The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem, and His life is all along but one impression of the seal. He is altogether complete; not only in His several parts, but as a gracious all-glorious whole. His character is not a mass of fair colours mixed confusedly, nor a heap of precious stones laid carelessly one upon another; He is a picture of beauty and a breastplate of glory. In Him, all the "things of good repute" are in their proper places, and assist in adorning each other. Not one feature in His glorious person attracts attention at the expense of others; but He is perfectly and altogether lovely.
Oh, Jesus! Thy power, Thy grace, Thy justice, Thy tenderness, Thy truth, Thy majesty, and Thine immutability make up such a man, or rather such a God-man, as neither heaven nor earth hath seen elsewhere. Thy infancy, Thy eternity, Thy sufferings, Thy triumphs, Thy death, and Thine immortality, are all woven in one gorgeous tapestry, without seam or rent. Thou art music without discord; Thou art many, and yet not divided; Thou art all things, and yet not diverse. As all the colours blend into one resplendent rainbow, so all the glories of heaven and earth meet in Thee, and unite so wondrously, that there is none like Thee in all things; nay, if all the virtues of the most excellent were bound in one bundle, they could not rival Thee, Thou mirror of all perfection. Thou hast been anointed with the holy oil of myrrh and cassia, which Thy God hath reserved for Thee alone; and as for Thy fragrance, it is as the holy perfume, the like of which none other can ever mingle, even with the art of the apothecary; each spice is fragrant, but the compound is divine.
"Oh, sacred symmetry! oh, rare connection
Of many perfects, to make one perfection!
Oh, heavenly music, where all parts do meet
In one sweet strain, to make one perfect sweet!"
Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind
Date: Sun 7:00PM 20th June 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Job 42:5-6 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear:but now mine eye seeth thee.Wherefore I abhor myself, and repentin dust and ashes.
Continue ReadingDate: Sun 11:30AM 20th June 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Continue Reading19th June 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Proverbs 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out:so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Continue ReadingDate: Sun 7:00PM 13th June 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: 2 Samuel 3:18 Now then do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand […]
Continue ReadingDate: Sun 11:30AM 13th June 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Continue Reading12th June 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Continue ReadingDate: Sun 7:00PM 6th June 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Genesis 18:20-21 20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry […]
Continue ReadingDate: Sun 11:30AM 6th June 2021Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlinBible Reference: Colossians 1:16-17 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for […]
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5th June 2021 Preacher: Rev. David McLaughlin Bible Reference: Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church deeply regrets the sudden passing of Mr Frank Campbell and would like to express their deepest sympathy to the Campbell family circle. Frank CAMPBELL, called Home May 30th, 2021, (suddenly) at his home 41 Cladytown Road, Glarryford, Ballymena, Francis Rutherford, beloved husband of the late Sarah, […]
Continue ReadingDate: Sun 7:00PM 30th May 2021Preacher: Rev. Derek ErwinBible Reference: Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
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Carryduff Free Presbyterian Church
Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind
