Sermon Illustrations >
Forgiveness
>
A Hymn to God the Father
Source unknown
A Hymn to God the Father
Source unknown
Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun - John Donne, 1623
Which is my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt Thou forgive that sin through which I run,
And do run still, though still I do deplore?
When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,
For I have more.
Others to sin? and made my sin their door?
Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun
A year or two, but wallowed in a score?
When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,
For I have more.
My last thread, I shall perish on the shore;
Swear by Thy self, that at my death Thy Son
Shall shine as he shines now and heretofore;
And, having done that, Thou hast done,
