| Location in The Sacred Harp | ||||||
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| Stanza | Denson | Cooper | ||||
| 1 |
FROM ev'ry stormy wind that blows, From ev'ry swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat, T is found beneath the mercy-seat. |
Mercy Seat 96, Stanza 1 |
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| 2 |
There is a place where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads; A place than all beside most sweet, It is the blood-stained mercy-seat. |
Mercy Seat 96, Stanza 2 |
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| 3 |
There is a spot where spirits blend, Where friend holds fellowship with friend: Though sunder'd far, by faith they meet Around one common mercy-seat. |
Mercy Seat 96, Stanza 3 |
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| 4 |
Ah! whither could we flee for aid, When tempted, desolate, dismay'd? Or how the hosts of hell defeat, Had suff'ring saints no mercy-seat? |
Mercy Seat 96, Stanza 4 |
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| 5 |
There, there on eagle wing we soar, And time and sense seem all no more; And heaven comes down our souls to greet, And glory crowns the mercy-seat. |
Mercy Seat 96, Stanza 5 |
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| 6 |
O may my hand forget her skill, My tongue be silent, cold, and still; This bounding heart forget to beat, If I forget the mercy-seat. |
Mercy Seat 96, Stanza 6 |
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