We look for mercy still,
The mercy of our Lord,
To keep our helpless souls from ill,
When perfectly restor’d:
On his preserving grace
The purest saints depend;
And never shall we want it less,
’Till grace in glory end.
We look for mercy still
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”—[Jude] 21. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 217.
Publishing: Public Domain