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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 7, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 26.

LOVE.

By A. J. Morton

BY A. J. MORTON.

"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us." 1 John 3:1.

Did e'er a friend of worldly birth Perform such deed of love, Such action fraught with highest worth As did the Lord of Heaven and earth,— The Lord from Heaven above?

'Twas not for friends that Christ did die, But to regain his foes. Ah! there would we in trials fly To where our Lord, our life, did die, And learn to bear our woes.

And when we see him leave the grave, The dead alive again, Then let us trust that hand which gave And know that he hath power to save Our life from error's chain.

'Tis then, and not till then, that we, His feeble creatures here, The depths of love divine can see Which caused our Lord our life to be, Which saves us from all fear.