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It {aJU ^vi^^) ^- C ^ *'-' i • : . im 1 n 1923 :..■, » » « •• i * • ♦ » THI'] NAMES OF JESUS. ^ i I King the names of Jesus — matchless namea, Ilif^bpst and holiest earth or Heaven claims, By which alone we may approach to II im, Before whose faintest ray the suu grows dim, And all the brightest glory of the skies Like twilight's feeble glimmer faints and dies ! Immaxuri- — God with us. Jf^ilh vs, O Soul ! Of this brief utfrauce canst thou grasp the whole ? Na}', comprehend one attrii)ute of (xod — The Maker, Sovereign — Him, who at a nod Can hurl all worlds to wreck ; or, with a breath Cau wake a Universe from night and death ; And clothe in Beauty's robes of richest bloom Ten thousand worlds snatched from chaotic gloom T If not, couldst grasp the thought that such as He, Clothed in frail human flesh, a man should be ? Of us and with us — vailed, his dazzling ray Of awful Godhead, and at homo in clay — A living, dying man ?— Heaven, Earth, and Hell The myst'ry fail to solve, Immanuel ! And yet faith calmly lays her hand iu thine And whispers low '» Immauuel is miue !" But He has other names, — it may be, less Bewildering iu their deep mysteriousness ; 0'- r which weoftener linger, which we bear Oftener to Heaven upon the breath of prayer- Sweet, hallowed homo-names ;— dearer, it maybe, Because first learned beside a mother's knee ; The tender names of Father, Brother, Friend,— Names that with all sweet recollectiop= blend, — Names full of high significance, given To bim who iutercedes for us iu Heaveo. I 11 ^ rrc y Aires of jrawi. Fathkr !— dear aame, to thought and feeling dear I Thrice-precious ever in the ChriPtinn's ear !— An earthly father trials may estrange, " The Everlasting Father " knows no change ! With tireless patience and unslnmb'Hng care, Watchinir wheiever His earth-children are, Opening his hand to shelter, clothe, and feed, To comfort, guide, protect in time of need. Nor failing e'en the faintest cry to hea*-, By His weak children breathed into His ear. Broturr !— our Eldest— first-born of tho dead, Of all the glorifi»d the Living Head ! y»>t condj'Pcending to the youngest child, With tenderePt looks and accents sweet and mild ; Who feels a wrong done to the fneblest one, Kp»'nly as though unto Himself 'twere done ; Who sees no kindness to the humblest shown, But 'tis as though 'twere to Himself alone ; And who will judge the wrong, the kindness blew, With all a brother's truth and tendoruess— Nay, more ; an earthly brother faints and dies, Or, faithless oft, forget's j ffi^ction's ties ; His love, enduring as the eternal throne, No change, decay, or loss have ever known. Fbibnp !— there is music in that simple word. Which throuoh all time the human heart has stirred. E irth cannot he a desert, joy-bereft, To any heart if hut one friend be left ;— Yet friends oft change, and friendship proves a name, And death, at last, must ever quercb its flame. Yet there's a Friend, than brother closer far ;— One whose affection changes cannot mar ; One tempted, tried, and grieved as you havo been ; Long a lone wand'rer through this world of sin ; Hiniself without a fiiend whose steadfast heart Of His deep cup of anguish shared a part. t t fi nns NAinss w Jt5sw. Friendless, He knelt in dark Gethsemane, Uafriended, hung on Ci:.vali7's bloody tree, Anl all for what ?— His deathless love to prora For man, His enemy !— 0, matchlesa love ! 0, wondroaa Friendship 1 0, unchanging Frieud I ' Who, loving thus, should love unto the end ; That, evermore, the ransomed soul might rest Its weary head upon Ilia faithful breast, And feel, 'raid all vicissitudes and pains, That oao true, constant, loving frieud remains I Friend, Brother, Father 1— Could we ask for more t Tet theso dear names exhaust not half the store 1 Rkdeemkr !— Lo ! a wretched captive, bound With chains and fetter?, wrapped in i^ight profound, In helpless, hopeless bondage, dark I lay, When He, in pitying mercy, passed that way. ITo saw infi hugging close my heavy chain, Loving my bonds despite their bitter pain, Deaf to the music of the songs of Heaven, Blind to the light His pitying love had given, Bick unto death, yet boastful of my health ; Clothed iu foul rags, yet vaunt leg of my wealth. Was that a thing to love or pity ?— Nay !— Tet lie did stoop on mo His hand *.o lay ; Touched my dark eyes, and lo ! the light was miDe Ope'd ray dull ears to harmonies divine ; Showed me my rags, tuy wretchedness, my grief, My deadly sickness, and then gavo relief ; Paid my full ransom price ; warmed, cleansed, and 9oi And clothed in spotless raiment, me He led Forth from the dungeons of impurity, To the pure air of heaven, made whole, set free Henceforth my nil in life or death is thine, ^d tliou, Eedeemer of tho lost, art mme I IWOE I nt ICAMES OF JEEVS. "Sot ypf, with theso, the exultant 8onsf fhoald c«aM ; For this Redenimnr is the Prinor op Praob ! — To bp redcprned bj' parthly Prince wouUl bo Hijxh honor, lastin;:^ joy, to him s«'t free ; Yet ejirthly princes, emulous of fame, O't win their wvy to power by swor-l and flame ; And l«^ave the patii by which they reached a throne, Bed with slain viclimp, in Uieir rago overthrown And rudely crushed beneath the maddened tread Oi" fiery Conquest, reckless of bis dead. But oh, how diflFVentis the Prince of Peace 1 He comes to bid the rage of conflict cease. He lifts His hand above the stoi my sea Of human passion, surging wrathfully, And lo ! its maddened waves in peace subside ; Hushed is the tempest— roar of power and pride ; The desert and the wilderness rejoice, And life awakes at His creative voice ; — Peace spans with rainbow arch the weeping sky. And angels smile from their pure hemes ou high ! And yet our Prince is more. He is a Priest, In whom signt', symbols, off'iiiigs, all have ceased ; For, more thau Priest, a Sacrifice H ) stands. With streaming side and bloody feet and hands, Bearing to Heaven, not blood of bullocks slain, Nor victims' ashea sprinkling the unclean, But his own blood, an oJering to Heaven, That God might tiirs be just and man forgiven; Himself at once, Prince, Priest, and Sacrifice, Man mediatorial, Lord of earth and skies ! — Angels in vain the myst'ry would explore, And men and angels mutually adore. Yet, as though these were not enoush, we find T\\m Rtnnnincr still in meet the human mind: • r. ^m 1 : I : rsa SAxm or jssqb. Undi^r Btill other namM, His boundless graed Aud 'ove to «iymbolize for Adam's race. See yonder flock upon the niountaio bare! Is there no band to guide or tend ihem there ? When the wild beast comes prowling from his den, Who will protect the helpless creatures then ? Who, when the pastures fail, aud springs are dry, Will lead theai forth where greener pastures lis ? What ! pitieet thou the holplsss flock ? So He, Thy watchful friend, in pity thinks of ti. '• I the Good Shepherd am, and ye the • With tenderest care my little flock I hi Xo ravenous beast shall prey upon my o Tbry know my voice and follow me alone I Is yonder sun a welcom.e sight to thee, As up the east h^ rides exuliiugly ?— Do the hills wake to beauty as he cornea, And valleys blash with countless opening bloomi ? Do the streams pparkle, and the woodlands ring, With the sweet lays where happy warblers sing T He is a Sun, and when his radiance streams Beauty and gladnesa waken in his beam?, The soul expands to perfect leaf and flower, And ripening fruitage waits the vijitage hour ; Songs of rejoicing float upon the air, And 'ueath his rays 'tis summer everywhere. Is yonder vine a plef ■'ant, goodly thing, As upward elill its laden branches spring, Aa its ripe clusters woo the longing sight To linger still with ever new delight ?— «' I'm the true Yinr," saith Christ, ♦' the braocbea y« ^— The Living Vine, abide ye still in me ; Thus shall my life to every branch be given, Tbtts shall each IjraopU briog forth the fruit of Heaveo T 8 tBC VAiSS 0? JS9D8. 8<»e, yonder traveller in a desert Innd Tolls duy by day o'er tracts (»f burning snad ; A luriu sky abovo — benoath, around, Tbo dreary desert epreads its wastes profoond. With blistered feet and nchinj. b]ood-?liot rye. Long dimly striined some fuuntiiin to descry, Onward lie toils, while liope, as dnys dt-part, Growb feebler, fuiuter at his weary heart On the horizon's verge ho s^es at length A shadowy line, and io, his failing strength lu a fall tide returns ! — His wmiry feet Speed gladly on, by courage rentlcrod fleet ; lie g tins the fount, he drinks, and toil and care, Aud dread and danger, all forgotten are ! So, to Mfe's weary pilgrim, Ch'ist is mado lu the drfnr desert a refreshing Siudk 1 A Fount of Liviko VVatks, never drv, To all the thirsty yielding full fupply, A Well of Wathr, ever springing ap To life eternal— fount of joy aud hope I Student of nature I dost thou 'nve, at morn. To tread where early fijwers the wild adorn ?— To view the lowly blossoms of the field, In shady nooks half-hidden, hi-lf-revealed — The wild roset scenting all the dewy nir, The graceful liM , I'-i-uii - meekly there ?— Then think, as with admiring rye yon trace Those meek, sweet dwelleis in each loui'iy place, That He, of whom 1 sing, well knorting how The heart to Natures lovely gifts would bow, AVould lead your thoughts with gentle vviuuing fcrce Up from created beauty to its Source. It ■k imi 9AXtB or jmrTi^ ate is rm Kosi o» Suaroi^,— fairest Howor That perfume bre-itbed thro' Eden'a hallowed bower j The Lily or the Valley, pensive, fair, With heavenly sweetness Hooding all the air ;— Thrice-sacred symbols, breathing evormoro Of Hira whom angels ce^^e not to adore ! Thou man of Science, who, with practiced eye, And r^anco untiring sweep'st the starry sky, Bppcdiug in thought along those trackless ways, Wh«'ro planets burn and constellatioos blaze, Leaving uncounted worlds behind thee far,— L'steu I— "I am thr BiimHT and Mornino Star T He says :— And does rot thought more gladly atray. Where the meek herald of the rising day Sits like a peaceful Vestal, bearing high Ht'r radiant urn on the soft eastern sky ?— Thence, rising, seek the morning star of Heaven, Who to night's myriad sups their light h.-s given, And, trowing low Light's sacred Fouu.c before, In wondeTiog, reverential awe adore T— Soul, ever groping through the mists of time, To find the path which leads to the sublime Still heights of God i—weak are thy steps and slow } Yet there's «i path no fowl of* heaven uuth know ;— No lion's whelp that secret way hath found, No eagle marked it from her heights profound, No human art, unholped, discerned the road That leadeth up to happiness and God I— Tet, anxious soul, dost thou not hear hira say, « Cease thy vain groping— lo, I am tbe Way I The Way to God— the one unerring Way- All other paths wiil lead thy feet astray; 1 only, Wisdom, am the path that lies 'Twist snaa sa4 Qo4i tht Sovereign of the ikiet" t 10 THR N.iMEtJ OP JESUS. it i Seeker of truth !--!ong hast thou fitriren to find This only boon which satisfies tho inincl. Through Nature's stores the treasure thou hast sought r JIast traversed all the boundless fields of thought; Questioned the lonely night, the laughing day, The ocean-depths, the founts that ceast.dess play, Old hoary mountains, clifis, and caverns lone, Earth's secret depths— mysterious, unknown ; Asked of thepjst. the present, future; striven To pierce tho mystery unrevealed l)y Heaven : Yet; weary and unsatisfied remfiiiied, Longing for Truth, etill far-off, unaltuined ; That truth which satisfifs tlie anxious quest, Auu with the attainment. briiigelh;;f//t'c^ rest. " I am thf» Truth,"-— saith Christ. O wearied one 1 Tired of thy fruitless search beneath tho sun, Accept this boon, so sacred, so diviue, lu simplH trust, and all thou seek't^t is thine— Truth that makes free, that falsehood cannot dim ; lu full completeness, all made th'ne in 1.1 im. • Lover of life ! say, what wouldst thou not givo To know that thou eternally shoulust live ? — Is death a thing from which to shritdv with dread ?— The dreary valh'y dost thou fear to tread ?— What would'st thou give to pierce the unknown dark That lies before thy feebly tossing bark, And know what anchcv in that uidinown sea, Or wreck disastrous there uwailelh thee ?— Doat trembling cling to this frad thread of life, Through pain, and di)ubt, and weariness, and strife, Rather than trust thy dindy gropinii hand Its hold to fasten on that uidiuowu land, Whenco liono roturn its secrets to declare, And tell what bliaa or rain wuib ibee there ?— ^^t Tfis KAMEs or JGsri Well may'st tbou cling to earth, unioss thy 6a¥ 0^?tied liJist beeo. the voict) from hftavoii to hear-* To hear the Chri3t, amhi e.irth's waaryinr strife, Its toil and tumult, say " I am the Life I"— •* I am the Life f— oh, thpu undo thy cuvsp Oq this frail being, and with deathless grusp Lay hold on Him, in whom, by whom alone, The bliss of Life Eternal may be kuowu ! Failing in this, how deep must be the gloom-— The Qupierced darki.ess of the lonely tomb I In this succeeding, what exultant day O'er all the future pours its blissful ray 1 l3 light a blessing ?— ITe's the sours clear Light, The blessed Day-Star, scattering the night !— Is peace the sweetest boon to mortals given V — Jesus ispRACE, made manifest from Heaven I la love the bond of life, beueath, above, 1q earth or heaven t—His highest name is LovE 1 u ' Bock, Rbfdob, Hest ;— a Siiirld in conflict diro ; Around his Samts a wall of Livlvo Firk ; Sthknoth, Hopk, Redemption, RioiirEouiNKSS divine j Fairest amono te.v thousand fair, who shine On hills of light by high archangwls trod ; Judah'a stern Lion ; spotless Lamb of God ; The Son op God ; the Son of Man ; the Bread Op Lipb, with which each heir of lieaven is fed ; The Rbsurrbotion from the dust of death ; AurHJB AND Finisher of all our faith ; God's manifested thought— Eternal Word By whom creation's eldest depths were stirred ; Alpha, Omega, First, Last, Jeuovait, Man ! Bo ends my song just where my song began 1 Jbscs l—*' He saves His people from their sins"— • l^u* sad all nraises-. iehe->'e all vraia^ begiiu I 6 I I