the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Without me ye can do nothing. Therefore, abide in me. John 15:4-5.
I can no more do without thee, O! my dear Saviour, than the branch can without the vine! Keep me, therefore, always in thee, else I shall have recourse to my old fancied stock of grace, though I have been a thousand times convinced of my insufficiency. May I never be left in the least thing to my own strength, but be directed, assisted, and blessed by thee in all my doings. For as far as I trust to myself I am distrustful of thee, and consequently weak; and on the other hand, the more I distrust myself, the more I trust to thee, and will be strengthened and blessed.
Let the wild leopards of the wood
Put off the spots that nature gives,
Then may the wicked turn to God,
And change their temper and their lives.
As well as may Ethiopian slaves,
Wash out the darkness of their skin;
The dead as well may leave their graves,
As old transgressors cease to sin.
Where vice has held its empire long,
’Twill not endure the least control,
None but a power divinely strong
Can turn the current of the soul.
Great God! I own thy power divine,
That works to change this heart of mine,
I would be formed anew, and bless
The wonders of creating grace.
