Conform “And count the patience of our Lord as salvation.” II Peter 3:15 I do with all my soul believe, Thou hast so long my manners borne, That I thine image may retrieve, And saved at last, to God return: Ent’ring into thy love’s design, I now expect...
I Would Flee “O that I had wings like a dove! I would flee away and be at rest.” Psalm 55:6 Come heavenly Dove, My soul remove From life’s severe distresses, To that glorious rest above, To my Lord’s embraces! Saviour, to thee I fain would flee, I...
In Every Respect “We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15 We have not an high priest above Unmoved at what we suffer here: In tenderest...
No More “Whoever believes in him is not condemned.” John 3:18 Lord, I believe, and stand secure, In all I speak, or do, or feel; My conscience finds an answer sure, To every charge of earth, or hell: Nigh to the judge I boldly draw: My surety all, his anger bore, My...
Good “It is good for me that I was afflicted.” Psalm 119:71 Of blessings infinite I read, The foremost, that my heart hath bled And thank thee for a moment’s pain, Whose fruit shall evermore remain; How good for me the suffering given! ’Tis grace, ’tis...
Do Not Forget “Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness.” Deuteronomy 9:7 Thou need’st the kind command repeat, So apt the sinner to forget His former trespasses: But lest I cast them still behind, Saviour, bring...
Heal “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!” Psalm 41:4 Sin is the desperate wound Which must my death procure, Unless the balm in Gilead found Administers a cure: Jesus, my Lord, my God, Faith to be healed I have; O let the medicine of thy...
In Christ “You are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption.” I Corinthians 1:30 Made by the Father’s gift and grace Our wisdom true, O Christ, appear, Our meritorious righteousness, From guilt and curse and...
One “That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you.” John 17:21 What is that unity? Can we be one in thee, As thou th’ eternal Son Art with the Father one? Then shall we know, when once we feel The grace incomprehensible.
Why “Why will you die?” Ezekiel 18:31 A death-devoted race If thou hast passed us by; Excluded from thy heavenly grace, We must forever die: But not by thy decree; (Who freely would’st forgive;) We perish, Lord, in spite of thee, Because we will not...