Hear Me, O Lord

March 15.

Hear me, O Lord. for Thy loving-kindness is good:
turn unto me according to the multitude of
Thy tender mercies.

PSALM 69, verse 16.


Let, I pray Thee, Thy merciful kindness be
for my comfort, according to
Thy word unto Thy servant.

PSALM 119, verse 76.


Love divine has seen and counted
Every tear it caused to fall;
And the storm which Love appointed
Was its choicest gift of all.

ANONYMOUS.


O that thou couldst dwell in the knowledge
and sense of this! even, that the Lord beholds
thy sufferings with an eye of pity; and is able,
not only to uphold thee under them, but also
to do thee good by them. Therefore, grieve not
at thy lot, be not discontented, look not out at
the hardness of thy condition; but, when
the storm and matters of vexation are sharp,
look up to Him who can give meekness and patience,
can lift up thy head over all, and cause
thy life to grow, and be a gainer by all.
If the Lord God help thee proportionably to thy
condition of affliction and distress, thou wilt have
no cause to complain, but to bless His name.

I. PENINGTON.