ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite Tisema 5, 2022

ALL GLORY TO CHRIST

KE ‘O KALAISI ‘A E LANGILANGI KOTOA

PSALM 57:5

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

SAAME 57:5

‘Ai ke ke mā‘olunga ‘i he ngaahi langi, ‘e ‘Otua: Mo ho kolōlia ‘i māmani kotoa.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

To whom shall the glory be given? Oh! to Jesus, to Jesus; for the text says it is all by Jesus. It is not because I am a Christian that I get joy in my trouble-not necessarily so; it is not always the fact that troubles bring their consolations; but it is Christ who comes to me. I am sick in my chamber; Christ cometh upstairs, He sitteth by my bedside, and He talketh sweet words to me. I am dying; the chilly cold waters of Jordan have touched my foot, I feel my blood: stagnate and freeze. I must die; Christ puts His arms around me and says, "Fear not, beloved; to die is to be blessed, the waters of death have their fountainhead in heaven, they are not bitter, they are sweet as nectar, for they flow from the throne of God." I wade in the stream, the billows gather around me, I feel that my heart and my flesh fail; but there is the same voice in my ears, "Fear not; I am with thee! Be not dismayed; I am thy God."

Ah! ye who know not that matchless name, Jesus, ye have lost the sweetest note which e'er can give melody.

CHARLES SPURGEON