THE PRECIOUS NAME JESUS, THE SAVIOR!
I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help. —Psalm 121:1 [KJV] The most comforting subject to a spiritual mind, the most delightful object to a spiritual eye, is "God in Christ, reconciled to us, not imputing trespasses unto us." The hills afford us a pleasing idea of Jesus. As they are elevated parts of the same earth with the lowest valley, so Jesus "was found in the fashion as a man, took on Him the same nature, and was in all things like unto His brethren, sin only excepted." "God hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name above every name," —Philippians 2:9, even the precious name JESUS, the Saviour. We can never dwell too much upon the human form and humble appearance of Jesus, while we entertain the most exalted ideas of His eternal power and Godhead. "He bore our sins, and carried our sorrows;" all our help is laid upon Him; all our hope is in Him; and our help cometh from Him. And for the encoura...