31 days of Hymns - Day 2

Approach, My Soul, the Mercy-seat by John Newton (1779)

my favorite rendition by Jon Yerby
http://journeyonmusic.net/track/approach-my-soul-the-mercy-seat

piano melody
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOtqi9sfd3g

another melody with lyrics using the Glen Soderholm version
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We1GN229hDg

modified lyrics contemporary version
Approach My Soul The Mercy Seat - Sojourn Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqMcVKHLg4E



1 Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before his feet,
For none can perish there.


2 Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.


3 Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By wars without, and fears within,
I come to thee for rest.

4 Be thou my shield and hiding place!
That, sheltered near thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him, "thou hast died."


5 O wondrous love! to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame;
That guilty sinners such as I,
Might plead thy gracious name.


6 "Poor tempest-tossed soul be still,
My promised grace receive;"
'Tis Jesus speaks, I must, I will,
I can, I do believe.


Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians, 1803
http://www.hymnary.org/text/approach_my_soul_the_mercy_seat