'Lord Tennyson

Lord Tennyson

A friend once said to Lord Tennyson , "Tell me what Jesus Christ is to you, personally." They were walking in the garden, and close by was a rosebush full of wonderful roses.

Pointing to this miracle of nature, Tennyson answered, "What the sun is to this rosebush, Jesus Christ is to me." The sun had wooed out from the bare, briery bush — all the marvelous beauty of roses.

Just so, whatever was lovely, winsome, and divine in the life of the great poet — had been wooed out of his sinful self by the warmth of Christ's love.

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