 Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to...  The Book of common prayer - Page 281818Full view - About this book
 | Robert Nye - British - 2003 - 410 pages
...was in time for Evensong. A Imighty and most merciful Father: We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have lefl undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought... | |
 | Randy Newman - Religion - 2011 - 274 pages
...in fact, almost alien: ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults.... | |
 | 2004 - 104 pages
...Lord have mercy upon us. Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults.... | |
 | Velma Demerson - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 172 pages
...melodious droning words: Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices...have done, And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, which confess their faults. Restore... | |
 | Robert J. Higgs, Michael Braswell - Religion - 2004 - 438 pages
...Christians, everywhere. Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health... | |
 | Paula Jean Miller, Richard Fossey - Religion - 2004 - 304 pages
...Austen's Anglicanism, the general confession exhibits an awareness of sin along with a call to perfection: We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left...have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done. . . . Grant . . . that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober... | |
 | Robert Andrew Baker, John M. Landers - Religion - 2005 - 486 pages
...the Ministerall kneeling. Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices...have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults.... | |
 | Lucy Reid - Religion - 2005 - 183 pages
...form for evening worship: Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices...ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. The tone is self-accusing, pessimistic, and takes for granted that "miserable sinners" stand in need... | |
 | William H. Willimon - Religion - 2005 - 390 pages
...are all familiar with that prayer. It says, "We have erred and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We have offended against Thy holy laws. We have left...ought not to have done, and there is no health in us" A number of people on the Harvard campus wanted to eliminate that last phrase: "there is no health... | |
 | Leanne Van Dyk - Music - 2004 - 182 pages
...confession is spoken in unison: Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, we have followed too much the devices...holy laws, we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and done those things which we ought not to have done.15 Other prayers of confession... | |
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