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

"Behold how He loved him!" -John 11:36    The tears of Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus produced that astonishment in the mind of the Jews, that they thus exclaimed! But had they known, or did the whole world know, what I know of thy love to me, thou dear Redeemer of my soul, every one that heard it might with greater wonder cry out," Behold how he loveth him!" I would for the present pass by, in my contemplation of thy love, all the numberless instances of it, which I possess in common with thy church and people; for though these in every and in all cases carry with them the tokens of a love that passeth knowledge, yet, for the meditation of the morning, I would pause over the view of Jesus's love to me a poor sinner, not as it is displayed in general mercies, even the glorious mercies of redemption, but as those mercies come home, in their personal direction of them to my own heart, even to mine.     Think, my soul, what a huge volume thou wilt have to ...

“Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.” -Isaiah 33:17 [KJV] Believer, contemplate your blessed Redeemer, seated on His great white throne, encircled with heavenly glory! Look at the King in His beauty! It is the sight of a glorified Savior that will make the heaven of the believer. Endeavor now, by the eye of faith, to behold the Lord Jesus in all His matchless beauty and excellence. Contemplate His glorious character, His infinite mercy, His unparalleled condescension, and His boundless love! There is enough in Jesus to employ the soul in rapturous meditation through a vast eternity! His excellence, His goodness, and His love can never be fathomed! O keep your eye fixed on this adorable Savior while you sojourn in this valley of tears; and in a little while you shall see Him as He is; face to face, a...