277. We Speak of the Mercy of God

4-8s.
1
We speak of the mercy of God,
 
So boundless, so rich, and so free!
 
But what will it profit thy soul,
 
Unless ’tis relied on by thee?
2
We speak of salvation and love,
 
By the Father in Jesus made known;
 
But if thou would’st live unto God,
 
By faith thou must make it thine own.
3
We speak of the Savior’s blest name,
 
By which God can sinners receive;
 
Yet still art thou lost and undone,
 
Unless in that name thou’lt believe.
4
We speak of the blood of the Lamb,
 
Which frees from pollution and sin;
 
But its virtues by thee must be proved,
 
Or thou wilt be ever unclean.
5
We speak of the glory to come,
 
Of the heaven so bright and so fair;
 
But unless thou in Jesus believe,
 
Thou shalt not, thou canst not be there.
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