18*. And Is It So! I Shall Be Like Thy Son

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by J.N. Darby, 1872
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And is it so! I shall be like Thy Son,
 
Is this the grace which He for me has won?
 
Father of glory, thought beyond all thought,
 
In glory, to His own blest likeness brought.
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2)
“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.” (Psalm 17:15)
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.” (Ephesians 1:17)
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Oh, Jesus, Lord, who loved me like to Thee?
 
Fruit of Thy work, with Thee, too, there to see
 
Thy glory, Lord, while endless ages roll,
 
Myself the prize and travail of Thy soul.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13)
“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17:24)
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Yet it must be, Thy love had not its rest
 
Were Thy redeemed not with Thee fully blest;
 
That love that gives not as the world, but shares
 
All it possesses with its loved co-heirs.
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Nor I alone, Thy loved ones all, complete
 
In glory, round Thee there with joy shall meet,
 
All like Thee, for Thy glory like Thee, Lord,
 
Object supreme of all, by all adored.
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