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Hast thou heard Him, seen Him, known Him?
Is not thine a captured heart?
Chief among ten thousand own Him;
Joyful choose the better part.
Is not thine a captured heart?
Chief among ten thousand own Him;
Joyful choose the better part.
Captivated by His beauty,
Worthy tribute haste to bring;
Let His peerless worth constrain thee,
Crown Him now unrivaled King.
Worthy tribute haste to bring;
Let His peerless worth constrain thee,
Crown Him now unrivaled King.
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Idols once they won thee, charmed thee,
Lovely things of time and sense;
Gilded thus does sin disarm thee,
Honeyed lest thou turn thee thence.
Lovely things of time and sense;
Gilded thus does sin disarm thee,
Honeyed lest thou turn thee thence.
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What has stripped the seeming beauty
From the idols of the earth?
Not a sense of right or duty,
But the sight of peerless worth.
From the idols of the earth?
Not a sense of right or duty,
But the sight of peerless worth.
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Not the crushing of those idols,
With its bitter void and smart;
But the beaming of His beauty,
The unveiling of His heart.
With its bitter void and smart;
But the beaming of His beauty,
The unveiling of His heart.
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Who extinguishes their taper
Till they hail the rising sun?
Who discards the garb of winter
Till the summer has begun?
Till they hail the rising sun?
Who discards the garb of winter
Till the summer has begun?
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’Tis that look that melted Peter,
’Tis that face that Stephen saw,
’Tis that heart that wept with Mary,
Can alone from idols draw:
’Tis that face that Stephen saw,
’Tis that heart that wept with Mary,
Can alone from idols draw:
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Draw and win and fill completely,
Till the cup o’erflow the brim;
What have we to do with idols
Who have companied with Him?
Till the cup o’erflow the brim;
What have we to do with idols
Who have companied with Him?
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c. The Full Romance in Song of Songs
Among the 39 books in the Old Testament, there is one book called the Song of Songs. Song of Songs is more than a romance; it is a fantastic romance. Have you ever read a romance like the Song of Songs? As far as I am concerned, the Song of Songs is the finest romance. It speaks of two people who fall in love. Although I do not like to use this term, “fall in love, ” I cannot deny the fact. In Song of Songs we find a woman falling in love with a man saying, “Oh, that he might kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. I am thirsty for this. ” Immediately, her beloved is at hand, and the pronoun changes from “he” to “you” (S. S. 1:2-3). “Your name is sweet, and your love is better than wine. Draw me, my beloved. Don’t teach me, draw me. I don’t need a pastor or a preacher. I don’t need an elder or even an apostle. I need you to draw me. Draw me, we will run after you. ” What a romance!
In the case of Adam and Eve we saw that the couple had one source, one nature, one life, and one living. In Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Hosea we saw that God desires to have a wife who will live together with Him. God longs to have a marriage life, to have divinity live together with humanity. But His people failed Him. In Song of Songs, however, we see the genuine marriage life. What is the secret of such a romance? The secret is that the wife must take her husband not only as her life and her living, but as her person.
Life-study of Romans
Message 1 (LSM)
Rohnert Park, CA, United States
There is no comparison to the One of peerless worth. Thank You Lord for Your constraining love!
Taipei, Beitou, Taiwan
Really enjoyed this hymn
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
The beaming of His beauty, the unveiling of His heart
Vista, CA, United States
Have you HEARD HIM? His beauty CAPTIVATES us! And he has PEERLESS WORTH! UNRIVALED!
These are uplifted human virtues in Him after hHis resurrection and divine attributes that we cannot attain in ourselves! Thank and praise the Lord, “We need Jesus, more and more and more! ”
Quezon City, NCR, Philippines
Lord keep captivating us with Your beauty.
Fort Stockton, TX, United States
Lord thank You in You is all the fullness
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Beauty here is not outward beauty. His beauty causes attraction. I was attracted to the Lord since I was young. I did have to choose Him over other attractive options for my life. There was a choice for a wife that was a big one. Then the choice of a career. I can see these as idols that would capture my love and take Christ of first place. As grew in love with Him other idols or attractive things do not usurp his first place. Now I can say I’m caught, captivated by his beauty. I recommend you to look up authors biography.
Unrivaled King
Glenfield Auckland City, New Zealand
Lord, we are Captivated by Your beauty,
Worthy tribute haste to bring;
Let His peerless worth constrain thee,
Crown Him now unrivaled King.