PENITENCE

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4376, 20 February 1909, Page 1

PENITENCE

I ’ * • y’ Trembling before thee, wo bow down to adore thee, Shamefaced and trembling we lift’: our eyes to thee, • 0 First and with the last, annul our, ruined past, 1 Rebuild us to thy Glory, set us free From sin and from sorrow to fall j down and worship Thee.

Full of pity view us, stretch Thy sceptre to us, Bid us live that we may give ourselves : to Thee; 0 Righteous Lord and true, stand up for us and do, Make us lovely, make us new ; set uS f-^e

From sin and from sorrow to bring all and worship Thee. Christina Rossetti.

THE COMING BLESSED- . NESS

For it is Thy wiU,\Q God that the earth shall be cor Vc i unto thy law : it is Thy wilt;! that wickedness 5h...l eea.su and >

love shall reign. Como, O blessed promise ; and behold, I am willtug— -lay me on the alter : let my blood flow and the fire consume me ; but let try witness be rememberal among men, that iniquity shall not prosper for ever. (F’rorn Savonarola ; s sermon in George Eliot’s “ Romola.”