Cares in This Life

Should Thy mercy send me
   Sorrow, toil, and woe;
Or should pain attend me
   On my path below;
Grant that I may never
   Fail Thy hand to see,
Grant that I may ever
   Cast my care on Thee.
                       James Montgomery, 1771-1854
                       The Mennonite Hymnary

God's Mercy

What mercy and divine compassion
  Has God in Christ revealed to me!
My haughty spirit would not ask it,
  Yet He betowed it, full and free.
In God my heart doth now rejoice:
  I praise His grace with grateful voice.
  I praise His grace with grateful voice.

Eternal wrath should be my portion:
  The Lamb of God, for sinners slain,
Removed the curse and condemnation,
  His blood atoned for every stain.
God's love in Christ on Calvary's Tree
  From guilt and shame has set me free.
  From guilt and shame has set me free.
                   Gerhard Tersteegen, 1697-1769
                          from the Mennonite Hymnary,1942

Love of Christ

O grant that nothing in my soul
   May dwell, but Thy pure love alone;
O may Thy love possess me whole,
   My joy, my treasure, and my crown!
All coldness from my heart remove;
   May every act, word, thought, be love.
                                 by Paul Gerhardt,1651
                                 translated by John Wesley
                                 from The Mennonite Hymnary

Forgiveness

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I John 1:9