O Lamb of God how I Praise You

Evangelical repentance is repentance of sin as sin: not of this sin nor of that, but of the whole mass. We repent of the sin of our nature as well as the sin of our practice. We bemoan sin within us and without us. We repent of sin itself as being an insult to God. Anything short of this is a mere surface repentance, and not a repentance which reaches to the bottom of the mischief. Repentance of the evil act, and not of the evil heart, is like men pumping water out of a leaky vessel, but forgetting to stop the leak. Some would dam up the stream, but leave the fountain still flowing; they would remove the eruption from the skin, but leave the disease in the flesh. --Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Thus the great ancient hymn says 'sin', not 'sins.'

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the
world: have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the
world: have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the
world: grant us thy peace.

A moment of Confession from the BCP

Let us confess our sins to Almighty God.
O ALMIGHTY Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, We confess that we have sinned against
thee in thought, word, and deed. Have mercy
upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us after thy
great goodness; According to the multitude of
thy mercies do away our offences; Wash us
throughly from our wickedness, And cleanse us
from our sins; For Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.


LORD, have mercy, Brian