PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Cross: A Tract for the Times
Ryle, J. C. (John Charles), 1816-1900 · 9,211 words · 19 reading sections
Part 1
Transcribed from the 1851 Hunt & Son edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Pamphlet cover]…
17 wordsSECTION 2THE CROSS.
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0 wordsSECTION 3A TRACT FOR THE TIMES.
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0 wordsSECTION 4CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD, RECTOR OF HELMINGHAM, SUFFOLK.
Author of “LIVING OR DEAD?” “ASSURANCE,” &c. * * * * * “_By thy cross and passion_, _good Lord deliver us_.” Liturgy of the Church of England. * * * * *…
22 wordsSECTION 5IPSWICH: HUNT & SON, 12, TAVERN STREET.
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16 wordsSECTION 6M.DCCC.LI.
* * * * * “Christ crucified and Christ glorified is all that we are to study; the one we are to study as long as we are on earth, and the other we shall be admitted to study when we get well to heaven. * * “That faith which is not built on a dying Christ is but a perilous dream: God awaken all from it that are in it!…
67 wordsSECTION 7THE CROSS.
“_God forbid that I should glory_, _save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ_.”—_Galat._ vi. 14.…
19 wordsSECTION 8READER,
What do you think and feel about the cross of Christ? You live in a Christian land. You probably attend the worship of a Christian Church. You have perhaps been baptized in the name of Christ. You profess and call yourself a Christian. All this is well. It is more than can be said of millions in the world, But all…
810 wordsSECTION 9Part 9
He never gloried _in his graces_. If ever there was one who abounded in graces, that man was Paul. He was full of love. How tenderly and affectionately he used to write! He could feel for souls like a mother or a nurse feeling for her child. He was a bold man. He cared not whom he opposed when truth was at stake.…
663 wordsSECTION 10Part 10
Think, you who take comfort in some fancied ideas of your own goodness,—think, you who wrap up yourselves in the notion, “all must be right, if I keep to my church,”—think for a moment what a sandy foundation you are building upon! Think for a moment how miserably defective your hopes and pleas will look in the hour o…
830 wordsSECTION 11Part 11
This is the subject he _loved to preach about_. He was a man who went to and fro on the earth, proclaiming to sinners that the Son of God had shed His own heart’s blood to save their souls. He walked up and down the world telling people that Jesus Christ had loved them, and died for their sins upon the cross. Mark h…
902 wordsSECTION 12Part 12
There are hundreds of places of worship, in this day, in which there is every thing almost except the cross. There is carved oak, and sculptured stone. There is stained glass and brilliant painting. There are solemn services, and a constant round of ordinances. But the real cross of Christ is not there. Jesus cruc…
891 wordsSECTION 13Part 13
People seem to me to forget that all Christ’s sufferings were endured _voluntarily_ and of His own free will. He was under no compulsion. Of His own choice He laid down His life. Of His own choice He went to the cross to finish the work He came to do. He might easily have summoned legions of angels with a word, and…
795 wordsSECTION 14Part 14
Would I find strong _reasons for being a holy man_? Whither shall I turn for them? Shall I listen to the ten commandments merely? Shall I study the examples given me in the Bible of what grace can do? Shall I meditate on the rewards of heaven, and the punishments of hell? Is there no stronger motive still? Yes! …
840 wordsSECTION 15Part 15
The cross is _the strength of a minister_. I for one would not be without it for all the world. I should feel like a soldier without arms,—like an artist without his pencil,—like a pilot without his compass,—like a labourer without his tools. Let others, if they will, preach the law and morality. Let others hold fo…
808 wordsSECTION 16Part 16
The cross is _the grand centre of union_ among true Christians. Our outward differences are many without doubt. One man is an Episcopalian, another is a Presbyterian,—one is an Independent, another a Baptist,—one is a Calvinist, another an Arminian,—one is a Lutheran, another a Plymouth brother,—one is a friend to es…
910 wordsSECTION 17Part 17
_Are you a believer that longs to be more holy_? Are you one that finds his heart too ready to love earthly things? To you also I say, “Behold the cross of Christ.” Look at the cross. Think of the cross. Meditate on the cross, and then go and set affections on the world if you can. I believe that holiness is nowh…
423 wordsSECTION 18PUBLISHED BY HUNT & SON,
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459 wordsSECTION 19FOOTNOTES.
{9} “Howsoever men when they sit at ease, do vainly tickle their own hearts with the wanton conceit of I know not what proportionable correspondence between their merits and their rewards, which in the trance of their high speculations, they dream that God hath measured and laid up as it were in bundles for them;—we s…
690 wordsSource & rights
Public domain in the USA; original historical text digitized by Project Gutenberg.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.