{"id":124,"date":"2003-08-25T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-25T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2003\/08\/a-debtor-to-mercy-alone-a-hymn\/"},"modified":"2003-08-25T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2003-08-25T00:01:00","slug":"a-debtor-to-mercy-alone-a-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2003\/08\/a-debtor-to-mercy-alone-a-hymn\/","title":{"rendered":"A Debtor to Mercy Alone- a hymn"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberhymnal.org\/htm\/d\/e\/debtorto.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Debtor to Mercy Alone<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA debtor to mercy alone, of covenant mercy I sing;<br>\n<br>Nor fear, with Thy righteousness on, my person and off ring to bring.<\/p>\n<p>The terrors of law and of God with me can have nothing to do;<br>\n<br>My Savior\u2019s obedience and blood hide all my transgressions from view.<\/p>\n<p>The work which His goodness began, the arm of His strength will complete;<br>\n<br>His promise is Yea and Amen, and never was forfeited yet.<\/p>\n<p>Things future, nor things that are now, nor all things below or above,<br>\n<br>Can make Him His purpose forgo, or sever my soul from His love.<\/p>\n<p>My name from the palms of His hands eternity will not erase;<br>\n<br>Impressed on His heart it remains, in marks of indelible grace.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I to the end shall endure, as sure as the earnest is giv n;<br>\n<br><strong>More happy, but not more secure, the glorified spirits in heav n.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Debtor to Mercy Alone: \u201cA debtor to mercy alone, of covenant mercy I sing; Nor fear, with Thy righteousness on, my person and off ring to bring. 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