When God is Near


“When we see and feel that nothing but his favor can make us happy; then we may be sure the Lord is near.”—John Newton, Twenty-One Letters to Elizabeth Catlett.

Full Assurance


A debtor to Mercy alone,
Of covenant Mercy I sing;
Nor fear, with thy Righteousness on,
My Person and Off ’ring to bring:
The Terrors of Law, and of God,
With me can have nothing to do;
My Saviour’s Obedience and Blood
Hide all my Transgressions from view.
—Augustus Toplady