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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 17, 1901

PROMISES

When wasted by sickness and weary with pain, Ps. 41: 3. So smitten, so faint, I may ne’er rise again, Ps. 39: 4, 11. To whom shall I look, to whom shall I cry, John 6: 68. But to thee, blessed Jesus, who ever art nigh? Matt. 11: 28. I know thou art near in my deepest distress, Isa. 48: 10. Oh! be near to sustain me, to comfort and bless; Isa. 63: 9. Let the keenest of tortures ne’er make me repine, Prov. 3: 11, 12. But remember thy anguish was greater than mine. Luke 22: 44. ’Tis because I have sinned that I languish and sigh, Luke 23: 41. But thou for my sins didst in agony die; 1 Peter 2: 24. And since thou hast suffered, for me to atone, Isa. 53: 5. Oh! take me, and wash me, and make me thine own. Ps. 51: 5, 10. Do thou help me to seek thee, and thee I shall find, Ps. 25: 4, 5. May thy Spirit enlighten my ignorant mind! John 14: 26. A lamb of thy flock I humbly would be, John 21: 15. For I know that thy mercy can reach even me. Heb. 7: 25. Kind Shepherd, oh, take me, as thou didst of old, Mark 10: 16. And then I never shall stray from thy fold. John 10: 16. I am feeble and weak, give me strength from above, Isa. 40: 29. To believe with true faith, to trust with true love; 1 John 4: 18. To be patient in anguish, submissive and still, Ps. 39: 9. And quietly wait thy heavenly will. Lam. 3: 26. Bless all the dear friends whom thy goodness has given, Matt. 21: 22. May all I love here be united in heaven, Rev. 7: 14. To praise thee forever, in that blessed home, Rev. 5: 9. Where sorrow, and sin, and pain never come. Rev. 7: 16, 17. —Selected.