The Supremacy of Love in Strength and Beauty
C. S. Horne, M. A. Psalm 96:6 Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Without reverence there is no beauty of manhood; nay, and without love, none, none. I know that to-day men praise the strength of will, of energy, and I have no dispraise for that, until it becomes one of the "idols" of the market-place. Mere strength of will is not by any means always beautiful: it is not seldom hard and brutal. Love is the stronger force when all is said, and love is beautiful. Matthew Arnold's lines contain a haunting truth. "I, too, have longed for trenchant force And will, like a dividing spear; Have praised the keen, unscrupulous course Which knows no doubt, which feels no fear. But in the world I learnt what there Thou, too, wilt surely one day prove: That will, that energy, though rare, Are yet far, far less rare than love." (C. S. Horne, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. WEB: Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.