| 1 | Now, from this instant now, I will
To my offended Father cry:
My base ingratitude I feel,
Vilest of all Thy children, I,
Not worthy to be called Thy son;
Yet will I Thee my Father own. |
| 2 | How shall I find the living way,
Lost, and confused, and dark, and blind?
Ah, Lord, my soul is gone astray!
Ah, Shepherd, seek my soul, and find,
And in Thy arms of mercy take,
And bring the weary wanderer back! |
| 3 | Guide of my life hast Thou not been,
And rescued me from passion’s power
Ten thousand times preserved from sin,
Nor let the greedy grave devour?
And wilt Thou now Thy wrath retain,
Nor ever love Thy child again? |
| 4 | If Thou hast willed me to return,
If weeping at Thy feet I fall,
The prodigal Thou wilt not spurn,
But pity and forgive me all,
In answer to my Friend above,
In honor of His dying love! Amen. |
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| 1 | Ye sons of men, with joy record
The various wonders of the Lord;
And let His power and goodness sound
Through all your tribes the earth around. |
| 2 | Let the high heavens your songs invite;
Those spacious fields of brilliant light,
Where sun and moon and planets roll,
And stars that glow from pole to pole. |
| 3 | See earth in verdant robes arrayed,
Its herbs and flowers, its fruit and shade;
View the broad sea’s majestic plains,
And think how wide its Maker reigns! |
| 4 | But O that brighter world above,
Where lives and reigns Incarnate Love!
God’s only Son in flesh arrayed,
For man a bleeding Victim made: |
| 5 | Thither, my soul, with rapture soar;
There in the land of praise adore:
This theme demands an angel’s lay,
Demands an undeclining day. |
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| Book | Reference | Bible Text |
| Psalm | 31:19 | Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! |
| Jeremiah | 3:4,5 | 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. |
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