HYMN NO. 451

1. Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.

2. Thy promise is my only plea;
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.

3. Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By war without and fears within,
I come to Thee for rest.

4. Be Thou my Shield and Hiding place,
That, sheltered near Thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him Thou hast died.

5. O wondrous love I to bleed and die,
To bear the Cross and shame,
That guilty sinners such as I,
Might plead Thy gracious Name!