A CROWN OF SONNETS I

I love the Saviour since He died for me

To save me from my sins and their dire end;

And I love Jesus since He is my Friend,

Whom I am waiting longingly to see;

I love the One who has the right to be

Both Lord and Christ; the One who could ascend,

Having annulled what I was to offend

A holy God, to bless and set me free.

I love the Lord for all that He has done

To accomplish all the purposes of God;

And for His moral glories as He trod

On earth, while now in heaven His glory's shown

For faith to wonder at; I love the Son

Because the Son has made the Father known.

This is the first of fourteen linked sonnets.