1220. Dear Father, to Thy Mercy Seat

1. Dear Father, to Thy mercy seat
My soul for shelter flees;
’Tis here I find a safe retreat
When storms and tempests rise.

2. My cheerful hope can never die,
If Thou, my God, art near;
Thy grace can raise my comforts high,
And banish every fear.

3. My great protector, and my Lord,
Thy constant aid impart;
O let Thy kind, Thy gracious word
Sustain my trembling heart.

4. Or never let my soul remove
From this divine retreat;
Still let me trust Thy power and love
And dwell beneath Thy feet.

Text Information
First Line: Dear Father, to Thy mercy seat
Title: Dear Father, to Thy Mercy Seat
Author: Anne Steele (1760)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, volume I, page 133
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Original title: "My God, 'Tis to Thy Mercy-Seat."
Tune Information
Name: MANOAH
Composer: Giocchino Antonio Rossini (1851, arr.)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 12321 77662 34321
Key: G Major
Source: Collection of Church Music, by Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
Copyright: Public Domain



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