All together lovely. From Solitude
Sweetened by James Makel 1730-1799 yes he is altogether lovely this
is my beloved and this is my friend song of Solomon chapter
5 verse 16 Why does the world reject the
wondrous Savior? Why do they abhor Him who is
altogether lovely and hate Him who is the best friend of sinners? O men of the world, what good
can you desire which is not in Christ? The excellencies of earth
are but His footstool. The excellencies of heaven are
but His throne. How excellent then must He Himself
be? His treasures are infinite and
open for you. In Jesus are riches if you are
poor, honor if you are despised, friendship if you are forsaken,
help if you are injured, mercy if you are miserable, joy if
you are disconsolate, protection if you are in danger, Deliverance,
if you are a captive. Life, if you are mortal. And
all things, if you have nothing at all. Time and eternity are
His, and He can give you all the glorious things of eternity. Moreover, He can deliver you
from all your fears, from sin, the worst of all evils, from
self, the most hurtful of all companions, from death, the most
dreadful of all changes, from Satan, the most subtle of all
enemies, from hell, the most horrible of all prisons, and
from wrath, the most horrifying doom of all sinners. Now, where will you find such
a one as Jesus? Why then refuse life, and seek
after death and damnation? All heaven is enamored with his
beauty. The longer we look on created
gaieties, the leaner and less lovely they grow, so that by
the time we have viewed them forty, fifty, or sixty years,
we see nothing but vanity in the creature. But when 10,000
ages are employed in beholding the perfection and beauty of
Jesus, He still appears more and more lovely, even altogether
lovely. Alas, I can say nothing of his
true excellencies. They overwhelm my laboring thought
and are too vast for my feeble conception to bring forth. you