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Friday Vespers #11

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H, give me light to see, a heart to close with, and power to do Thy will, O God — Amen.

— Thomas Wilson (1663 – 1755)

This was written by Scott. Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006, at 5:00 pm. Filed under Credal. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

2 Comments

  1. willa wrote:

    “a heart to close with”
    Hmmm. . .? What does that mean?

    Monday, November 20, 2006 at 9:17 am | Permalink
  2. Scott wrote:

    18th century language and customs notwithstanding, the word close has probably twenty different modern meanings. In the context of the prayer I take it to mean “a heart to draw near to-” or “a heart to unite with-.”

    Monday, November 20, 2006 at 9:31 am | Permalink

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