Accept Our Imperfect Praise
Asks God to accept heartfelt but imperfect praise, forgive weakness, and strengthen worshippers in righteousness and hope.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
ALMIGHTY GOD! pardon the praise that seems but weak, remember that our praises are uncertain, but constant is Thy mercy, and grant that out of a full heart they may come, and so the depth of feeling may excuse the poorness of the strain, and as we give of our best, be Thou pleased to take it for Thine own.
Help us in all things to know Thy will, and when we faint and fail therefrom, Have mercy, for we are but dust. And so strengthen us day by day through that which is good, and even through that which is evil, that we may come at last to stand strong in true righteousness, with the goodly hope of the Life Everlasting. Hear us of Thy mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord.—AMEN.