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We Must Take Up Our Cross Daily, August 26
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross daily, and follow me.
Luke 9:23
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It is the power of the cross alone that can separate man from the strong
confederacy of sin. Christ gave Himself for the saving of the sinner. Those
whose sins are forgiven, who love Jesus, will be united with Him. They
will bear the yoke of Christ. This yoke is not to hamper them, not to make
their religious life one of unsatisfying toil. No; the yoke of Christ is to be
the very means by which the Christian life is to become one of pleasure
and joy. The Christian is to be joyful in contemplation of that which the
Lord has done in giving His only begotten Son to die for the world, “that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Those who stand under the blood-stained banner of Prince Immanuel,
should be faithful soldiers in Christ’s army. They should never be disloyal,
never be untrue. Many of the young will volunteer to stand with Jesus, the
Prince of life. But if they would continue to stand with Him, they must
constantly look unto Jesus, their Captain, for His orders. They cannot be
soldiers of Christ and yet engage with the confederacy of Satan, and help
along his side, for then they would be enemies of Christ. They would
betray sacred trusts
The cross ... is to be lifted and borne without a murmur or complaint.
In the act of raising it, you will find that it raises you. You will find it alive
with mercy, compassion, and pitying love
Through bearing the cross your experience may be such that you can
say, “‘I know that my Redeemer liveth,’ and because He lives, I shall live
also.” What an assurance is this
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The Youth’s Instructor, March 30, 1893
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Letter 145, 1900
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Manuscript 85, 1901
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