5. I never will forget this crying, In faith I’ll trust it all my days, And when o’er all my sins I’m sighing, I towards my Father’s heart will gaze; For there is always to be found Free mercy without end and bound. 6. Though I be robbed of every pleasure That soul and body can make glad, Bereft of every earthly treasure, Forlorn, forsaken, lone, and sad,— However far His help may be, His mercy yet is left to me. 7. Though earthly cares and want oppress me And cause me sorrow and regret That things so vain can still distress me And give me so much trouble yet, Though I am bowed down to the dust, Still in His mercy I will trust. 8. Though in the best of all my actions, In works that are admired the most, I must perceive great imperfections, I surely have no right to boast; Yet this sweet comfort doth abide: In mercy only I confide. 9. Be it with me as He is willing, Whose mercy is a boundless sea; May He Himself my heart be stilling That this may ne’er forgotten be; Then it will rest, in joy and woe, On mercy while it beats below. 10. On this foundation I unshrinking Will stand while I on earth remain; This shall engage my acting, thinking, While I the breath of life retain; Then I will sing eternally, Unfathomed Mercy, still of Thee. J. A. Rothe, † 1758. 313 L. M. Who shall the Lord’s elect condemn? ’Tis God who justifies their souls, And mercy, like a mighty stream, O’er all their sins divinely rolls. 2. He lives! He lives! and sits above, Forever interceding there: Who shall divide us from His love, Or what should tempt us to despair? 3. Shall persecution or distress, Famine or sword or nakedness? He who hath loved us bears us through And makes us more than conquerors too. 4. Not all that men on earth can do, Nor powers on high nor powers below, Shall cause His mercy to remove Or wean our hearts from Christ, our Love. Isaac Watts, 1707, a. 314 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7 Salvation unto us has come By God’s free grace and favor; Good works cannot avert our doom, They help and save us never: Faith looks to Jesus Christ alone, Who did for all the world atone; He is the Mediator. 2. What God doth in His Law demand No man to Him can render, And so He draws His flaming brand To punish the offender: Our flesh has not those pure desires Which first of all the Law requires,— We are in condemnation.