"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

Father of heav'n whose love profound A ransom for our souls hath found Before Thy throne we sinners bend To us Thy pard'ning love extend. Almighty Son, Incarnate Word Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord Before Thy throne we sinners bend To us Thy saving grace extend. Eternal Spirit, by whose breath The soul is raised from sin and death Before Thy throne we sinners bend To us Thy quick'ning pow'r extend. Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son Mysterious God-head, Three in One Before Thy throne we sinners bend Grace, pardon, life to us extend. -Tune: "Doxology" Words by preacher Thomas Ken (1637–1711 A.D.)

"We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God." -A CTS 14:22 [KJV] What are the promises? Are not all the promises suited to the Lord's poor and needy family? What are the promises of pardon, except to the guilty? What are promises of salvation, except to the lost? What are promises of consolation, except to the afflicted? What are promises of grace, except to those who feel themselves altogether undone? Thus it is "through much tribulation" we enter into the sweetness of the promises. Then they come with power into the heart; they are manifested with life and feeling to the soul; and we begin, like Jeremiah of old, to "find God's word and eat it;" and feel it to be the very joy and rejoicing of our heart. This is the effect of passing through tribulation in providence and in grace,—of cutting trials; of severe, harassing temptations; of frowns from the world; of blows from sinners and saints; of learning the workings of...

"No man ever did, or ever will feel himself to be a lost, miserable and hateful sinner, unless he be powerfully and supernaturally convinced by the Spirit of God." -preacher John Newton