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(The following is an excerpt from the diary of James Smith)
August 28, 1857.
If some of my congregation knew me better--they would love me less!
Yet my heavenly Father . . .
knows me well,
favors me much,
and loves me wonderfully!
If some of my congregation knew me better--they would love me less!
Yet my heavenly Father . . .
knows me well,
favors me much,
and loves me wonderfully!
O how strange--that God should love a worm, a dung-hill worm--one who . . .
was bred in sin,
loved sin,
felt at home in sin, and
at times felt regret that he was debarred from some sins!
was bred in sin,
loved sin,
felt at home in sin, and
at times felt regret that he was debarred from some sins!
O if God had left me to myself--what would I have been, and what would I have done!
But by the grace of God--I am what I am!" 1 Corinthians 15:10
Surely, surely, I must say, that divine love and wisdom have planned my path--from first to last.
I am . . .
out of Hell,
on the way to Heaven,
employed by God,
useful to saints, and
a blessing to sinners! O how wonderful, how wonderful is this!
But by the grace of God--I am what I am!" 1 Corinthians 15:10
Surely, surely, I must say, that divine love and wisdom have planned my path--from first to last.
I am . . .
out of Hell,
on the way to Heaven,
employed by God,
useful to saints, and
a blessing to sinners! O how wonderful, how wonderful is this!
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