Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-07-17
The Living Saviour.

am He that iiveth and was dead and behold
Am alive for evermo1e.-REy. i. IT, Is.
Out Of the midst Of world of change
and death, let US rise to Him that liy.
eth the Lord of life, the Lord Of glory,
our own risen and exalted Saviour.
In Him was life, and the life was
the light of men. In Him let us seek
and find life, not for time only, but for
eternity. He is the only Son Of Man
who, in His self existence, can say:
g ! am He that liveth:"
Our little lives are but for moment
OF time, liable to be taken away in
moment, as fer as time and life on earth
is concerned how blessed the thought
that by union with Him we become
partskers Of life eternal, "because
live, we shall live also"
lie lives, and lives for us, in state
Of glory which we cannot conceive, but
which we know is worthy Of the love
wherewith the Father hath loved Him.
F. When the great mystery of life press
es on US -the wonder of this being of
ours, so strong and yet SO weak, so full
of vital energy, yet SO quickly cut off,
let us think of Him who is the Head Of
the church and the people, who says to
us amidst all our feebleness and sad
nesa,-
81 am He that liveth.'
But this is not all. The Lord who
assembled is the same that Defended; He
took upon Himself not our nature only,
but all the pains and sorrows of that
nature; He not only became man, but
for us men, and for our salvation, He
suffered all, and more than all that man
can suffer; He passed over that river
from which (save by miracles no foot
of man has returned; He caiite back to
the follower whom He loved, and utter.
ed words wondrous and precious to all
whom he loves; He speaks to every one
who by resting in Him hopes to be
partaker in His life, and while He tells
them 81 am He that liveth," He reveals
ell the stery of His love and his suffer
ing, of His pity and His grace, in the
words, Il am He that was dead" He
tasted that cup of which SO many of cur
dear ones have tasted, and which we
also must drink. He tasted and He
drank it in all its bitterness that it
might be no longer bitter for us.
We think of those whom we have
lost, from whom no voice has coma
back of power to comfort; we look fer
ward to our own journey along the
same path; we feel how much we need
light, hope sympathy; let us then think
Of Him who says not only, 81 am He
that liveth," but also adds, sand was
dead, dead that we might live, and
live unto him Yet more; we want to
know whether this life which has once
already been laid down, is again to be
thus tested; he was deaa-will he die
again and shall we whose life is hid
with Christ in God be liable again to
death and its pains, or q life full Of sor-
rows? No, there is further and still
more marked word of assurance given
to the apostle; the Lord knows all the
fears likely to beset the mind when
thinking of a Saviour who can die, who
has died, and proclaims the glory OF
his triumph in words full of victory,
"Behold, | am alive for ever more,
Amen; and have the keys of hell and
of death, ,
Q, Thou everything and ever-loviug
Saviour, grant that we may pertake
Of thyste, and live to thy glory, now
! and evefmorel
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