O Lord, look upon mine adversity and
misery, which call aloud to Thee for ease.
O, most gracious God, my pains are extreme;
have pity on me, and lighten them. In
Thine anger, which I have deserved, remem-
ber mercy, and consider my feebleness and
frailty. I have waited for Thy relief,
Father; give me the comforts of it. show
me Thy mercy, and speedily, for my need is
great. Send me seasonable help and strength
now, and everlasting rest with Thee in the
end: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives begin to sink into the same mould of denial and exercise of liberty, something is amiss.
Walter Chantry