p. 483 | Daily Cross Bearing

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 13, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Daily Cross Bearing

"If any man will come after me," says Christ, "let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." How many professing Christians there are who appear to forget that the service of Christ involves a daily cross bearing—a daily following of the Master! The service of Christ is not a thing of "fits and starts," of occasional pious impulses or pious acts, but a steady, undeviating aim in all things to please him, to imitate his example, and to do his will. It is a daily service, a daily bearing of the cross, a daily following of the Master. There must be no shrinking from trial, no faltering in the discharge of duty, no turning aside from the way. Having named the name of Christ, we should be careful in everything to avoid even the appearance of evil, and always remember that they that continue unto the end—and they only—shall be saved.—Sel.