My beloved is mine',

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"My beloved is mine—and I am His," is the 
language of the Christian in the book of Canticles. 
How great is the blessedness involved, in such an
assurance! "My beloved is mine"— 
mine in the dignity of His person;
mine in the suitability of His offices;
mine in the immensity of His love;
mine in the efficacy of His atonement;
mine in the riches of His abounding grace!
His righteousness is mine to justify me!
His Spirit is mine to sanctify me!
His power is mine to defend me!
His wisdom is mine to guide me!
His heaven is mine to receive me! 

And what does Christ say to the believer in return? 
He says, "I am yours—and all that I have. I have 
boundless and unsearchable riches—and those riches 
are for you! I have happiness to bestow, such as the 
mind in its largest grasp has never been able to 
conceive—and that happiness is for you! I have 
crowns and sceptres at My disposal—and all those 
dignities are for you! Yes, to him who overcomes, 
I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, even as I 
also overcame, and have sat down with My Father 
on His throne."

Death, which quenches every other love, kindles that 
of the believer for Jesus—into a purer and intenser flame! 
Death, which snatches every other object from our grasp, 
brings us to the full enjoyment of Him, who is the fountain 
of life, the great centre and source of all being and of all 
blessedness. 

Christian, rejoice in your union with Jesus! 
The changes of time cannot touch it; 
the storms of life cannot injure it; 
the sword of persecution cannot sever it; 
the damps of death cannot affect it; 
the malice of hell cannot move it. 
It is a union which will last forever! If 
you are a partaker of it—you will be . . .
rich forever,
safe forever,
dignified forever, 
blessed forever!

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