"When the Son of Man Comes Back"
TEXT: Mark Ryman (©2004) based on Luke Luke 18:9-14. More hymns at edoxy.com.
TUNE: "Halleluiah! What a Savior!” by Phillip Bliss (1875).

When the Son of Man comes back
Will the Church be firm or slack?
Will he find faith bright or black?
Be merciful, O my Savior!

I am confident and proud,
Standing pompous in a crowd,
Proclaiming my faith so loud.
Be merciful, O my Savior!

I stand out above the rest;
All can see my faith is best.
I should turn and beat my breast.
Be merciful, O my Savior!

God have mercy upon me,
This can be my only plea.
I’m a sinner on my knees.
Be merciful, O my Savior!

How can any person stand
Without God’s kind, helping hand?
I am humbled by the grand
Mercy of a loving Savior!


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