pardon for sin and a peace that endureth/ thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide/ strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow/ blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! - thomas chisolm
we sing this in church today, the reprise of my wedding hymn. it is as difficult to sing today as it was twenty years ago. i want at once to proclaim the words, and also to tremble at my presumptuousness. would my God give me so much, with more besides? can there truly be no shadow of turning with him? and then i remember that Christ did not hold back his life but laid it down freely for me. i need to say with the centurion, my God, i believe. help my unbelief!
o give me grace to follow my master and my friend. - j e bode
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