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CROSS-BEARING

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 6, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 11.

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CROSS-BEARING

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?
—Sel.