“If Thou, my Christ, today
Shouldst speak to me and say:
What battles hast thou fought for Me?
Show Me thy scars; I fain would see
Love’s depth of victory.
“If Thou shouldst speak, my Christ,
My leader and my King,
And bid me lay my wounds in sight,
The scars borne just for thee in fight,
What love scars could I bring?”
Loyalty to Christ begins in the heart. We must love Him supremely. “He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” Nothing makes worthy discipleship if love be lacking. In these days Christian activity is emphasized and required. Never was the church of Christ as active as it is now. This is beautiful. But with all our activity we may fear lest we are not loving Christ as we should.
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