Confess thy hand, and bless the rod,

By penitence make thee her friend,

And find in thee a guardian God.

873. C. M. Rippon's Coll.

Public Supplication.

1When Abrah'm, full of sacred awe,

Before Jehovah stood,

And, with an humble, fervent prayer,

For guilty Sodom sued,--

2With what success, what wondrous grace,