November 4

He is precious.—1 Pet. ii. 27.

WHAT an infinity of invaluable matter, is comprehended in this one sentence,—Christ, is precious! The term precious, signifies that which is rare, and in this respect, Christ is precious, for as there is only one God, so there is only one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. There are myriads of human spirits, and most likely, thousands of myriads of angels, but there is only one Christ, even Jesus of Nazareth, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets wrote. While we have countless stars, which bespangle the celestial firmament, we have only one sun, the great monarch of day; in like manner, there is only one great orb of spiritual day, Christ, the sun of righteousness, who hath arisen upon our world, with healing beneath his wings. Angels are pure spirits, man is both material and immaterial, Christ possesses in connection with the perfect human nature, all the fullness of the God-head, and that bodily. Who then can describe the preciousness of this blessed Saviour, the only begotten son of the most high God? As there was but one tree of life in the earthly Paradise, so Jesus is the only spiritual tree of life in the midst of the Paradise of God. The happiness and salvation of the world depends upon this precious Christ. For there is no other name given among men, by which we can be saved. He is the only pearl of great price, and the only hope of a dying world.