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Great God, Thy judgments all are just and right; Thou art all pity, and to anger slow; But I have done such evil in Thy sight, That mercy now with justice cannot flow. Yes, gracious God, my sins have reached such height, As leaves no choice but how to deal the blow; Such guilt to pardon would Thy honour blight, And even Thy goodness seals my final woe. Consult Thy glory, then withhold no more, Let fall Thy thunder, and my tears forget, Wage war for war, pour Thy avenging flood; The justice which consumes me I adore. But where to strike, O Lord? where find even yet A spot not covered by the Saviour’s blood?
Great God, Thy judgments all are just and right; Thou art all pity, and to anger slow; But I have done such evil in Thy sight, That mercy now with justice cannot flow. Yes, gracious God, my sins have reached such height, As leaves no choice but how to deal the blow; Such guilt to pardon would Thy honour blight, And even Thy goodness seals my final woe. Consult Thy glory, then withhold no more, Let fall Thy thunder, and my tears forget, Wage war for war, pour Thy avenging flood; The justice which consumes me I adore. But where to strike, O Lord? where find even yet A spot not covered by the Saviour’s blood?
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- James Glassford (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 523 · printed citation: James Glassford · subject: SAVIOUR
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