CHRIST, "for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God."
For our sakes the cruciform blossom of His mortal life was agony and shame: for our sakes the salutary fruit of His life immortal is glory and grace.
And now He looks down from heaven, from the habitation of His holiness and of His glory, if so be He may in us see of the travail of His Soul and be satisfied.
Once He looked, and there was no man. Once He looked, and one penitent went out and wept bitterly.
Now He looks on you, on me.
"He shall see of the fruit of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied"; He shall see.
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