Jeremiah, The Man of Sorrows by J. Vernon McGee / Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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¹ Who hath believed our report? 

and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

² For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 

and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; 

and when we shall see him, 

 there is no beauty that we should desire him.

³ He is despised and rejected of men; 

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 

and we hid as it were our faces from him; 

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

⁴ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: 

yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

⁵ But he was wounded for our transgressions, 

he was bruised for our iniquities: 

the chastisement of our peace was upon him; 

and with his stripes we are healed.

⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; 

we have turned every one to his own way; 

and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:1-6 (King James Bible)

Jeremiah The Man of Sorrows 

by J. Vernon McGee

 

Published on Mar 29, 2013 by OLDTIMECHRISTIANITY

Solitude

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

 

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

    Weep, and you weep alone;

For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,

    But has trouble enough of its own.

Sing, and the hills will answer;

    Sigh, it is lost on the air;

The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

    But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;

    Grieve, and they turn and go;

They want full measure of all your pleasure,

    But they do not need your woe.

Be glad, and your friends are many;

    Be sad, and you lose them all,—

There are none to decline your nectared wine,

    But alone you must drink life’s gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;

    Fast, and the world goes by.

Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

    But no man can help you die.

There is room in the halls of pleasure

    For a large and lordly train,

But one by one we must all file on

    Through the narrow aisles of pain.

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