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CROSS WEARING

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 24, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 20.

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CROSS WEARING.

By Horatius Bonar

I AM crucified with Christ— With him nailed upon the tree; Not the cross, then do I bear, But the cross it beareth me. Solemn cross on which I died, One with him, the Crucified.
Shall I take that blood-stained cross, Cross of agony and shame, Cross of him who fought my fight, Cross of him who overcame? Shall I deck myself with thee, Awful cross of Calvary?
Shall I drag thee through the crowd, 'Mid the laughter that is there; Whirl thee through the giddy waltz, Bound upon my neck or hair? Awful cross of Calvary, Shall I deck myself with thee?
Shall I make that lowly cross Minister of woman's pride, Drawing eyes to me that should Fix upon the Crucified? Awful cross of Calvary, Shall I deck myself with thee?
Shall I call this glittering gem, Made for show and vanity— Shall I call this gaud a cross, Cross of him who died for me? Shall I deck myself with thee, Awful cross of Calvary? —Horatius Bonar.