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(James Smith, "Cling to the Cross!" 1857)
Cling to the cross--though your sins rise up before you . . .
like mountains for their size;
like the sands on the sea shore for their number;
and glowing like scarlet and crimson, in color!
For no sins, however great, or however numerous--should tempt us to despond, or to let go of our hold on the cross--seeing the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from ALL sin.
There is a 'buoyancy' in the cross--which will never let anyone sink, who clings to it!
If our sins were as ponderous as the globe, or as numerous as all the particles of created matter--yet embracing the cross of Jesus--they are all forgiven, and forgiven forever!
They are all blotted out--like the dark clouds, which obscured the sun for a little while on the summer's morning!
They are all blotted out--like a stone cast from an angel's hand into the depths of ocean!
They are all forgiven and forgotten forever!
Cling to the cross!
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