iniquity, transgression, and sin?’ Thou hast prepared a prayer for me, ‘Turn me, and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God.’  Jer. 31:18.  I look to thy new covenant in the same chapter; it is all promise, I can do nothing in it.  Christ by thine own appointment answers for my part; or rather, I have no part.  I can render nothing to the Lord for all his benefits to me.  I will put forth the withered hand to ‘take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord.’

“Ten o’clock.  The day is spent; I have confessed, and endeavored to turn to the Lord with mourning, but with little sensibility.

“I attended meeting in the evening, heard two excellent discourses on the priesthood of Christ, and joined in two prayers and three hymns with more fixed attention than has been my attainment lately; for this I thank thee, my God.  Many have been the beginnings of days and of months which thou hast afforded after backsliding.  O add this to the number.  ’Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications; in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.  Enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.’  Psalm 143.

“My spirit is overwhelmed within me, my heart within me is desolate.  I stretch out my hands unto thee; my soul thirsteth after thee in a thirsty land.  Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit faileth; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto those that go down into the pit.  Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto thee.  Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies; I flee unto thee to hide me.  Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God.  Thy Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.  Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake; for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.  I wait for thy salvation.

This heart my Jesus bought with blood,
It is his honest claim;
O seize it, fix it, Saviour God,
To give it is my aim.

Take full possession of this heart,
And here set up thy throne;
Command each idol to depart,
And make it all thine own.

O dare I not to thee appeal,
That ’tis my first desire,
That on this heart thou stamp thy seal
And grave it with love’s fire?

To fix this heart to stray no more
I e’en would quit the clay;
Would hasten on to Jordan’s shore,
And plough the watery way.

Nor fear nor dread my soul should move,
With Jesus in my heart;
Each passion swallowed up in love,
I’d court the friendly dart.

The resurrection and the life
In death itself he’ll prove,
And while he closes mortal strife,
Breathe his own life of love.

Then boast not, monster, of thy sting,
Nor of thy victory, grave;
In th’ arms of God’s anointed King
I dare thy fiercest brave.