & W. How­ard Doane (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1889), num­ber 6.

Music: Ste­ven­son Ro­bert Low­ry (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ste­ven­son (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Savior, to Thy mer­cy seat
Humbly trust­ing, I draw near;
Now my wait­ing spir­it meet,
Lend to me Thy gra­cious ear.

Thou canst cleanse the vil­est stain,
Now apply Thy pre­cious blood;
Let no spot of guilt remain,
Wash me in the crim­son flood.

Savior, hear my ear­nest pray­er,
Now Thy great com­pas­sion show;
Let my con­trite spir­it share
All Thy mer­cy can be­stow.