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letters, who frequently repeated it whilst walking along the street. His youngest daughter quoted it to him as he lay dying in 1827. He specially dwelt on the line, E er since by faith I saw the stream. All the promises, he said, are yea and amen, in Christ Jesus.

Mrs. Sherwood (see 812) says that often and often, when thinking of Henry Martyn, whom she knew so well at Cawnpore in 1810, have these verses, so frequently sung by him, come to my mind

E er since by faith I saw the stream.

Then, in a nobler, sweeter song.

Hymn 333. Jesus, in whom the weary find. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740; Works, i. 249. The last of five hymns Upon parting with his friends. The first begins, Cease, foolish heart, thy fond complaints.

Hymn 334. Jesu, Friend of sinners, hear. CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742 ; Works, ii. 119. A prayer for restoring grace. Six verses.

Ver. 2 owes a thought to Mason s Songs of Praise, 1682, No. xxii. A Song of Praise for Pardon of Sin

2. My sins have reach d up to the heav ns ;

But mercy s height exceeds : God s mercy is above the heav ns

Above my sinful deeds. My sins are many, like the stars,

Or sand upon the shore ; But yet the mercies of my God

Are infinitely more.

3. My sins in bigness do arise

Like mountains great and tall ; But mercy, like a mighty sea,

Covers these mountains all. This is a sea that s bottomless,

A sea without a shore : For where sin hath abounded much,

Mercy abounds much more.

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