“Peace,” ‘tis a word well known above,
In regions of unclouded love,
Where God His glory doth display,
In realms of bright and endless day.
But peace the sinner now may know,
Whilst traversing this world below,
If shelter’d by “the precious blood,”
That blood which speaketh “peace with God.”
‘Tis Jesu’s gift, “the Lord of peace,”
His power and love can never cease:
He suffer’d death and cruel pain,
That sinners might this “peace” obtain.
But would the saint this peace enjoy,
Calm and unmix’d, without alloy,
His willing ear must be attent
To God, and Christ whom He hath sent;
To trust the Lord for every day,
To tarry in the narrow way,
To hearken to the Spirit’s voice.
And in the will of God rejoice.
No peace is found for human will,
Its restless mind is never still;
But he who puts his trust in God
Shall never fear, nor yet be mov’d.
Oh, foolish hearts! why trust in man,
Whose days on earth are but a span?
Within his nostrils is his breath,
And soon is he cut off by death.
But trusting in the mighty Lord,
And guided by His certain word,
Your joys and pleasures shall increase,
Your life uninterrupted peace.
This “Peace of God,” beyond compare,
To weary pilgrims, O how dear!
As on this journey they pursue,
With Heaven’s eternal rest in view.
Is. 26:3; 48:18, John 14:2727Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27); Rom. 5:11Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (Romans 5:1); Eph. 2:14-1714For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. (Ephesians 2:14‑17); Phil. 4:77And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7); Col. 1:2020And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Colossians 1:20); Heb. 12:2424And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. (Hebrews 12:24).
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He is most likely to fall into temptation who most scorns a warning. He who most truly depends on the Lord for succor in time of temptation, will be most thankful for any warning against it.
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To have the conscience clean and tender, we must deal much, through the Scriptures, with the deep and solemn truth, “CHRIST died for our sins.”
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We should not consider the quantity of our service so much as the quality: a small bit of gold is of more value than a large lump of dross.