22. "How Bright, There Above, Is the Mercy of God!"

11,10.
by G.V. Wigram, 1856
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"How bright, there above, is the mercy of God!"
 
"And void of all guilt, and clear of all sin,
 
Is my conscience and heart, through my Savior’s blood."
 
"Not a cloud above" — "not a spot within."
“For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.” (Psalm 57:10)
“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14)
“And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.” (2 Samuel 23:4)
“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:27)
“Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.” (2 Peter 3:14)
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Christ died! then I am clean: "Not a spot within."
 
God’s mercy and love! "Not a cloud above."
 
’Tis the Spirit, through faith, thus triumphs o’er sin:
 
"Not a cloud above" — "not a spot within."
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7)
“Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.” (John 13:10)
“Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.” (Song of Solomon 4:7)
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