Of their peculiar light 1
I keep one ray
To clarify the Sight
To seek them by－
I keep one ray
To clarify the Sight
To seek them by－
(F.1396/J.1362)
[1] peculiar:: peculiar people, God's own chosen. Evangelists. light:: the divine light.
[2] ray:: the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower, having the similar shape of the divine light.
[3] clarify:: by using the ray to compare with the divine light.
[4] them:: those peculiar people who radiate light.
(Deuteronomy 14:2) For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
For Christ principally appeared for the removing of sin, for the gathering a righteous generation, that might serve the Lord in purity of mind, and walk before him in fear, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and that evangelical perfection which the law could not do. Hence he is said, Tit. ii. 14. to have given himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. ─ Apology for the True Christian Divinity (1822)