Such a heart I’d bear in my bosom
That, threading the crowded street,
My face should shed joy unlooked for
On every poor soul I meet;
And such wisdom should crown my forehead
That, coming where councils stand,
I should carry the thoughts of justice
And stablish the weal of the land.
We receive help in our Christian lives through many channels. But more, perhaps, than we are aware of, does God use other human hearts and lives as His agents in blessing and helping us. Every true Christian is sent among men to be an interpreter of Christ. No one can see Christ in His invisible glory, and therefore we who know Him and love Him, and in whom He dwells, are to be His interpreters. Every faithful follower of the Master is the bearer of blessings from the great fountain of infinite life and love. In every pure, true, worthy friend whom God gives to us, He sends to us a little measure of His own love and grace. One writes, in recognition of a new blessing God has sent,–
God never loved me in so sweet a way before;
‘Tis He alone who can such blessings send;
And when His love would new expression find,
He brought thee to me, and said, “Behold a friend!
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