119    C.M.     John Newton
Access to God in Christ. Eph. 2. 18; 3. 12; Heb 10. 19

1 Great God! from thee there’s nought concealed,
  Thou seest my inward frame;
  To thee I always stand revealed
  Exactly as I am!

2 Since I can hardly, therefore, bear
  What in myself I see;
  How vile and black must I appear,
  Most holy God, to thee!

3 But since my Saviour stands between,
  In garments dyed in blood,
  ’Tis he, instead of me, is seen,
  When I approach to God.

4 Thus, though a sinner, I am safe;
  He pleads, before the throne,
  His life and death in my behalf,
  And calls my sins his own.

5 What wondrous love, what mysteries,
  In this appointment shine!
  My breaches of the law are his,
  And his obedience mine.