William Watson Andrews

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Excerpt from William Watson Andrews: A Religious Biography, With Extracts From His Letters and Other WritingsO almighty god, who art greatly to be feared in Thy holiness, we are ashamed of our manifold iniquities, we confess unto Thee our sin. We ofi'end continually and grievously in deed, in word, and in thought. Our fathers have transgressed against Thee, and we, our children, and our brethren, do fill up the measure of their iniquity. Thy people, from generation to generation, have resisted and turned from Thee. We have abounded in false doctrine, heresy, and schism. The priesthood have sinned, and all the people. We harden our hearts, and are impenitent we are proud and rebellious we are high-minded, and refuse to be humbled. We have rejected Thine ordinances, and have chosen paths of our own. We have lived in strife and confusion, and have not desired peace. We have loved lies and vanity, hypocrisy and deceit. We covet and lust after the things which perish, and seek not Thy heavenly kingdom. We confess the sin of all Thy people, the members of Thy One Catholic Church. We have received Thy truth with our minds, but have closed our hearts against Thee. We have sat in judgment on those whom Thou hast set over us, and we judge not ourselves. We have loved the ways of disorder in which we have lived, and have been slow to learn reverence and humility. We have caused Thy truth to be rejected of the heathen by our foolishness and our sin and have brought reproach upon Thy Holy Name. By our hardness of heart and unbelief we have grieved and quenched Thy Holy Spirit. We are a burden unto Thee, hindering Thy purpose of grace to others and we have forsaken our own mercies.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.