(Verse)
Lord, we confess our many faults
And how great our guilt has been
Foolish and vain were all of our thoughts
No good could come from within

(Chorus)
But by the Mercy of our God
All of our Hopes begin
And by The Water and The Blood
Our souls are washed from sin
Our souls are washed

(Verse)
Itʼs not by the works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done
But we are saved by our Fatherʼs grace
Abounding through His Son

(Chorus)
But by the Mercy of our God
All of our Hopes begin
And by The Water and The Blood
Our souls are washed from sin
Our souls are washed from sin

(Bridge)
Oh we are saved by our Fatherʼs grace
Abounding through His Son
Abounding through His Son

(Chorus)
But by the mercy of our God
All our hopes begin
And by the water and the blood
Our souls are washed
Our souls are washed
Our souls are washed
From sin

The poem, entitled “Afraid?” was written by Presbyterian missionary E.H. Hamilton following the recent martyrdom of one of his colleagues, J.W. Vinson.

Afraid? Of what?
To feel the spirit’s glad release?
To pass from pain to perfect peace,
The strife and strain of life to cease?
Afraid? Of that?

Afraid? Of what?
Afraid to see the Saviour’s face,
To hear His welcome, and to trace,
The glory gleam from wounds of grace,
Afraid? Of that?

Afraid? Of what?
A flash – a crash – a pierced heart;
Brief darkness – Light – O Heaven’s art!
A wound of His a counterpart!
Afraid? Of that?

Afraid? Of what?
To enter into Heaven’s rest,
And yet to serve the Master blessed?
From service good to service best?
Afraid? Of that?

Afraid? Of what?
To do by death what life could not –
Baptize with blood a stony plot,
Till souls shall blossom from the spot?
Afraid? Of that?

“Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.” 

Joni Eareckson

 "In the one place in the Bible where the Son of God pulls back the veil and lets us peer way down into the core of who he is, we are not told that he is “austere and demanding in heart.” We are not told that he is “exalted and dignified in heart.” We are not even told that he is “joyful and generous in heart.” Letting Jesus set the terms, his surprising claim is that he is “gentle and lowly in heart.”

Dane Ortlund

"So now let us awaken Christ sleeping within us. With groans arising from our innermost being, with a voice filled with faith, in Christian tears and deepest weeping, let us cry with the apostles: Save us, Lord!"

Peter Chrysologus