3 O'er sins unnumbered as the sand, The seas of sovereign grace expand- 4 For this stupendous love of heaven, 5 By this inspired, let all our days Let truth and goodness, prayer and praise 334. L. M. 61. *DAVIES. 'Who is a pardoning God like Thee!' 1 GREAT God of wonders! all thy ways 2 Sins of such baseness to forgive, 3 In wonder lost, with trembling joy, A pardon sealed with Jesus' blood. 4 O may this great, this matchless grace, This godlike miracle of love, Fill the wide earth with grateful praise, CONFESSION AND PENITENCE. 335. L. M. *WATTS. A Penitent pleading for Pardon. Ps. 51. 1 SHOW pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive; Are not thy mercies large and free? 2 My sins are great, but not surpass 3 0 wash my soul from every sin, 4 My lips with shame my sins confess 5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 336. C. M. MRS. CARTER. The Same. 10 THOU, the wretched's sure retreat, And, with the cheerful smile of peace, 2 Did ever thy propitious ear Or when did plaintive misery sigh 3 Oppressed with grief and shame, dissolved In penitential tears, Thy goodness calms our anxious doubts, 4 New life from thy refreshing grace Thy gentlest, best-loved attribute, 5 From that blest source, propitious hope And sheds her soft and cheering beam 6 Our hearts adore thy mercy, Lord! Which ushers in the smiling morn 337. L. M. *WATTS. The Same. Ps. 51. 1 0 THOU that hear'st when sinners cry, 2 Create my nature pure within, 3 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord, 4 A broken heart, my God, my King, The God of grace will ne'er despise 5 My soul lies humbled in the dust, 6 Then will I teach the world thy ways; |