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Back in the 1960-70’s,
Apsley Hall in Belfast had a Sunday night service for young people in
which some of the best speakers available were invited to speak. We had
the opportunity to listen to men such as Peter Brandon, Hedley Murphy,
R. Howley, Harold St John, and many others. They had about 20 minutes
of singing and one of the hymns sung often was: “Let The Beauty of Jesus
Be Seen In Me”.
Let
the beauty of Jesus be seen in me,
All His wonderful passion and purity.
O Thou Spirit divine
May I truly be Thine
Till the beauty of Jesus be seen in me.
Let
my wonderful Saviour be seen in me,
His amazing compassion and constancy.
His great love is my goal
By His Spirit’s control
Till my wonderful Savior be seen in me.
Let
the fruit of the Spirit be seen in me,
Grant me grace all sufficient that I may be
True and faithful each day
Ev’ry step of the way
Pointing souls to the Saviour on Calvary.
The hymn is written against
the background of afflictions which come across the life of a believer
when we are not always as Christlike as we ought to be. Harshness,
haughtiness, and hardness can mar that which could be a beautiful life,
and thus in daily life we need to muse on the beauty of the Lord. We
must seek to let those features be seen by His Holy Spirit in each of
us.
Christ was:
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Beautiful in
His Love of the Father |
“I love the
Father” |
Jn. 14:31 |
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Beautiful in
His Love for souls |
“Lay down his
life” |
Jn. 15:13
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Beautiful in
His Truth |
“The truth
shall make you free” |
Jn. 8:32 |
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Beautiful in
His Humility |
“I am among you
as he that serveth” |
Lk. 22:27 |
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Beautiful in
His Power |
“Who is this
that cometh from Edom . . . glorious in his apparel,
travelling in the greatness of His strength?”
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Isa. 63:1 |
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Beautiful in
His meekness |
“Grow up before
Him as a tender plant” |
Isa. 53:2 |
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Beautiful in
His authority |
“He taught them
as One having authority” |
Matt. 7:29 |
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Beautiful in
His gentleness |
“He touched” |
Matt. 8:15 |
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Beautiful in
His sensitiveness |
“Mary” |
Jn. 20:16 |
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Beautiful in
His sorrows |
“Acquainted
with grief” |
Isa. 53:3 |
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Beautiful in
His joys |
“In that hour
Jesus rejoiced in spirit” |
Lk. 10:21 |
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Beautiful in
His words |
“Never man
spake like this man” |
Jn. 7:46 |
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Beautiful in
His silence |
Before Pilate
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Matt. 27:14 |
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Beautiful in
His compassion |
“When He saw
the multitudes, He was moved with compassion”
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Matt. 9:36 |
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Beautiful in
His prayers |
“Father”
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Jn. 17:1; Lk.
6:12 |
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Beautiful in
His tears |
“Jesus wept” |
Jn. 11:35 |
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Beautiful in
His disfigurements |
“His visage was
so marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons
of men” |
Isa. 52:14 |
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Beautiful in
His fortitude |
“Endured the
cross” |
Heb. 12:2 |
May
God grant us good understanding as He, by His Holy
Spirit, deigns to guide us into all truth.
John 16:13
Copyright © 2012 by Rowan Jennings, Abbotsford,
British Columbia
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