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"My Father, if Thy mercy had bounds, where would be my refuge from just
wrath? But thy love in Christ is without measure. Thus, I present
myself to
Thee with sins of comission and omission, against Thee, my Father,
against Thee, adorable redeemer, against Thee and Thy strivings, 0 Holy
Spirit, against the dictates of my conscience, against the precepts of
Thy Word, against my neighbours and myself. Enter not into judgment
with me, for I plead no
righteousness of my own, and have no cloak for iniquity. Pardon my day
dark
withevil. This night I renew my penitence. Every morning I vow to love
Thee more fervently, to serve Thee more sincerely, to be more devoted
in my life, to be wholly Thine; Yet I soon stumble, backslide, and have
to confess my weakness, misery and sin. But I bless Thee that the
finished work of Jesus needs no addition from my doings, that His
oblation is sufficient satisfaction for my
sins. If future days be mine, help me to amend my life, to hate and
abhor evil, to flee the sins I confess. Make me more resolute, more
watchful, more
prayerful. Let no evil fruit spring from evil seeds my hands have sown; Let no
neighbour be hardened in vanity and folly by my want of circumspection. If this
day I have been ashamed of Christ and His Word, or have shown unkindness,
malice, envy, lack of love, unadvised speech, hasty temper, let it be
no
stumbling block to others, or dishonour to Thy name. 0 help me to set
an upright example that will ever rebuke vice, allure to goodness, and
evidence that
lovely are the ways of Christ."
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