Fidence and Resignation. Pause and Examine

O Lord, to be numbered among thy servants, much less to be accounted thy child. Is it possible I could have repaid thy infinite patience and goodness with such malice and ingratitude ? Creator of Heaven and Earth, I have sinned against thee. I have, alas! offended thee, who art so good and so worthy of my love. Yet, Lord, when I consider that I am the work of thy hands, and the price of the blood of thine only Son, who expired on the cross for mv salvation, I cannot despair of thy par- don. ’ It is, therefore, through his infinite merits that I implore, and humbly hope thou wilt grant me, the forgiveness of my sins. Have pity on me, O eternal Father, and spare me for the sake of thy beloved Son. Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out my iniquities. I am heartily sorry for them, because they are offensive to thee ; and I shall continue to repent sincerely of them to the hour of my death. Amen