"Oh Lord, I am a sinner, and thou knowest it I have tried to make myself better, but I cannot. If there is any way left in which thou canst save me, do thou save me; if not, I must be damned, for I cannot try any more, nor won't."
William Huntington's prayer near time of salvation.
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LORD my voice by nature is harsh and untunable and it is vain to lavish any art to better it Can my singing of psalms be pleasing to thy ears which is unpleasant to my own yet though I cannot chant with the nightingale or chirp with the blackbird I had rather chatter with the swallow Isaiah xxxviii 14 yea rather croak with the raven than be altogether silent Hadst thou given me a better voice I would have praised thee with a better voice Now what my music wants in sweetness let it have in sense singing praises with understanding Yea Lord create in me a new heart therein to make melody Ephes v 19 and I will be contented with my old voice until in thy due time being admitted into the choir of heaven I have another more harmonious bestowed upon me
The wit and wisdom of Thomas Fuller
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I am sometimes downright staggered at the exceeding riches of his grace. How Christ can go on pardoning day after day, and hour after hour; sometimes I feel almost afraid to ask, for shame. A. L. Newton
