For a Person Who Fears Being Beyond Forgiveness

O THOU who art Love, behold in pity Thy servant, held in bondage to a secret fear that he is beyond thy forgiving mercy, lost in a darkness where Thou art not. Free him from the dominion of these sad thoughts. Chase away the phantoms of a morbid imagination, by the health-giving beams of Thy light. Reveal to him the infinitude of Thy mercy, so that he may be well assured that there is no sin which Thou art not willing to forgive. May he rest in faith on Thine own word: "I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, Thy transgressions; return unto me, for I have redeemed thee." We pray that Thy blessing may rest upon all the means that are being used for the restoration of Thy servant to peace of mind. Remove the causes, physical and mental, that make for his present misery. Let a spirit of right reason, of a patient trust, of unselfish labour, wean his thoughts from the tyranny of unwholesome and self-centred brooding. And with a mind wholly possessed with a sense of Thy goodness, may he give thanks to Thee and praise Thy name evermore. Amen.