"Give an account of thy stewardship." --- Luke 16:2.
O Lord, how have I wasted my time, my goods, and faculties! Oh pardon me for thine infinite mercy's sake; blot out my debt by thy blood; and grant that henceforth, keeping a daily good account, and acting more prudently, faithfully, and diligently, my reckoning may not be false at last. But preserve me also from all needless cares, since the care to get something is not the steward's business, but only to husband everything carefully.
"Teach me, O Lord, and give me wisdom and grace to govern my house, and manage all my affairs rightly. Be thou the principal governor and father of my family; I would be nothing, but thy servant; direct me only in all things, that I may not suffer or do any harm." He that does not expostulate with God, but accuses himself, as guilty in all things, even his best performances, and flies to Christ as his only refuge, will be justified of God through the righteousness of his dear Son. And being thus adopted of God, he is ready and willing to be governed and directed by him in all things as a child.
That awful day will surely come,
The appointed hour makes haste,
When I must stand before my Judge,
And pass the solemn test.
Thou lovely chief of all my joys,
Thou sovereign of my heart!
How could I bear to hear thy voice
Pronounce the word, Depart?