When I pronounce the word of pardon, what a weight seems lifted from my
heart.
I will not only banish every feeling of hatred, I will efface every
painful remembrance. O GOD, if Thou forgivest me, as I forgive others,
what mercy for me!
Thou seest I bear no malice, that I forget all injuries....
I have been offended by _words_; I forget them; by actions, I forget them;
by omissions, thoughts, desires; they are all forgotten.
Ah! in all these ways I have offended Thee, and Thou wilt forget, even as
I have forgotten.