JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME

D. C. Brown

Men climb and fall. Each in his day

Rises on mounting waves of fame

Till the waves break in froth and spray,

But Jesus Christ remains the Same.

From richness which words cannot say

Because of His great love He came

Into the deepest poverty,

Yet Jesus Christ remained the Same.

From past eternity’s sublime

Relations to an infant’s frame

Within the range of death and time

He moved, but always was the Same.

Jesus could utter words of grace

Or in His Father’s house declaim

Against polluters of that place

And still in all things be the Same.

Seen on the mountain clothed in white,

Or in the purple robe of shame,

He caused His Father’s heart delight

Since every scene proved Him the Same.

Though He heard Peter own Him Son,

Or in the high priest’s court disclaim

All knowledge of Him. He was one

In mercy and in love—the Same.

In love He reached the depths for men

And in His body bore the blame

For those who trust in Him—but then

In death or Life He was the Same.

In love He reached the depths for men

And in His body bore the blame

But His arising power displayed

The justness of His splendid claim

That altogether what He said

He was, He was indeed—the Same.

Peter and John in faith could call

Upon Him to restore the lame,

Showing that, though ascended, all

His power and grace remained the Same.

Throughout the dispensation’s length,

Attacked by persecution’s flame,

His own received the needed strength

As knowing Jesus Christ the Same.

They did not fear as dreadful power

Of those who merely kill or maim

But found the grace in every hour

That comes alone from Christ—the Same.

The Lord knows those who own His sway,

And every one who names His name,

Departing from iniquity,

Proves succour since He is the Same.

Soon we shall greet the glorious day

Toward which our deepest longings aim

When He will come to catch away

His own to find Him still the Same.

Then in the time of setting right

His power will make the nations tame

Till all will find in Him their light

And own that Christ remains the Same.

Throughout eternity His own,

For whom He suffered, will proclaim

No man but Jesus Christ alone

Is, was, and is to come—the Same.

Edinburgh