Cast them into the deep ocean
of His all-cleansing blood. By Henry Law We give thanks unto
you, O Father, for you are good, for your mercy endures for ever. May your dear Son, our only Saviour,
be this day more and more revealed to our adoring hearts. We desire to know the breadth
and length, the depth and height of His all-surpassing love. Help us to gaze more and more
with the eye of faith on Him who was crucified for us, until
we are changed into His image from glory to glory. May we learn at His cross the
exceeding vileness and dreadful deceits of sin. We would be taught
to measure the infinitude of His tender pitifulness by the
infinitude of His sufferings in our place. we would bring
every sin of every moment of our lives and cast them into
the deep ocean of His all-cleansing blood. Blessed Jesus, through You we
now draw near. Ever adored be Your grace for
this ready way, opened through the rent veil of Your crucified
body. Great High Priest, ever pleading
at God's right hand, receive our sin-soiled prayers, cleanse
them in your precious blood, perfume them by the sweet savour
of your merits, and obtain acceptance for them. Extend your wounded
hands in our behalf, behold us in the depths of our need, and
pour down blessings on our waiting souls. May your word go forth, conquering
and to conquer. Strengthen it as a hammer to
break our rocky hearts into pieces. Nothing exceeds your power. Nothing is too good for you to
give. infinite is your might, boundless
is your love, limitless is your grace. Nothing is too great for
you to accomplish. Put forth your power, and may
sinners be repenting, prodigals be restored, outcasts be brought
in, Rebels be subdued, Backsliders be reclaimed, Satan's captives
be released, Blind eyes be opened, Broken hearts be bound up, The
desponding be cheered, The self-righteous be stripped of their vain pleas,
The formalist be driven from the refuge of lies. The ignorant
be enlightened. Brands be plucked out of the
fire. Your saints be built up in their
most holy faith and fitted for their eternal glorious inheritance. We ask great things, but we ask
of You, our great and awesome God, all in the name of our glorious
and almighty Saviour, even Your own Son, Jesus Christ, our infallible
Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.