ÒYet, I Obtained Mercy!Ó — Don Fortner

(Tune: #400 — Jesus, and Shall it Ever Be? — LM)

 

1.    Come, ransomed sinners, help me sing

The love of our Almighty King;

I strove against His fixed decree,

Yet I obtained His mercy free.

 

2.    Despising all His boundless grace,

Madly, I chose the rebelÕs race;

I said, ÒOÕer me HeÕll never reign.Ó —

Yet I obtained His mercy then!

 

3.    Self-righteous — Ignorant of God,

But cleansed, and saved by JesusÕ blood,

No ruined sinner could be worse,

Yet I obtained His mercy thus.

 

4.    Poor, needy sinners! DonÕt despair,

To CalvÕry flee — and tarry there;

My glorious SuretyÕs merit view,

And youÕll obtain His mercy too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don Fortner

 

 

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