Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
PRAYER
456
Approach, My Soul, the Mercy-Seat
Matt. 11: 28
C. M.
Spohr
John Newton, 1779, ab.
Louis Spohr, 1835, arr.
near
sore
ven
an
Thy
nigh;
prayer;
ly
ture
swers
shel
Sa
this
Je
tered
tan
I
sus
side,
pressed,
my
ise
be
my
Shield
neath
is
soul,
2
Ap
1
Thy
Bowed
3
Be
4
down
proach,
prom
Thou
seat
plea,
sin,
place,
ing
of
ly
cy
With
By
That,
Where
the
mer
Hid
load
on
my
a
and
A
per
Lord,
Thee
Thou
there.
I.
rest.
died.
ish
am
for
hast
I
By
Thou
There
men.
be
dened
fierce
fall
bur
out
and
fears
cus
souls
Ac
fore
humb
call
wars
may
ly
est
with
my
none
such,
come
tell
For
And
I
And
can
O
to
him
er
feet,
Thee,
in,
face
His
to
with
5
O wondrous Love, to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners such as I
Might plead Thy gracious name!
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