LOOKING UNTO JESUS
"Behold the Lamb of God!" -John 1:36 [KJV] Who is it calls upon thee, my soul, to this most gratifying and enriching of all employments? Is it not God the Holy Ghost, by the ministry of His servant John? And doth not God thy Father do the same by the ministry of His servant Isaiah, when He bids thee behold Him in whom His soul delighteth? And is not Jesus Himself calling, again and again, in the ministry of His word and ordinances upon thy poor forgetful heart, when He saith, "Behold M e! behold M e! look unto M e, and be ye saved!" And wilt thou not obey the sweet and gracious calls, on which all thy present peace and everlasting happiness depend? Precious, precious Jesus! Yes, my Lord! I would, methinks, so look unto Thee, and so behold Thee, until my whole heart, and all its affections, followed my eyes, and left not a thought behind for a single object besides Thee. I would eye Thee, Thou dear Redeemer, as the Lamb of God; both where Thou once wast, and wh