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Penitence: Quotations from Burning Words

The law can never save us; and he is nearest to the forgiveness of the gospel who, with a contrite heart, discerns most clearly and feels most profoundly that perfection of the Divine statute which impeaches and condemns him.— WILLIAM ADAMS

Prostrate, dear Jesus, at Thy feet, A guilty rebel lies; And upwards, to Thy mercy-seat, Presumes to lift his eyes.— S. STENNETT

Christian penitence is something more than a thought or an emotion or a tear; it is action.— WILLIAM ADAMS

Know what your sin is and confess it; but do not imagine that you have approved yourself a penitent by confessing sin in the abstract.— T. L. CUYLER

Break my hard heart, Jesus my Lord; In the inmost part Hide Thy sweet word.— ROBERT MCCHEYNE