EXALTED to His Father’s glorious throne,
Both heaven and earth His high dominion own:
And there as our High Priest He intercedes,
Our feeble prayers accepts—His merit pleads.
No angel could a sinner’s trials know,
Or truly sympathize with human woe;
The Glorious God-man Abraham’s seed hath worn,
In flesh and blood, our griefs and sorrows borne—
As man He wept, and suffer’d here below,
And still as man He pities all our woe;
Not only as my God my grief can view,
But, as a tender Brother feel it too!
And though the Saviour’s glory now is great,
He hath not changed His nature, but His state;
And still He bears that gracious heart I see,
That on the bloody cross was pierced for me.
Saints may with Jesus all their cares confide;
He lives to plead for those for whom He died.
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THE “NEW COMMANDMENT” (John 13:34) How searching it is, as well as helping! “As I have loved you,” is at once the measure of its wealth and its authority. “He that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.” What words! All the love of Christ for us, is also obedience to His Father. Our love to one another, is obedience to Christ. He who so loved us did always those things that pleased God. What a mine is here! What holy love! How inseparable those two words—God is light and God is love!