HAIL! THRICE-HOLY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY

"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen." -II Corinthians 13:14 [KJV]

Here, my soul, set up thy pillar. Baptised as thou hast been into the joint name, love, praise, and adoration, of the Holy Three in One; and blessed as thou hast been, and art, in their joint mercies, grace, and favour; here every day, and all the day, seek thy portion and blessing, as the united source of all thy salvation. 

End the year, and begin the year, under those precious tokens of God in Christ; and daily keep up a lively communion and friendship with each, as the blessed cause of all thine happiness. Jehovah, in His threefold character of Person, is engaged to perfect what He hath begun: and it is, and should be thy happiness to be for ever viewing the testimonies of it, in the holy scriptures of truth. 

God thy Father hath so loved the church in Jesus, as to give Him to the church, and the church to Him; and God the Son hath so loved the church, as to give Himself for it; zeal for His Father's honour, and longing for the salvation of His people, led Him through all the work of redemption, and now engageth His heart, until He hath brought home all His redeemed to glory: and God the Holy Ghost is unceasingly engaged to render the whole effectual, by taking of the things of Christ, and shewing them to His people. 

See to it then, my soul, that every day, and all the day, thou hast the love-tokens of each Person of the Godhead; for this will make thee blessed upon earth, and blessed to all eternity. Hail! holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Bless both him that writes, and him that reads, with Thy grace: and open and close the year with grace, until grace be consummated in everlasting glory. Amen and Amen. 

-Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.) 


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