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Morning, April 5 Scripture: “On him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.”(Luke 23:26) We see in Simon’s carrying the cross a picture of the work of the Church throughout all generations; she is the cross-bearer after Jesus. Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your […] Morning, April 4 Scripture: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”(2 Corinthians 5:21) Mourning Christian! why weepest thou? Art thou mourning over thine own corruptions? Look to thy perfect Lord, and remember, thou art complete in […] Morning, April 3 Scripture: “They took Jesus, and led him away.”(John 19:16) He had been all night in agony, he had spent the early morning at the hall of Caiaphas, he had been hurried from Caiaphas to Pilate, from Pilate to Herod, and from Herod back again to Pilate; he had, therefore, but little […] Morning, April 2 Scripture: “He answered him to never a word.”(Matthew 27:14) He had never been slow of speech when he could bless the sons of men, but he would not say a single word for himself. “Never man spake like this man,” and never man was silent like him. Was this singular silence […] Morning, April 1 Scripture: “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.”(Song of Solomon 1:2) For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour’s passion, and for some little time to come we shall linger there. In beginning a new month, let us seek the same desires after our Lord as […] |
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