Worship for May 2025: “See Mercy, Mercy From On High” (Robert Sandeman)

April 2025 — Grace & Truth Magazine

See Mercy, Mercy From On High

See mercy, mercy from on highDescend to rebels doomed to die;’Tis mercy free, which knows no bound;How sweet, how pleasant is the sound! >Soon as the reign of sin began,The light of mercy dawned on man,When God announced the blessed news,“The woman’s Seed thy head shall bruise.” >Brightly it beamed on men forlorn,When Christ, the holy Child, was born;And brighter still in splendor shoneWhen Jesus, dying, cried, “’Tis done.” >Complete in power when He arose,And burst the bands of all His foes,Then captive led captivity,And took for us His seat on high. >Till we around Him there shall throng,This mercy shall be still our song:For God shall every scheme confoundOf all that seek its course to bound.

—Robert Sandeman (1718–1771)