Religion

Monday before Easter

by John S. B. Monsell 1811–1875

From Hymns of Love and Praise (1866)

Religion

Mercy, mercy, God the Father!
God the Son, he thou my plea!
God the Holy Spirit, comfort!
Triune God, deliver me!

Not my sins, O Lord, remember.
Nor Thine own avenger he;
But, for Thy great tender mercies,
Saviour God, deliver me I

By Thy holy Incarnation,
By its awful mystery.
By Thy Birth and Circumcision,
Saviour God, deliver me!

By Thy Baptism in Jordan,
When the Dove came down on Thee,
By Thy Fasting and Temptation,
Saviour God, deliver me!

By Thy Cross, and hy Thy Passion,
Bloody sweat and agony.
By Thy precious Death and Burial,
Saviour God, deliver me!

By Thy glorious Resurrection,
Thine Ascent in Heav'n to be.
By the Holy Spirit's coming.
Saviour God, deliver me!

In all time of tribulation.
In the world's prosperity,
In death's hour, and at the Judgment,
Saviour God, deliver me!

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Text: Bow down Thine ear to me : make haste to deliver me. — Ps. xxxi. 2.

MLA

Monsell, John S. B. “Monday before Easter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/122/.

Chicago

Monsell, John S. B. “Monday before Easter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/122/.

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