Only If We Know The Sweetness Of HIS Presence....

Abide with us!

(James Smith, "Food for the Soul" 1867)

"Abide with us!" Luke 24:29

So said the disciples when JESUS

was about to leave them--

and so shall we say, if we know 

the sweetness of HIS presence. 

When JESUS comes and manifests 

HIMSELF, when HE draws out our souls 

into sweet communion with HIMSELF--

then . . .

  we enjoy a Heaven on earth,

  our hearts glow with gratitude and burn with love,

  we are filled with joy, and

  dread nothing so much as HIS leaving us!

Then we cry,

 "Abide with us!" 

Precious LORD JESUS . . .

  come and visit my soul,

  reveal YOUR glory,

  shed abroad YOUR love 

in my heart, and draw me into 

the closest, sweetest communion with YOURSELF!

 
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