The Love of Christ! The Fullness, Freeness, and Immutability of the Savior's Grace Displayed!

The design of the present work is to set forth the love of Jesus, with a view to endear him to the hearts of his people, and draw forth their love to him in return. The love of Christ is one of the principal lessons we have to learn, one of the great subjects we are to study — and yet how little do we know of it in an experimental and practical manner? It is set before us in the word of God in a great variety of ways, and this little book is intended to bring it nearer to the eye and the heart. We shall only . . .
be confident in God, 
diligent in the Lord's work, 
and enjoy a peaceful conscience
 — as we know the love of Christ which passes knowledge! And we never shall know much of the love of Jesus — unless it is set before the eye of the mind — as the object of faith, and the subject of devout meditation.
It was Paul's desire to know him — and to know Jesus is the desire of every Christian, in proportion as he is taught by the same Spirit.
Reader, the subject is set before you — but remember that the Holy Spirit alone can bring it home to your soul, and seal it upon your heart. And your heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit unto those who ask him, for this purpose. Ask, then, and receive — that your joy may be full.
That the Lord may abundantly bless this little work to every reader, and endear Jesus to every heart — is the fervent prayer of the author,

James Smith, New Park Street Chapel, London