In the life of Christ you will see the exercise of His own separate will. But His will was set. We need to understand the setting of the will like the helm of a ship. As you set your will to do God’s will, God can work. Your part is continually to make God’s will the principle of your life. You say: “I choose God’s will in this. ” You do not put your will aside, but on God’s side, asking God to reveal His will to you. Christ’s will was so set that it never lost co-operation with God’s will for a moment. He perfectly and entirely did the will of God. “Lo, I come to do Thy will... ” Not only was there the setting of His will to God’s will, but the active use of it in that setting.
John Temperley Grey was born in 1837 near Hexam, Northumberland, England and died August 26, 1903 in Abbotsford, Somerset, England. He became a Congregational minister at Buckinghamshire. Temperley Grey, also a clerk, visited John Newman during Newman’s last illness. John Newman who grew up a Calvinist, decided to enter the ministry and was ordained in 1843. Later he embraced Catholicism and became a Cardinal of St. George of Velabro. Newman’s sister wrote children’s hymns titled, “Hymns for Children on the Lord’s Prayer. ”
John Temperley Grey’s works include “Lays of a Christian Life, ” (1868) and “A Village Apostle and Other Verses. ” (1902)
Grey dedicated the earlier book of poems to his wife. The introduction reads:
“My Dear Wife;
These lays of that Christian life which we have shared together are most affectionately inscribed. ”
One Of the poems is based on John 1:14 titled “Emmanuel” (The poem contains six more stanzas):
I love You as the One who is the great I am! Be Thou supreme, O Jesus Christ! Continue to fill my inward being with just You. Fill my being until my thoughts match your thoughts and my will match your will.