...for me, Let me hide myself in thee. Let the water and the blood, From thy wounded side that flowed. Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure. But when the inept emotionalism of the sermon began, I settled back in the pew and counted the number...

...personal conversion and a form of perfectionism. As the popular revival hymn, "Rock of Ages," stated: "Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure." This desire for personal perfection was also, for many revivalists and their converts, linked with...

...Calvinist Augustus Toplady (venerable adversary of John Wesley), whose "Rock of Ages" sounds Wesleyan ("Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure")? Again, the question is not "if but "when"? Those hymns of Cowper, Wesley, and Toplady reflect the exuberant...

...for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure. Could my tears forever flow, Could my zeal no languor know, These for sin could not atone; Thou must...

...justification, sanctification is needed. The great hymns teach the twofold nature of sin: Rock of Ages - Be of sin the double cure; save from wrath and make me pure. Nothing But the Blood - For my pardon this I see; for my cleansing, this my plea. The provision of...

...words Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure; Save from wrath and make me pure on the back of playing cards as he sought shelter from a storm under a rock overhang in England's Cheddar...

...for me. Let me hide myself in Thee. Let the water and the blood from Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure. Could my tears forever flow, Could my zeal no languor know; These for sin could not atone, Thou must...

...for me, let me hide myself in Thee. Let the water and the blood, from Thy wounded side which flowed. Be of sin, the double cure. Save from wrath, and make me pure. . . And now you know the best part of all. January 5, 1998 Inspiration Point #25 I promised you a few...

...for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure; Save from wrath and make me pure. Not the labor of my hands Can fulfill Thy law's demands; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears...

...for me, Let me hide myself in thee; Let the water and the blood, From thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee. Hearing the sound of music floating up the...