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My Daily Meditation For The Circling Year by John Henry Jowett

JULY The Eleventh THE FRIEND OF THE BRIDEGROOM

|He that hath the bride is the bridegroom.|
-- JOHN iii.23-36.

We ministers sometimes speak of |my church.| I occasionally read of Mr. So-and-So's church! I know that the phrase is colloquially used, but nevertheless, it is unfortunate. Words that are perversely used tend to pervert the spirit. And this phrase tends to displace the Bridegroom. It helps to make us obtrusive, unduly aggressive, when we ought to be reverently hiding our faces with our wings. The Bride is His!

|But the friend of the bridegroom.| That is my place, and that is my dignity. And what a title it is, making me a member of the finest and most select aristocracy in heaven or on earth! The |friend of the bridegroom| used to carry messages to the bride, to share in the wooing, and to help to bring the wedding about. And that, too, is my gracious office, to be a match-maker for my Lord, to testify concerning Him, to speak His praises, until the soul |fall in love| with Him.

|He must increase, but I must decrease.| Yes, when the sun is rising the moon becomes dim! When the glory of the Bridegroom breaks upon the bride He becomes |all in all,| |the chief among ten thousand, and the altogether lovely.|

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