Christ Alone Exalted

All the saints of God have but One Root, One Life, One Light, One Language as growing up and out of that One Root. “...in his temple doth every one speak of His Glory.” (Psalm 29:9) for they have nothing to say in praise of any other. When men cry out that, “...thou must do and thou must be holy and thou must be watchful and thou must grow and thou must walk exactly and thou must keep close to God.” O beloved: this sounds not like the Language of saints; for this sounds harsh in their ears; for they cannot endure to have their Head dishonored. But when they hear that Jesus Christ is All Light, All Life, All Power, All Glory and that man is nothing but sin, emptiness, death, darkness and misery, these are the songs, these are the voices and the melody in the temple. This they know is the Voice of Christ and of their Beloved and to these Songs their hearts can echo and answer.