Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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APPROACHING THROUGH MERCY. |
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APPROACHING THROUGH MERCY.
“But as for me, I will come into thy house, in the multitude of thy mercy.”
—Psalm, v. 7.
O Lord! I enter not thy courts
In fancied merit of my own;
Thy law has shaken all supports
Save what thy mercy yet makes known.
In fancied merit of my own;
Thy law has shaken all supports
Save what thy mercy yet makes known.
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The past a dreary waste appears,
The present—but the past renew'd,
The future—fraught with boding fears
But for thy mercy's multitude.
The present—but the past renew'd,
The future—fraught with boding fears
But for thy mercy's multitude.
No penitence, though deep, and sure,
No good desires, however strong,
No “high resolves,” however pure,
Can vouch for hope of safety long.
No good desires, however strong,
No “high resolves,” however pure,
Can vouch for hope of safety long.
These have been trusted, and have fail'd!
That purer, humbler hope make known
Which, in thy boundless mercy mail'd,
Trusts to thy righteousness alone.
That purer, humbler hope make known
Which, in thy boundless mercy mail'd,
Trusts to thy righteousness alone.
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