THE CHRISTIAN QUOTATION OF THE DAY
Christ, our Light
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936

Jesus is God! The solid earth,
The ocean broad and bright,
The countless stars, like golden dust,
That strew the skies at night,
The wheeling storm, the dreadful fire,
The pleasant wholesome air,
The summer’s sun, the winter’s frost,
His own creations were.
 
Jesus is God! The glorious bands
Of golden angels sing
Songs of adoring praise to Him,
Their Maker and their King.
He was true God in Bethlehem’s crib,
On Calvary’s cross true God,
He who in heaven eternal reigned,
In time on earth abode.
 
Jesus is God! There never was
A time when He was not:
Boundless, eternal, merciful,
The Word the Sire begot!
Backward our thoughts through ages stretch,
Onward through endless bliss,—
For there are two eternities,
And both alike are His!
 
Jesus is God! Alas! they say
On earth the numbers grow,
Who His Divinity blaspheme
To their unfailing woe.
And yet what is the single end
Of this life’s mortal span,
Except to glorify the God
Who for our sakes was man?
... Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), Hymns, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1877, p. 38 (see the book; see also John 13:31-32; Ps. 33:6;90:2; Isa. 9:6; John 12:23; Rom. 1:21-23; Col. 1:16-17; Heb. 1:2-3; Rev. 4:11; more at Angel, Cross, Everlasting, Glory, God, Jesus, Man, Song, Truth)

 
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Last updated: 06/09/21

 

 

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