Depth Of Mercy

Depth of mercy! Can there be
Mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God His wrath forbear,
Me, the chief of sinners, spare?

I have long withstood His grace,
Long provoked Him to His face,
Would not hearken to His calls,
Grieved Him by a thousand falls.

I have spilt His precious blood,
Trampled on the Son of God,
Filled with pangs unspeakable,
I, who yet am not in hell!

I my Master have denied,
I afresh have crucified,
And profaned His hallowed Name,
Put Him to an open shame.

Whence to me this waste of love?
Ask my Advocate above!
See the cause in Jesus’ face,
Now before the throne of grace.

Jesus, answer from above,
Is not all Thy nature love?
Wilt Thou not the wrong forget,
Permit me to kiss Thy feet?

If I rightly read Thy heart,
If Thou all compassion art,
Bow Thine ear, in mercy bow,
Pardon and accept me now.

Jesus speaks, and pleads His blood!
He disarms the wrath of God;
Now my Father’s mercies move,
Justice lingers into love.

Kindled His relentings are,
Me He now delights to spare,
Cries, “How shall I give thee up?”
Lets the lifted thunder drop.

Lo! I still walk on the ground:
Lo! an Advocate is found:
“Hasten not to cut Him down,
Let this barren soul alone.”

There for me the Savior stands,
Shows His wounds and spreads His hands.
God is love! I know, I feel;
Jesus weeps and loves me still.

Pity from Thine eye let fall,
By a look my soul recall;
Now the stone to flesh convert,
Cast a look, and break my heart.

Now incline me to repent,
Let me now my sins lament,
Now my foul revolt deplore,
Weep, believe, and sin no more.

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems, 1740
Music: Can­ter­bu­ry, Or­lan­do Gib­bons, in Hymns and Songs of the Church, by George Wi­ther, 1623

The Bowmaster 2

The Bowmaster

*squeeeeee* !! this is by far my favourite maple story picture. :P sigh..i want the full body version..this one i took a screen shot and edited it. This is a picture of a Bowmaster. Its the 4th Job for archers using the bow and the advancement can only be made at level 120. If I ever reach level 120, i will become a Bowmaster. :P But that won't be for a looooonnnngggggg time.
I may post a video clip of a bowmaster in action......i found one cool one on youtube. will post the link soon. :P
Archers rule!! :P

Maple Update

Lolz! Now..this is cool. :P Now at level 47...going very slow now. Not much change except my hat colour and my ear rings. The earrings don't really suit a guy character but i have no choice if i want to increase my stats....hope can change earrings at level 50.
The hat is damn cool but it took me a lot to acquire it. I had to hunt and gather a total of 2300 of an item to get it in the end. Yup...its not a typo...its 2300. Had to hunt like crazy...seeing the same monster over and over again...but it was worth it coz from this point on, my equipment can no longer be bought at the in-game stores....i have to hunt monsters and hoping that they drop the equipment or buy it from other players who have already acquired the item. Another way is to complete certain quests and receive the equipment as a reward like what i did to acquire my hat.
But its hard to acquire the exact equipment you want from monster drops as 1) seldom drop it or 2) drop other equipment which you can't use. I read in the forum that trying to hunt for an exact equipment usually fails 95% of the time...:S no need lo like dat....:P
Buying from players is another option but the prices can be crazy. I have seen items run to the millions of in-game money! For example, I bought my level 50 clothes for 500k, my level 50 bow for 750k and my level 60 bow for 425k. Sigh..there goes my savings...:X
Oooo..another crazy thing about this game...there are items called scrolls which can be used on an item to improve the equipment strength but there are differing success rates. There are 100%, 60%, 30% and 10%. 100% goes quite cheap. The others....depending on what equipment it is used for, price range around 500k. The lower percentage scrolls add more stats but have higher rate of failure. Imagine you buy a 10% scroll for 500k and with a click of a button and a notice shows it failed. The reason why scrolls are expensive is because they can mostly only be acquired from quests. only 100% scrolls can be bought from in-game stores.

Oh my goodness....i wrote a thesis on Maple Story..."hey prof! where's my doctorate?" :P
well...here is my character again. will update when i get new clothes. ooooo...damn cool!!