O Source of all good,<\/p>\n
What shall I render to thee for the gift of gifts,
\nThine own dear Son, begotten, not created,
\nmy Redeemer, proxy, surety, substitute,
\nhis self-emptying incomprehensible,
\nhis infinity of love beyond the heart’s grasp.<\/p>\n
Herein is wonder of wonders:
\nhe came below to raise me above,
\nwas born like me that I might become like him.<\/p>\n
Herein is love;
\nwhen I cannot rise to him he draws near on wings of grace,
\nto raise me to himself.<\/p>\n
Herein is power;
\nwhen Deity and humanity were infinitely apart
\nhe united them in indissoluble unity,
\nthe uncreated and the created.<\/p>\n
Herein is wisdom;
\nwhen I was undone, with no will to return to him,
\nand no intellect to devise recovery,
\nhe came, God-incarnate, to save me to the uttermost,
\nas man to die my death,
\nto shed satisfying blood on my behalf,
\nto work out a perfect righteousness for me.<\/p>\n
O God, take me in spirit to the watchful shepherds, and enlarge my mind;
\nlet me hear good tidings of great joy,
\nand hearing, believe, rejoice, praise, adore,
\nmy conscience bathed in an ocean of repose,
\nmy eyes uplifted to a reconciled Father;
\nplace me with ox, ass, camel, goat,
\nto look with them upon my Redeemer’s face,
\nand in him account myself delivered from sin;
\nlet me with Simeon clasp the new-born child to my heart,
\nembrace him with undying faith,
\nexulting that he is mine and I am his.<\/p>\n
In him thou hast given me so much that heaven can give no more.<\/p>\n
from “The Valley of Vision”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
O Source of all good, What shall I render to thee for the gift of gifts, Thine own dear Son, begotten, not created, my Redeemer, proxy, surety, substitute, his self-emptying incomprehensible, his infinity of love beyond the heart’s grasp. Herein is wonder of wonders: he came below to raise me above, was born like me… <\/p>\n