"The cross is not only the symbol of Christ's burden, but also of your own. You glory in the cross He bore, but do you glory in the cross which He offers you? If your heart is throbbing with the passion that burned in Him Who hung upon that instrument of shame, your life will be in some degree a repetition of what He endured, and your favorite sentiment w3ill be:"

"Must Jesus bear the cross alone,

And all the world go free?

No there's a Cross for everyone

And there's a cross for me.

"The consecrated cross I'll bear

Till death shall set me free:

And then go home, my crown to wear,

For there's a crown for me."

J. B. Hawthorne, 1837-1910