Depth Of Mercy

Grade Level 1

Year: 1998

Type: Hymn/Song Arrangement

Composer: Noel Jones

Program Notes:

Carl Maria von Weber wrote this appealing tune approximately 200 years ago.  This arrangement has been written in a devotional style.  The words associated with this tune were written by Charles Wesley.

Depth of mercy, can there be

Mercy still reserved for me?

Can my God His wrath forbear

Me, the chief of sinners, spare?

I have long withstood His grace,

Long provoked Him to His face,

Would not hearken to His calls,

Grieved Him by a thousand falls. 

There for me the Savior stands,

Shows His wounds and spreads His hands.

God is love! I know, I fee;

Jesus weeps and loves me still.

American Instrumental Ensemble Series (AIES/ABES)