We lay in our blood and were not so lovely as to provoke any eye to pity us. Then Christ passed by, and it was the time of his love. And then his love broke forth with the light of life, for then he said, live. When believers were all poisoned with the leprosy of sin and lay as lepers by the wayside, then Jesus Christ came and took them by the hand and opened the love of his heart in letting out a stream of blood to wash them and make them clean. John Durant.

Jesus, gentle sufferer, say, how shall we this dreadful day near thee draw and to thee pray? We whose proneness to forget thy dear love on all of it, bathed thy brow with bloody sweat. We who sins with awful power like a cloud did o'er thee lower in that God excluding hour. We who still in thought and deed often hold the bitter read to thee in thy time of need. Canst thou pardon us and pray as for those who on this day took thy precious life away? Yes, thy blood is all my plea. It was shed and shed for me. Therefore, to thy cross I flee. At thy feet in dust and shame, I dare breathe thy holy name and a great salvation claim. Save me, Jesus. Stoop and take pity on my soul and make this day bright for thy dear sake. John Monsell.