His death, the center of all relief...

My affection for Christ was stirred this morning by the following lines from one of my all-time favorite books, The Valley of Vision:

"May I, a convinced and self-despairing sinner
find Jesus as the power unto salvation,
his death the center of all relief,
the source of all gospel-blessings.

"Help me to repair to that cross,
be crucified to the world by it,
and in it find deepest humiliation,
motives to patience and self-denial,
grace for active benevolence,
faith to grasp eternal life,
hope to lift up my head,
love to bind me for ever to him who died and rose for me."

Valley of Vision, ed. Arthur Bennet, 46.