"SURELY HE HATH BORNE OUR GRIEFS, AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS." The prophet Isaiah wrote these prophetic words fulfilled in Jesus our Lord. See with your mind's eye, Jesus crowned with thorns and scourged, with His face so marred, more than any man's. His blood is flowing, His heart is breaking, for He is the man of sorrows. Behold Him, then, for in Jesus dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. In Him the love of God centred and shone forth. He is the only foundation of His church's hopes, the only source of eternal salvation. He is Jehovah's firstborn, His only begotten Son, the express image of His person. He is thy substitute, surety, and redeemer. He is the holy, harmless, and undefiled Lamb of God, taking away the sin of the world. Behold Him: He reveals the depth of His love; He teaches thee patience, meekness, suffering and humiliation, and silence under insult. O behold Jesus, and be ashamed of complaining, of repining, or indulging any unworthy thoughts or revengeful feelings. Behold and imitate! Behold and love! Behold and adore!

For Meditation:
Wounded head, back ploughed with furrows!
Visage marred: Behold the Man!
Eyes how dim, how full of sorrows!
Sunk with grief: Behold the Man!
Lamb of God, led to the slaughter!
Wounded, blood flowed like water:
Should not love my heart inflame?
Viewing Thee, Thou slaughtered Lamb!