PERFECTION

Perfection towards God - Jesus portrayed,

The root and fruit, obedience and praise;

Perfection towards man - He would amaze

Men by the wealth of blessing He displayed;

Perfection towards duties - so He made

Arrangements for His mother’s coming days;

Perfection towards Himself - He in His ways

Showed how a saint of God should be arrayed.

And all was evenness, as when a tree

In the best light, and ideal soil grows round,

Presenting the same look at every side;

But He was like this though the soil might be

Dry, and although men’s roughness might surround.

In God alone, in rest, He could confide.