“Who can tell me if this strife,
In heaven or hell shall end?”
[♦] “as” replaced with “as when” per Errata
[♠] “better” replaced with “be better” per Errata
Lord shall my soul be carried by angels into Abraham’s bosom, or hurried by fiends into endless torments! Lord ’tis true, I am a great sinner; but Jesus is an Almighty Saviour. I entirely renounce all dependence upon myself.
“This all my hope, and all my plea,
For me the Saviour died.”
Yes, my dearest Jesus thou did’st die for me: then I may be saved. Lord I believe; help thou mine unbelief. In the evening Mr. H——n gave an account of the life and death of Mr. P——l G——d, an eminent and useful preacher; and then gave out these lines, in which I joined with my whole heart:
“O may we thus our parting breath,
Into the Saviour’s hand resign: