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Believers Hymn Book · No. 7 · Words: Augustus Montague Toplady · Tune: Whitchurch
A Debtor to mercy alone
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written by Augustus Montague Toplady in 1771, this hymn celebrates the believer's security in God's covenant mercy and the assurance that nothing can separate the soul from His love. It draws on themes of imputed righteousness and the eternal faithfulness of God's promises.
Verse 1
A Debtor to mercy alone,
Of covenant mercy I sing,
Nor fear, with God's righteousness on,
My person and offerings to bring.
The terrors of law and of God
With me can have nothing to do;
My Saviour's obedience and blood
Hide all my transgressions from view.
Verse 2
The work which His goodness began
The arm of His strength will complete;
His promise is Yea and Amen,
And never was forfeited yet.
Things future, nor things that are now,
Not all things below or above,
Can make Him His purpose forego,
Or sever my soul from His love.
Verse 3
My name from the palms of His hands
Eternity will not erase;
Imprest on His heart, it remains
In marks of indelible grace.
Yes! I to the end shall endure,
As sure as the earnest is given;
More happy, but not more secure,
The souls of the blessed in heaven.
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