Hymn #128.
No data available now. Besides this hymn Sandeman did contribute other hymns to the Scottish hymnals, so we have to assume that he lived and possibly died in Scotland. To us he is unknown, but to the God in Whose mercy he trusted he is well known. What a joy it will be to our hearts when in the glory we meet our brethren from every distant shore, to find our eternal company with those that love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity! Robert Sandeman trusted only in that mercy spoken of in Titus 3:5, as his hymn clearly testifies:
“See mercy, mercy from on high
Descend to rebels doomed to die;
‘Tis mercy free, which knows no bound.
How sweet, how pleasant is the sound?
Soon as the reign of sin began
The light of mercy dawned on man,
When God announced the blessed news,
‘The woman’s seed thy head shall bruise.’
Till we around Him there shall throng
This mercy shall be still our song;
For God shall every scheme confound
Of all who seek its course to bound.”