“For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again” (2 Cor. 5:14, 15)
“Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Peter 1:8).
“To Thee, Lord, my heart unfoldeth,
As the rose to the golden sun,
To Thee, Lord, mine arms are clinging,
The eternal joy begun.
Forever, through endless ages,
Thy cross and Thy sorrow shall be
The glory, the song, and the sweetness
That make heaven heaven to me.”
(H. Suso.)
“O keep my soul, Lord Jesus,
Abiding still with Thee,
And if I wander, teach me
Soon back to Thee to flee.
“That all Thy gracious favor
May to my soul be known;
And, versed in this Thy goodness,
My hopes Thyself shall crown”
(J. N. Darby.)