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

April 2025 — Grace & Truth Magazine

See mercy, mercy from on high Descend 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 shone When 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 confound Of all that seek its course to bound. >—Robert Sandeman (1718–1771)