Text Based On Acts Chapter 26
But shewed first unto them of Damascus,
and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the
coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles,
that they should repent and turn to God,
and do works meet for repentance.

O Lord, I Do Repent

Because I knew not when my life was good,
And when there was a light upon my path,
But turned my soul perversely to the dark,
O Lord, I do repent.

Because I held upon my selfish road,
And left my brother wounded by the way,
And called ambition duty, and pressed on,
O Lord, I do repent.

Because I spent the strength Thou gavest me
In struggle which Thou never didst ordain,
And have imperfect life to offer Thee,
O Lord, I do repent.

Because I was impatient, would not wait,
And thrust my willful hand across Thy threads,
And marred the pattern drawn out for my life,
O Lord, I do repent.