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% This file is a part of the Open Hymnal Project to create a freely 
% distributable, downloadable database of Christian hymns, spiritual 
% songs, and prelude/postlude music.  This music is to be distributed 
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% Open Hymnal Project, 2008 Edition
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%OHSCRIP Is 1:18, Lk 15:20-24, Heb 9:14, Jn 10:9
%OHTOPICS {Angels [3]}, {Anticipation}, {Blood [1]}, {Comfort}, {Contrition [1]}, {Father [2,3]}, {God's Children - the Faithful (see also Saints, People of the World)}, {Jesus [1]}, {Presence}, {Promises (see also Gospel)}, {Salvation}
%OHCATEGORY JUSTIFICATION
%OHMETRICAL 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6
%OHCOMPLEXITY 2
%OHCOMPOSER Anthes, Friedrich Konrad (1812-?)
%OHARRANGER unknown
%OHAUTHOR Allen, Oswald (1816-1878)
%OHTRANSLATOR none
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X: 1
T: Today Thy Mercy Calls Me 
T: (also known as Today Your Mercy Calls Us)
C: Words: Oswald Allen, 1861, alt. 
C: Music: 'Anthes' Friedrich K. Anthes, 1847.  Setting: "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book", 1931.
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2008 Revision.
S: Music source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book (LCMS), Edition of 1931 Hymn 49.
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[V: S1V1] [Q:1/4=140] E | A G A B | c2 A A | F d c B | A3
w: 1.~To- day Thy mer- cy calls me to wash a- way my sin; 
w: 2.~To- day Thy gate is o- pen, and all who en- ter in 
w: 3.~To- day the Fa- ther calls me, the Ho- ly Spir- it waits, 
w: 4.~O all em- brac- ing mer- cy, thou e- ver o- pen door, 
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[V: S1V1]  E | A G A B | c2 A A | F d c B | A3
w: How- ev- er great my tres- pass, wha- te'er I may have been; 
w: Shall find a Fa- ther's wel- come, and par- don for their sin; 
w: The bless- èd an- gels ga- ther a- round the heav'n- ly gates; 
w: What shall I do with- out thee when heart and eyes run o'er? 
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[V: S1V1]  c | B G A F | G2 E E | F G A B | c3
w: How- ev- er long from mer- cy I may have turned a- way, 
w: The past shall be for- got- ten, a pre- sent joy be given; 
w: No ques- tion will be asked me, how of- ten I have come; 
w: When all things seem a- gainst me, to drive me to des- pair, 
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w: Thy blood, O Christ, can wash me, and make me clean to- day. 
w: A fu- ture grace be pro- mised, a glo- rious crown in Heav'n. 
w: Al- though I oft have wand- ered, it is my Fa- ther's home. 
w: I know one gate is o- pen, one ear will hear my prayer. 
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