July 1

The Man of Sorrows

“A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.”
— Isa. 53:3

O Lord! Thy wondrous story
My inmost soul doth move;
I ponder o'er Thy glory —
Thy lonely path of love!
But, O divine Sojourner,
'Midst man's unfathomed ill,
Love, that made Thee a mourner,
It is not man's to tell.

“"Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well." … Oh! to think of the Lord Himself, whom none of the princes of this world knew, but who was the Lord of glory, sitting weary on the well, thirsty, and dependent upon this world for a drink of water — the world that was made by Him, and knew Him not!”