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from Spurgeon's, &quot;THE SAINT AND HIS SAVIOUR&quot;<br />
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What is there more wonderful and precious than Christ?<br />
Men do not know the gold which lies in the mine of<br />
Christ or surely they would dig for it night and day.<br />
They have not yet discovered the 'pearl of great price,'<br />
or they would have sold all they had to buy the field<br />
in which it lies.<br />
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Words of eloquence fail to describe the person of Christ-<br />
it paralyzes the artist's arm when he would try to<br />
portray him; it would overwhelm the sculptor to carve<br />
his image- even were it possible to chisel it in a<br />
massive block of diamond.<br />
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There is nothing in nature comparable to him.<br />
In comparison to his radiance the brilliance of the<br />
sun is nothing but a dim light; yes, nothing can rival<br />
him, and heaven itself blushes at its own plainness<br />
when his '<strong>altogether lovely</strong>' person is beheld.