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The Sacrifice of Love

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 30, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 18.

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The Sacrifice of Love

By Worthie Harris Holden

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN
Love, in its sacrifice and self-denying, Begets a love uniting man and God; For Calvary means more than simply dying — It is the altar of the mighty Lord.
An altar we must raise upon the mountain To sense the Love that freely gave its all That for our souls a healing, cleansing fountain Should flow for every creature, great and small.
We may not find a ram by thicket hidden,— Bare Mt. Moriah only looms in view,— But faith-insisting sacrifice is bidden, Our stricken hearts know nothing else to do.
Thy altar is not mine, but he who heaven Rules in his majesty and power and love Permits in every life a cross be riven, And sends his benediction from above.
O Calvary, divine thy inspiration, Redeeming, sanctifying all our loss! For heaven holds our earnest expectation When altar fires have burned away the dross.