Approach My Soul the Mercy Seat
 
1. Approach, my soul, the mercy seat, where Jesus answers pray'r;
There humbly fall beneath His feet, for none can perish there. 
 
2. Your promise is my only plea; with this I venture nigh;
You call for burdened souls to free, and such, O Lord, am I. 
 
3. You are my Shield and Hidingplace, and sheltered near Your side,
I may my fierce accuser face, and tell him You have died. 
 
4. O wondrous love, to bleed and die, to bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I, can plead Your gracious Name! 
 
Text: John Newton (1725-1807)