The heart healed and changed by mercy

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Source: Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Olney Hymns, 1779) Source URL: https://ccel.org/ccel/newton/olneyhymns Public domain basis: First published London, 1779; Newton d. 1807, Cowper d. 1800. CCEL first-edition transcription. US public domain. Coverage: Complete individual poem extracted from parent edition olney-hymns at bytes 341714-342520; checksum e9fc794f6dfc3acd17be9561ae46b2dbf568f53691a4a2a6b8a898648a5e724f.

# The heart healed and changed by mercy

The heart healed and changed by mercy

Hymn 63

William Cowper

7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6

The heart healed and changed by mercy.

Sin enslaved me many years,

And led me bound and blind;

Till at length a thousand fears

Came swarming o'er my mind.

Where, I said in deep distress,

Will these sinful pleasures end?

How shall I secure my peace,

And make the LORD my friend?

Friends and ministers said much

The gospel to enforce;

But my blindness still was such,

I chose a legal course

Much I fasted, watched and strove,

Scarce would show my face abroad,

Feared, almost, to speak or move,

A stranger still to GOD.

Thus afraid to trust his grace,

Long time did I rebel;

Till, despairing of my case,

Down at his feet I fell:

Then my stubborn heart he broke,

And subdued me to his sway;

By a simple word he spoke,

"Thy sins are done away."