Article 32

In whatever character our most glorious Christ is described He must be chief. Is he a corner-stone? "Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious; and He that believeth on Him shall not be confounded" (1 Peter 2: 6). Is He a shepherd? Peter says, "When the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away" (1 Peter 5: 4). Is He a king? It is because "God hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2: 9-11). I love to dwell upon the peerless beauties of His person more than upon the priceless blessings of His promises would not be precious without the Promiser, and the blessings would be wanting without the presence of Him in whom I am blessed. Those of us to whom He has graciously revealed Himself in His beauty, bounty, and blessedness, anxiously wait for the time to come round when He will take us to Himself up yonder, and when