...terrors that encompassed him round about. What, then, was his refuge ? It was prayer and confession : — I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord ; and so Thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. This, brethren, it must be allowed, is but a brief description of the process of conversion; but let...

...drought in summer. 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee : and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. 6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord : and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. 7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found...

...God expects His children always to tell out plainly to Him all the sins that they have committed. " I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord, and so Thou forgavest the wickedness of my sins." This is, ordinarily, the condition of a true repentance. It is not that God does not know our...

...casts out the dumb devil, then the resolve of the soul is, " I will acknowledge my sin unto thee : and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. I said, I...Lord : and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin."2 The man goes with a bursting heart to the throne of grace, and unburdens himself there. 1 Ps....

...restored vitality. " While I held my tongue : my bones consumed away through my daily complaining."1 . . . "I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord: and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin."2 On reaching his home, and being welcomed, the first thing which the prodigal does is to say,...

...cleanse us." The example is set by that pattern of true penitence in the Old Testament, who exclaims, "I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord, and so "—on that condition—"Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin." And again, "I acknowledge my faults,...

...the Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile. I will acknowledge my sin unto thee; and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. I said, I...prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him. Thou art a place to hide me in; thou shall...

...me day and night ; and my moisture is like the drought in summer. " I acknowledge my sin unto thee : and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. " I said,...forgavest the wickedness of my sin. " For this shall every good man make his prayer unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found : but in the great waterfloods...

...sin is ever before me. Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy sight. --Ps. li. 3. I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord ; and so Thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. — Ps. \-x\ii. 6. Blessed is the man whose iniquity is forgiven, and whose sin is purged. — Ps....

...true repentance is again and again insisted on in the Scriptures both of the Old and New Testaments. ' I said I will confess my sins unto the Lord ; and so Thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin' (Ps. xxxii. 6). 'The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, Thou...