Before the mercy seat…I will meet with you.
Exodus 30:6
Words & Music: W. Lewis Kane, in Temple Themes and Sacred Songs, edited by Charles H. Yatman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1888), page 121 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Kane’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Come to Calv’ry’s mount today,
Jesus will meet you there;
Look and live without delay,
Jesus will meet you there.
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Come to Jesus,
Don’t stay away, my friend;
Come to Jesus,
He calls today.
Rest beneath the hallowed cross,
Jesus will meet you there;
Saving mercy gained for loss,
Jesus will meet you there.
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Come and join His faithful band,
Jesus will meet you there;
Take His mighty, helping hand,
Jesus will meet you there.
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At the blessèd mercy seat,
Jesus will meet you there;
Come with this assurance sweet:
Jesus will meet you there.
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You’ll find rest in Heav’n at last,
Jesus will meet you there;
And be happy with the blest,
Jesus will meet you there.
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