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Lord’s Day Eve

Devotional:

GOD OF THE PASSING HOUR,

Another week has gone and I have been
          preserved
        in my going out,
        in my coming in.
Thine has been the vigilance that has turned
    threatened evils aside;
Thine the supplies that have nourished me;
Thine the comforts that have indulged me;
Thine the relations and friends that have
    delighted me;
Thine the means of grace which have edified me;
Thine the Book, which, amidst all my enjoyments,
    has told me that this is not my rest,
    that in all successes one thing alone is needful,
      to love my Saviour.
Nothing can equal the number of thy mercies
  but my imperfections and sins.
These, O God, I will neither conceal nor palliate,
  but confess with a broken heart.
In what condition would secret reviews
    of my life leave me
  were it not for the assurance that with thee
    there is plenteous redemption,
    that thou art a forgiving God,
      that thou mayest be feared!
While I hope for pardon through the blood
    of the cross,
  I pray to be clothed with humility,
      to be quickened in thy way,
      to be more devoted to thee,
      to keep the end of my life in view,
      to be cured of the folly of delay and indecision,
      to know how frail I am,
      to number my days and apply my heart
        unto wisdom.


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