God of Mercy and Compassion

1. God of mercy and compassion, look with pity upon me,
Father, let me call Thee Father, 'tis Thy child returns to Thee.

Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins, I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.

2. By my sins I have deserved death and endless misery,
Hell with all its pains and torments, and for all eternity.
3. By my sins I have abandoned right and claim to heav'n above.
Where the saints rejoice forever in a boundless sea of love.
4. See our Savior, bleeding, dying, on the cross of Calvary;
To that cross my sins have nail'd Him, Yet He bleeds and dies for me.