First—The glorious object of the desire of every one taught of God, emphatically stiled _My beloved_. This title is given to Jesus, nineteen or twenty times in this book; and no doubt is intended to point out the high esteem the church has of her Saviour; the clearest, the sweetest evidence of a person’s interest in Christ, is love to the dear God-Man Mediator. This principle is shed abroad in the heart; it is always in the believer as a principle; but it is not always shed abroad in the feeling sense of it, we wish it was, as it is calculated carry us above the love of sin, the love of self, the love of the creature, and the love of the world. Christ as the Christ of God, is the darling of heaven; the Father loves him, and is well pleased with him. The Holy Spirit’s principal aim in all his operations is to glorify him; the holy angels admire and adore him, as their elect head; the spirits of just men, made perfect, look on him with holy wonder, with rapture, and joy; while every poor, tried, humble believer, trusts in him, leans upon him, hopes in him, and sincerely desires to love him above all things else. And if I know any thing of experience, I must say in the behalf of the church, it is our principal grief we think on him so little, trust him so little, admire and adore him so little. This is a lamentation, and must be so to the end of our days. But our days of mourning on this subject will have an end—and Till then I would thy love proclaim, With every feeling breath; And may the music of thy name, Refresh my soul in death.