Masterful Music: R.T. Legacy
Depth of Mercy
(SATB, Piano)
Like my setting of WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS, this is another choral anthem where I have composed new music for a classic hymn text.
Depth of mercy! Can there be
Mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God His wrath forbear,
Me, the chief of sinners, spare?
I my Master have denied,
I afresh have crucified,
And profaned His hallowed Name,
Put Him to an open shame.
Now incline me to repent,
Let me now my sins lament,
Now my foul revolt deplore,
Weep, believe, and sin no more.
There for me the Savior stands,
Shows His wounds and spreads His hands.
God is love! I know, I feel;
Jesus weeps and loves me still.