...to distant lands! To us belong shame and confusion of face, because we have sinned against thee. But to the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him. We beseech thee give us a zeal for thy glory. Fountain of light, and life, and grace, pour upon us...

...tenderly does he deal with them ; — he said to backsliding Israel, " Turn thou unto me." (Jer. iii.) " To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him." " Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal you." " I am gracious and merciful, slow to anger,...

...thine unwillingness to pronounce that sentence, and to execute that wrath.which our iniquities deserve. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him. Grant, we earnestly beseech thee, that thy goodness may soften our hard hearts, and change our rebellious...

..." O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto Thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day ; to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against Thee." " O LORD, according to all Thy righteousness, I beseech Thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned...

...voice of the Lord our God2." Thus Daniel also, " O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee 3." And in many other places we find these holy men exhorting their brethren to repentance — not...

...the cross, confessing my sin, and the sin of my people. To us belongeth confusion of face ; to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against the Most High. Without too confidently applying it, I would acknowledge this as a judgment from the...

...to an observation of my friend, that the good Shepherd would gather his lambs into his bosom, was " To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him." While the horses were being saddled, passing the bar door of the public house to the stable yard, we...

...xxxii. 398. I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Jer. xxxi. 34. 9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him. Dan. ix. (I. 10. Turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. Jer. xxxi. 18....

...possibly repent, and God might be able to forgive them. ; MAMA. Oh ! Mary, is it not truly said, that " to the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses though we have rebelled against him," when incorrigible Judah was thus condescendingly warned ? To whom did the prophet (already 3t the imprisoned...

...eternal life ? " And the liberality of the terms will surprise you. " Hear, and your soul shall live. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him." " This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to...