THE COMMISSION by J. E. Rankin

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 1, 1894

THE COMMISSION.

By J. E. Rankin

BY REV. J. E. RANKIN, D.D., LL.D.

I TEACH what Christ has taught me,— The wisdom from above, The news from heaven he brought me, That God himself is love, And that in every nation He waits that soul to bless Who seeks from sin salvation, And worketh righteousness;

How Jesus, God anointed With his own mighty power, To meet the time appointed, And bring us mercy's hour, Endowed with grace of healing, How fair earth's walks he trod, At length, in death, revealing Himself the Son of God.

And this is my commission: That all who trust his name, Of sin shall have remission— For this is why he came, Not for our condemnation— For that, alas! we have— To bring, instead, salvation, And triumph o'er the grave.

—S. S. Times.