Full Lyrics
VERSE 1
God of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity upon me;
Father, let me call Thee Father,
'Tis Thy child returns to Thee.
CHORUS
Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy,
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins I now detest them,
Help me not to sin again.
VERSE 2
By my sins I have deserved
Death and endless misery;
Hell, with all its pains and torments,
And for all eternity.
VERSE 3
By my sins I have abandoned
Right and claim to heav'n above;
Where the saints rejoice forever
In a boundless sea of love.
VERSE 4
See our Saviour, bleeding, dying
On the cross of Calvary;
To that cross my sins have nailed Him,
Yet He bleeds and dies for me.
