In this issue we consider a few of our Lord’s names and the fragrance of them. The names and titles of our blessed Lord and Saviour are expressive of all that He is, so it does not surprise us to find Him presented to us in so many different ways and aspects. To have the person of Christ Himself before us tends to produce reverence and adoration in our souls for His glory and our happiness.
“The state of our souls may be discerned by the effect produced upon us by the name of Jesus. If our hearts are careless and unresponsive when He is the subject of conversation or presentation, we cannot be in communion with the heart of God. Why, even the name of a beloved object on earth will produce pleasurable emotions. How much more should the name of Christ, the object of God’s heart — and also of ours if we know Him — awaken within us holy feelings of delight, which can only be expressed in praise and adoration!”