Give us grace to look away

Give us grace to look away from our guilty selves and our guilty doings —to Him who has done all and suffered all, and procured all for us!

Give us a deep and abiding sense of our vileness and unworthiness.

May every sin which has usurped the throne of our affections be cast down, that God Himself may be our all in all.

May we seek to imbibe more of the spirit, and to copy more of the example, of our Divine Redeemer.

May we feel it to be our joy to serve Him, our privilege to follow Him, our sorrow to vex and grieve Him.