Sweet in His righteousness to stand, Which saves from second death ; Sweet to experience, day by day, His Spirit's quickening breath. Sweet on His faithfulness to rest, Sweet in the confidence of faith Sweet to rejoice in lively hope That when my change shall come, Angels will hover round my bed, There shall my dis-imprison'd soul Be with His likeness satisfied, And grieve and sin no more: Shall see Him wear that very flesh His love intense, His merit fresh, Soon, too, my slumbering dust shall hear These eyes shall see Him in that day; If such the views which grace unfolds, Weak as it is below, What raptures must the Church above, In Jesu's presence, know! If such the sweetness of the stream, Where saints and angels draw their bliss may the unction of these truths Forever with me stay ; Till from her sinful cage dismiss'd, My spirit flies away! "CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF UPREME High-Priest, the pilgrim's light, My heart for Thee prepare ; Thine image stamp, and deeply write Ah, let my forehead bear Thy seal, O that the penetrating sight That with the armies of the sky LOVE OF LOVE. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned." - CANT. viii. 7. JOVE, in all its depth and height, And whose streams, in Christ descending, With all human blessings blending. Love, in all its strength and might, Loveth me, and I will love it. From that fount of life descending, Riseth like a well in me, Ever fresh and never ending. Sunbeams dancing on the sea, South wind blowing o'er the meadow, Bird and blossom on the tree, Summer shine and summer shadow, — Outward glancings of the Love That within, in fadeless beauty, Lights and leads my steps above, Up the rugged paths of duty. Love! my God and King Thou art! Own Thy kingdom and adore Thee; Neither life nor death can e'er From Thy love, my Saviour, sever; Love hath made the sinner dear, And that love endureth ever. |