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  &quot;<strong>Once again You will have compassion on us! </strong>You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!&quot; Micah 7:19<br />
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  Here is a <em>melancholy fact intimated: </em>The Lord had turned away His face from His people. He was displeased. There were now no sweet visits, no love-tokens, no intimate communion. But He threatens, He frowns, He smites, He shows His displeasure. He is<em>angry</em>—but not <em>wrathful</em>. He has sworn that He will not be wrathful with us. <br />
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  He <em>smites</em>—but to correct. <br />
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  He <em>frowns</em>—but to bring us to repentance. <br />
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  &quot;Once again You will have compassion on us!&quot; Once again He will <em>look </em>upon us—as He did on Peter when He broke his heart, and brought him back with weeping and supplication.<br />
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  He will speak to us as He did to Mary, when He said, &quot;Your sins are forgiven—go in peace.&quot; <br />
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  He will smile away our fears,<br />
  take us to His gentle bosom, and <br />
  again assure us of His love. <br />
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  He will, for He has promised to do so. <br />
  He will, for He has always done so. <br />
  He will, for the love of His heart prompts Him to do so. <br />
  He will, for He delights in mercy. <br />
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  Then let us mourn over our follies—but not despair of pardon. <br />
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  Let us weep, that we have grieved our kind and gracious God—but not yield to gloom. <br />
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  Let us confess our backsliding, and expect Him to return. <br />
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  &quot;Once again You will have compassion on us! You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean!&quot;
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