He is Altogether Lovely

His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely.  – Song of Solomon

There is no exaggeration in the language of the spouse when she says, “Yea, he is altogether lovely.” Such as receive Jesus with their hearts will find that the most rapturous expressions that saints have ever used do not exceed, but fall infinitely short of the delight, the heavenly joys, which He brings into the soul. If one might choose a heaven upon earth, it would be to rest for ever in quiet meditation upon the beauties of His person, the perfection of His character, the power of His blood, the prevalence of His plea, the glory of His resurrection, the majesty of His Second Advent. Everything about Christ is delightful. There is not a truth He ever teaches but is fragrant with choice perfume. There is not a word He utters but smelleth of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces from which He came.

If you have not received Christ, my dear hearer, you have missed the brightest feature of divine revelation…you do not know what life is; you are dead to all its charms; you do not know what light is; you have only dwelt in the shade, or in the twilight at the best, if you have not beheld the Saviour, entertained Him, and tasted that He is gracious. You have missed the cream. You have been stopping outside in the farmyard feeding with the swine. You do not know what the fatted calf is, upon which the children feed at the Father’s table. You have been a dog, satisfied with the bones, not knowing the fatness and the marrow of true life. But the Christian, dear friends, finds Christ to be so inconceivably precious, such a fountain of delight, such a river of mercy, that when he receives Him, he receives Him joyfully, and the longer he knows Him the more joyful he is to think that He ever received him at all. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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9 thoughts on “He is Altogether Lovely

  1. So beautifully stated by Spurgeon: ” Everything about Christ is delightful. There is not a truth He ever teaches but is fragrant with choice perfume. There is not a word He utters but smelleth of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces from which He came.”

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