"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

O what a mystery,  Descending from His throne; The Son of God comes down to earth, To seek and save His own. ‘Twas not for righteous souls, That He a Man became; For guilty sinners Jesus came, O praise His precious Name.   This was the only way, God could in justice save, Those sinners chosen by His grace, That He to Jesus gave. So bearing all our sin, The Savior bowed His head; And put away our guilt and shame, Expiring in our stead.   I find my rest in Christ, Who for me bled and died; He rose and mediates for me, And I am justified. Soon with Him I shall be, To see His blessed face; There I will sing redemption’s song And praise Him for His grace. - TUNE: "SALVATION BY GRACE" SM/DOUBLE WORDS BY JIM BYRD

"The man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day." -Ruth 3:18 [KJV]   Behold! my soul, in this scripture history, some sweet features by which the disposition of Jesus's love, and the earnestness in His heart to relieve poor sinners, is strikingly set forth. When a poor sinner is made acquainted with the Lord Jesus, hath heard of His grace, goes forth to glean in His fields; at the ordinances of His house, and under the ministration of His word, lays down at His feet, and prays to be covered with the skirt of His mantle; Jesus not only takes notice of that poor seeking sinner, but gives the poor creature to know, by some sweet and secret whispers of His Holy Spirit, that He is not unacquainted with all that is in his heart. And when such have lain long, and earnestly sought, even through the whole night of doubt and fear, until the morning of grace breaks in upon the soul, yet may they be assured, the God-man, Christ Jesus, will not rest until that