All Together Lovely by James
Michael 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
Savior of the world? Why do they abhor him who is
altogether lovely and hate him who is the best friend of mankind? 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 in 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. In Jesus is honor, if you are
despised. In Jesus is friendship, if you
are forsaken. In Jesus is help, if you are
injured. In Jesus is mercy, if you are
miserable. In Jesus is joy, if you are disconsolate. In Jesus is protection if you
are in danger. In Jesus is deliverance if you
are a captive. In Jesus is a life if you are
a mortal. In Jesus are all things if you
have nothing at all. Time and eternity are His. 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? 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 ten thousand
angels 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. This Puritan devotional has been
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