OH for a ray of divine light to set me at liberty, that I might write a few lines worth reading; something that might warm my heart and comfort yours! Then the subject must be Jesus; but of Him what can I say that you do not know? Well, though you know Him you are glad to hear of Him again and again. Come, then, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. Let us adore Him for His love, that love which has a height, depth, length and breadth, beyond the grasp of our poor conceptions; a love that moved Him to empty Himself, to take on Him the form of a servant, and to be obedient unto death, even the death of the cross; a love that pitied us in our lost estate, that found us when we sought Him not, that spoke peace to our souls in the day of our distress; a love that bears with all our present weakness, mistakes, backslidings and shortcomings, a love that is always watchful, always ready to guide, comfort and heal; a love that will not be wearied, cannot be conquered, and is incapable of changes; a love that will in the end prevail over all opposition, will perfect that which concerns us, and will not leave us till it has brought us perfect in holiness and happiness, to rejoice in His presence in glory. The love of Christ, it is the wonder, the joy, the song of angels, and the sense of it, shed abroad in our hearts, makes life pleasant and death welcome.
Alas! what a heart have I, that I love Him no better! But I hope He has given me a desire to make Him my all in all, to account everything loss and dross that dares to stand in competition with Him.
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