GOD OF THE PUBLICAN,
Be merciful to me a sinner; this I am by nature and practice, this thy word proclaims me to be, this I hope I feel myself to be; Yet thou hast not left me to despair, for there is no ‘peradventure’ in thy grace; I have all the assurance I need that with thee is plenteous redemption. In spite of the number and heinousness of my sins thou hast given me a token for good; The golden scepter is held out, and thou hast said ’Touch it and live’. May I encourage myself by a sense of thy all-sufficiency, by faith in thy promises, by views of the experience of others. To that dear refuge in which so many have sheltered from every storm may I repair, In that fountain always freely open for sin may I be cleansed from every defilement.
Be merciful to me a sinner; this I am by nature and practice, this thy word proclaims me to be, this I hope I feel myself to be; Yet thou hast not left me to despair, for there is no ‘peradventure’ in thy grace; I have all the assurance I need that with thee is plenteous redemption. In spite of the number and heinousness of my sins thou hast given me a token for good; The golden scepter is held out, and thou hast said ’Touch it and live’. May I encourage myself by a sense of thy all-sufficiency, by faith in thy promises, by views of the experience of others. To that dear refuge in which so many have sheltered from every storm may I repair, In that fountain always freely open for sin may I be cleansed from every defilement.
