O spare our guilty country, spare
The church which thou hast planted here.
5 We plead thy grace, indulgent God;
We plead thy Son’s atoning blood;
We plead thy gracious promises;
And are they unavailing pleas?
6 These pleas, presented at thy throne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings down
On guilty lands in helpless woe;
Let them prevail to save us too.