FOR LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBOR
Gracious God, who art good, and dost good, who extendest Thy loving kindness to all mankind; suffer me not to exclude any from my charity, who are the objects of…
Gracious God, who art good, and dost good, who extendest Thy loving kindness to all mankind; suffer me not to exclude any from my charity, who are the objects of…
O holy and most merciful Father, spare me, Thy poor sinful but repenting creature. Spare me, good Lord, spare me; and let me not perish in my sins, but through…
O Lord God Almighty, just and true. Thou Sovereign of the world, on whom is all my dependence, and in whom is all my hope; I am ashamed and blush…
O blessed Jesus, who in Thy life and death hast set before us a perfect pattern of humi- lity, enable me by Thy grace to imitate Thy wonderful condescension; that…
Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. — Acts xxii. 16. Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the…
Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. — St. John, iii. 5. Not by works of righteousness which…
I am in covenant with God! In my bap- tism God established His covenant with me. It is His covenant with me. As He ap- pointed the rainbow as a…
I am baptized! According to Thy com- mand, Lord Jesus, have I been baptized. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, have…
Everlasting thanks to Thee, Lord Jesus! I need not first grow up in wickedness, and then painfully return, with blemishes and scars on my soul, to undo with sorrow what…
The holy child Jesus! What is this I read of thee: And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon…