|
Solemn
Assembly Covenant
We used this covenant at the solemn assembly
on October 2. Everyone was invited to sign it. It
is uniquely about life out of death, as is the focus of this
current call for a solemn assembly. It is originally
from the Memorial Service for General William Booth, founder
of The Salvation Army, at Olympia, Wednesday, August 28, 1912:
OH GOD, my Father, my Preserver, and my
King, through Jesus Christ my Precious Savior, with fear and
reverence I come into Thy Sacred Presence, resolved, by the
help of Thy Holy Spirit, to make a Solemn Covenant with Thee,
which with all my heart I desire shall never be broken.
Here and now, Blessed Lord, I again take
Thee to be my God;
Here and now, Blessed Christ, I again take
Thee to be my Saviour;
Here and now, Blessed Spirit, I again accept
Thee as the Sanctifier, the Guide, and the Guardian of my
soul.
Blessed Jesus, the world despises Thee, but
I glory in Thee;
The world hates Thee, but I adore Thee;
The world rejects Thee, but I welcome Thee
to the throne of my heart.
Oh, my God, bowed before Thee once more, in
this solemn assembly, and in the presence of the Holy Angels,
I lay myself, and all I possess or hope for, unreservedly at
Thy Feet, to be used for Thy Glory, for the extension of Thy
Kingdom, and for the Salvation of a poor perishing world.
And here again, my Gracious Lord, I promise
to love Thee with all my heart, to obey Thee with all my
strength, to follow Thee all the way to my life's journey's
end, to trust Thee in prosperity and adversity, in joy and in
sorrow, so long as life shall last.
By Thy Grace, I will and do now trust Thee,
my Saviour, to cleanse my soul by Thy Precious Blood from all
unrighteousness, and rely upon Thee to keep me pure for
evermore; and by Thy Grace I trust Thee, my Father, whose
Providence has brought me thus far on my way to Heaven, to
overrule all things for my good, and to keep and guide me to
the end; and by Thy Grace I Promise and Covenant with Thee to
be faithful. And now, oh, my Lord, Thou hast my all. Thou art
my God, and I am Thy servant, Thy soldier, and Thy child.
Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and
to the HOLY GHOST; and let the Covenant I here make on earth
be registered in Heaven.
'High Heaven, that hears this solemn vow,
This vow renewed shall daily hear,
Till in life's latest hour I bow,
And bless in death a bond so dear.'
Signed
___________________________________________
|
