The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-12

We have Christ as
the bridegroom talking intimately and
Familiarity with and about His beauti-
full bride. the church., and He permits
us to ea%veSdrOp.
Solomon. 1t seems to me, wrote the
Proverbs in his sturdy manhood,
when he was strong In moral and spir-
itual strength. Then he backslides,
and in his backslidden state he wrote
Ecclesiastes, and we have the picture
of life under the sun" The Song Of
Solomon" was doubtless written after
he had made confession Of his sin, and
God had restored him: He is living
nov in his old age a deeply spiritual
life.
Christ our bridegroom is altogether
lovely"
His Birth.
I. He is lovely in his birth. He was
the only child that EVER chose it's
mother. He was the only one ever
born in this world who could select
the place of His birth. I am afraid
most Of us would have selected a
kings palace, or some mansion of the
rich, but it was very lovely in Jesus
that He selected a lowly place and
chose to be a man among men, rather
than simply n of a class.
His Boyhood.
III. He was lovely in His boyhood.
He served. He grew in wisdom and
stature. In His humanity He devel-
Oped. He was perfect at ten years OF
age; He was perfect at IL; He was
perfect at 20. He grew in perfection.
His Social Life.
III. He was lovely in His social life.
Christ was a gentleman. You feel it
every time you see Him in the New
Testament. Not the gentleman who is
a pole for the exhibition Of tailor's
goods, the gentleman whose business
it is simply to dress and wear the
latest fashions. That is not the true
gentleman. The gentleman is one who
is gentle, tender and considerable.
His Holiness.
w. Again, He was lovely in His holi.
ness. There are some people not so
lovely in their holiness. They are
really good people, but not lovely.
They are so austere and severe. Some
of them have to put their holiness
under a glass case to keep the weather
from it. They hide themselves away
in some monastery or cell, in order to
keep their holiness from contamina-
ton Jesus was holy, but not austere.
He had a holiness hat could touch
pollution n not be polluted. Jesus
was lovely in a holiness without as
ceticism or austerity.
His Humility.
v. He was also lovely in His humili.
ty. There was nothing of the "Uriah
IIeep" mock humility about Him.
His humility was not a sample in the
window for exhibition. There went
with it a manliness that always com
manded respect. He made high claims
for Himself, because upon this de-
pended our salvation. But there was
no trace of presumption or vanity.
His Greatness.
vi. He was lovely in His greatness.
There is a greatness that is very ugly,
for it uses power in ways that lacerate
and Cypress and kill. National great
ness is, to a large extent, slavery.
Civilization goes forward largely by a
process of slavery. The Lord Jesus
has a greatness more loving than that.
He is willing to make Himself a serv-
ant that He may liberate others. His
greatness is not in making slaves, but
giving liberty.
His Death.
VII. Christ was lovely in His death.
The crucifxion scene was not lovely.
There is nothing lovely in driving
nails through hands and feet, in a
crown Of thorns, in blood trickling
down and becoming clotted, in the
pierced side, in the %quivering flesh.
The tragedy of the crucifixion is one
thing, but the deeper meaning is an
other.
Jesus Christ was lovely in His
death, for He died for others. He
prayed for those that killed Him. He
was lovely in His resurrection. He
was lovely in His ascension. There
was no attempt at spectacular dis
play. He is lovely in His intercession.
He is still pleading for others. He be-
came incarnate for u.s.; He lived for
us; He died for us; He rose from the
dead for us; He intercedes for us. "He
is altogether lovely" Have you eyes
to see His loneliness? Are you not
charmed by it? And I, if I be lifted
up, will draw all men unto Me-"
Shepherd Must Wear the Kilt.
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