Thoughts in Prison, in Five Parts viz. The Imprisonment--The Retrospect--Public Punishment--The Trial--Futurity; By the Rev. William Dodd. To which are added, His Last Prayer, Written in the Night before his Death; The Convict's Address to his Unhappy Brethren; and Other Miscellaneous Pieces: With an account of the author, and a list of his works ... The fourth edition, with additions |
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I. THE ADMONITION.
Afflicted prisoner, whosoe'er thou art,
To this lone room unhappily confin'd;
Be thy first business here to search thy heart,
And probe the deep corruptions of thy mind!
To this lone room unhappily confin'd;
Be thy first business here to search thy heart,
And probe the deep corruptions of thy mind!
Struck with the foul transgressions thou hast wrought,
With sin,—the source of all thy worldly woe;
To shame, to sorrow, to conviction brought,
Oh, fall before the throne of mercy low!
With sin,—the source of all thy worldly woe;
To shame, to sorrow, to conviction brought,
Oh, fall before the throne of mercy low!
With true Repentance pour thy soul in prayer,
And fervent plead the Saviour's cleansing blood:
Faith's ardent cry will pierce the Father's ear;
And Christ's a plea which cannot be withstood!
And fervent plead the Saviour's cleansing blood:
Faith's ardent cry will pierce the Father's ear;
And Christ's a plea which cannot be withstood!
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