BOLDNESS.
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.—II. Corinthians, xi. 21.
Great is my boldness of speech towards you.—II. Corinthians, vii. 4.
Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.—Ephesians, iii. 11, 12.
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.—I. John, iv. 17.
We were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.—I. Thessalonians, ii. 2.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.—Proverbs, xxviii. 1.
Where high the heavenly temple stands,
The house of God not made with hands,
A great High Priest our nature wears,
The guardian of mankind appears.
He who for men their surety stood,
And poured on earth His precious blood,
Pursues in heaven His mighty plan,
The Saviour and the friend of man.
With boldness, therefore, at the throne
Let us make all our sorrows known,
And ask the aid of heavenly power
To help us in the evil hour.
Logan.
Jesus! Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are my glorious dress;
’Midst flaming worlds, in these array’d,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
Bold shall I stand in Thy great day;
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolv’d through these I am
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.
Wesley.
The man is bold who fronts the cannon’s mouth,
And trembles not when danger leads the way;
But bolder far is he who speaks the truth
Regardless who may stand around and hear,
And with a kindly spirit dares reprove
The fool that cavils at a world to come.
J. Burbidge.