“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.”―EPH. 3:17, 18, 1917That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. (Ephesians 3:17‑19).
“IT passeth knowledge,” Saviour,
That wondrous love of Thine,
Its depth, what line can fathom?
‘Tis measureless, divine.
It brought Thee down from heaven,
From glory’s bright abode,
To seek and save lost sinners,
And make them nigh to God.
“It passeth telling,” Jesus,
For, oh! what tongue can tell
The depths of love and mercy,
That in Thy heart e’er dwell?
“It passeth praises,” Saviour,
Yet, Lord, these hearts would bring
Their weed of praise and worship;
Of Thee they e’er would sing.
Reveal Thy love, Lord Jesus,
To us e’en here below,
That we in some faint measure
Its depth and height may know.
Dwell in our hearts, blest Saviour,
And root us in Thy love,
That so our hearts may ever
Be set on things above.
Soon in yon realms of glory,
When at Thy feet we bow,
Of all Thy love’s deep fullness,
The breadth and length we’ll know.
M. S. S.
“CHRIST, seen in glory, is the spring of energy to Christian life, as Christ making Himself of no reputation is the spring of Christian graciousness of walk: the two parts of Christian life which we are too apt to sacrifice one to another, or, at least, to pursue one forgetful of the other.”
J. N. D.