Love by nature, when it see it, cannot but cast out its spirit and strength upon amiable objects and good things and things love worthy. And what fairer thing in Christ? Oh, fair sun and fair moon and fair stars and fair flowers and fair roses and fair lilies and fair creatures, but o 10000,000 times fairer, Lord Jesus. Alas, I wronged him in making the comparison this way. Oh, black sun and moon, but o fair Lord Jesus. Oh, black flowers and black lilies and roses, but o fair, fair, ever fair Lord Jesus. Oh, all fair things black and deformed without beauty when ye are beside the fairest Lord Jesus. Oh, black heaven, but oh, fair Christ. Oh, black angels, but surpassingly fair Lord Jesus. I would seek no more to make me happy forevermore, but a thorough and clear sight of the beauty of Jesus, my Lord. Let my eyes enjoy His fairness and stare Him forever in the face, and I have all that can be wished. Get Christ rather than gold or silver. Seek Christ. How be it ye should lose all things for Him. Samuel Rutherford.