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Gladly, dear Lord, we
eat (appropriate to our necessities) the merit of Thy pure nature
sacrificed for us—for our justification. Gladly, too, we will
partake of the cup of suffering with Thee, realizing it to be a
blessed privilege to suffer with Thee, that in due time we may also
reign with Thee; to be dead with Thee that in the everlasting future
we may live with Thee, and be like Thee and share Thy love and Thy
glory as Thy Bride. Oh! that we may be faithful, not only in the
performance of the symbol, but also of the reality. Blessed Lord, we
hear Thy Word saying, “Ye shall indeed drink of my cup and be
baptized with my baptism.” Lord, we are not of ourselves able thus
to sacrifice; but Thy grace is sufficient for us; for we are wholly
Thine, now and forever. |
