The Potency of the Cross
By Editor
Our cover page speaks for itself: in words, by the eternal law of the Most High God; in illustration, of the justice, the mercy, the love, of God. The angels of the mercy-seat uphold the law of God. We ask our readers to study, as dealing not only with one of the great questions of eternity, but as one of the great world questions, the articles on the Sabbath in this and the number following. It is worth while. We regret that this issue would not admit all the good things written for it. Most of our contributors exceeded their limitations; for which we do not blame them, but we were obliged to abbreviate in some instances contrary to our desire. Some short articles written expressly for this issue are held over for future numbers. The Potency of the Cross.—There is a beautiful, suggestive thought in the shadow of the arms of the cross upon our cover page. On the one side it blots out other "gods before" the Lord, and on the other side it includes "all that in them is." This is an undesigned coincidence, but it is characteristic of the cross of Christ. He who knows and bears the cross of Christ will value all false gods at their true worth—vanity. And if he knows the full meaning of the cross, he will gladly rejoice, and the language of his soul shall be, "Far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world." It is the only thing which makes possible the keeping of God's law.