History of the Cross of Christ

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J. Munroe, 1851 - 95 Seiten
 

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Seite 85 - Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
Seite 53 - AB these structures were incorporated with or surmounted by a crucifix, the term cross was so indelibly associated with them that it survived the religions character of the fabrics. 'The general intent of market-crosses was to excite public homage to the religion of Christ crucified, and to inspire men with a sense of morality and piety amidst the ordinary transactions of life.
Seite 54 - For oft the Cross near some lone chapel stood, Beside the fount, or in the public way, That whoso list might there kneel down and pray To Him once crucified.
Seite 31 - made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross : wherefore God hath highly exalted him.
Seite 94 - ... heaven's sin-avenging rod, — There Mercy bleeds for man's immortal crime. O glorious Cross ! when shall this truth sublime, That He who died upon that altar lives Above, and prays for man ; that power he gives To all who pray through Him, that they may climb, O glorious Cross ! up toward Jehovah's throne ; — O when shall this high truth, to every heart, Grace, joy, salvation, Christian life, impart, And all mankind seek bliss in that alone ! O glorious Cross ! Faith trusts the day to see,...
Seite 64 - God to convene them to the truthe ; and in the end of the Prayer she desired all Saintes to make intercession for her to Jesus Christ, and so kissing the crucifix, and crossing of her also, said these wordes, ' Even as thy armes, O Jesus, was spredd here upon the Crosse, so receive me into thy armes of mercy, and forgive me all my sinnes.
Seite 50 - N. Receive the sign of the holy Cross, both in thy forehead, and in thy breast, in token that thou shalt not be ashamed to confess thy faith in Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue his faithful soldier and servant unto thy life's end. Amen.
Seite 14 - In him the invisible God was, in a manner, rendered visible ; for he who dwelt in his bosom came down and declared him. In beholding his glory, therefore...
Seite 81 - God's ministers; in spite of the wonders that will take place, they will not know till the sign of the Son of man is seen in heaven; and then it will be, as before the flood, too late.
Seite 33 - ... eloquence; but we do claim for them that they preached Christ most effectively and that they drew for themselves, and exhorted all their hearers to draw, their motives for their daily conduct from the cross of their Redeemer; and to all their detractors they might have said with Paul, 'From henceforth let no man trouble us, for we bear in our bodies the marks of our Lord Jesus.

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