That secret loveliness',

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"I drew them with My cords of kindness and love."
Hosea 11:4

Where Christ is made in any measure experimentally 
known, He has gained the affections of the heart. He 
has, more or less, taken possession of the soul. He 
has, in some degree, endeared Himself as a bleeding, 
agonizing Saviour to every one to whom He has in any 
way revealed Himself. And, thus, the strong cord of 
love and affection is powerfully wreathed around the 
tender spirit and broken heart. Therefore . . .
His name becomes as 'ointment poured forth', 
there is a preciousness in His blood, 
there is a beauty in His Person, 
there is that secret loveliness in Him,
which wins and attracts and draws out the tender 
affections of the soul. And thus this cord of love 
entwined round the heart, binds it fast and firm 
to the cross of the Lord Jesus.

"I drew them with My cords of kindness and love."
Hosea 11:4