The Abyss and the Debt

Robert Murray M’Cheyne wrote in one of his letters --

None but God knows what an abyss of corruption is in my heart.

A poem he wrote --

When I stand before the throne,

Dressed in beauty not my own,

When I see thee as thou art,

Love thee with unsinning heart,

Then, Lord, shall I fully know -

Not till then - how much I owe.