“Loose Him, and Let Him Go.”

John 11:44.
THE thought of hearing Him say, as He did of old, “Loose him, and let him go,” is very precious, is it not? From this vile tabernacle of clay, loose him, and let him go. From a world that lieth in the wicked one, loose him, and let him go. From sorrow, sickness, poverty” and pain, loose him, and let him go. From conflict with the powers of darkness, from weariness and disappointment, from all the ills we struggle with, but cannot remedy, “Loose him, and let him go.” And whither? To a Saviour’s loving, faithful, eternal embrace; to a Father’s house above; to joy unspeakable in the Holy Ghost, loose him, and let him go. To the realms where holiness, and light, and life, and love, and truth are found, where angels worship, and the spirits of the just made perfect hold unbroken and unalloyed converse, loose him, and let him go. Yes, the word will soon be uttered by our faithful Shepherd’s voice, and we shall see Him as He is, and bear His likeness through an endless day.