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I AM HIS
I
am His, by Him created; I am His, by Him redeemed; I am twice His, by
original
right, and by purchase when I was lost.
I am His by ransom of
His
Blood, His by conquest of His Spirit, His by my own free consent; His in
body,
in soul, in estate; His entirely, His exclusively, His irrevocably.
I
am His and He will defend me, His and He will correct me, His and He will
make
use of me; His and He will love me, His and He will delight in me,
His
and
He will claim me against all rivals and opponents: His and He claims me
now
against all adversaries.
I
am not my own, not the church’s, not the world’s not man’s, not the
law’s,
not
Satan’s but His, Christ’s my Beloved’s.
I
am not the property of time, nor of care, nor of business, nor of
necessity;
but of Christ, for I am His.
I
am my Beloved’s and none else possesses either right or power over me,
except
according to His will and sufferance; and if I am my Beloved’s and He
is
mine, then all that is mine is His, all my sin, my weakness, my
condemnation,
and misery; and all that is His is mine, all His strength, His
righteousness,
His wisdom, His holiness, His salvation, His glory.
His
God is my God, His Father is my Father, His brethren, His Heaven my home!
From an old Scotch book, The Song of Songs, by A.M.
Stuart
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