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Morning, April 15 Scripture: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”(Psalm 22:1) We here behold the Saviour in the depth of his sorrows. No other place so well shows the griefs of Christ as Calvary, and no other moment at Calvary is so full of agony as that in which his cry […] Morning, April 14 Scripture: “All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head.”(Psalm 22:7) Mockery was a great ingredient in our Lord’s woe. Judas mocked him in the garden; the chief priests and scribes laughed him to scorn; Herod set him at nought; the servants […] Morning, April 13 Scripture: “A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me.”(Song of Solomon 1:13) Myrrh may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connection with sacrifice. But why is he compared to “a bundle of […] Morning, April 12 Scripture: “My heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.”(Psalm 22:14) Our blessed Lord experienced a terrible sinking and melting of soul. “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?” Deep depression of spirit is the most grievous […] Morning, April 11 Scripture: “I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint.”(Psalm 22:14) Did earth or heaven ever behold a sadder spectacle of woe! In soul and body, our Lord felt himself to be weak as water poured upon the ground. The placing of the cross in its […] |
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