| › 1. The Narrative of the Cross - by Gardiner Spring, 1845.
The story of the cross is related in the Holy Scriptures. They uniformly teach us to look upon Christ's death in a light ...read |
| › 2. The Truth of the Cross - "What is truth?" The poet well replies, "Twas Pilate's question put to Truth itself." There never was but one individual who could stand forth before ...read |
| › 3. The Cross an Effective Propitiation for Sin - Men must have a religion; and if they reject the religion of the Bible, they will devise one for themselves. What the religion is which they thus devi ...read |
| › 4. The Cross the Only Propitiation - It is a truth universally received among Christians, that there is no other propitiation for sin except that offered by the Son of God on the cross. T ...read |
| › 5. The Actual Purpose of the Cross - There are good reasons in the Divine mind for all those expressions of his holy and inscrutable sovereignty which are made in his works of creation, p ...read |
| › 6. The Cross Accessible - It is one of the plainest truths in the Bible, that there is no man, be he who he may, but has a right to repair to the cross for salvation. Among oth ...read |
| › 7. The Cross a Completed Justification - Pardon through the blood of the cross is preliminary to advancement through its righteousness. The criminal who is pardoned by the state, is not on th ...read |
| › 8. Faith in the Cross - Unless we adopt the most dangerous error, we cannot deny that the cross saves only those who believe. Until a man believes the gospel, he is under the ...read |
| › 9. The Inquiring Sinner Directed to the Cross - It is no uncommon occurrence for people of every age, and every rank, in human society, to look at the subject of religion with interest and solicitud ...read |
| › 10. A Stumbling-block Removed - In vindicating the claims of the cross, I have been more anxious to illustrate and enforce the great truths which it discloses, than to reply to the c ...read |
| › 11. The Greatness of Sin No Obstacle - ...to Salvation by the Cross
Is the fact, that a man is a great sinner, any reason why he may not, and should not, be a partaker of the salvation whi ...read |
| › 12. The Holiness of the Cross - The doctrine of the cross, as it has been exhibited in the preceding chapter, is "so far removed from the common conceptions of men, that it is not wo ...read |
| › 13. The Religion of the Cross, in Distinction - ...from Religions That Are False and Spurious
Religion consists in conformity to God, and the cross of Christ alone produces that conformity. It is i ...read |
| › 14. The Cross the Test of Character - The eternal state of men is decided by their character. The Scriptures teach us, that in the day of judgment, God "will render to every man according ...read |
| › 15. The Cross the Preservation from Final Apostasy - Such is the attraction of the cross, that what it once secures it holds fast forever. Those who are once interested in it never lose that interest. On ...read |
| › 16. Full Assurance of Hope at the Cross - Nothing is more natural, or more reasonable than that the strength and ardor of hope should be regulated by the importance and magnitude of the object ...read |
| › 17. The World Crucified by the Cross - It were a gorgeous description to speak in appropriate words and befitting imagery of the things of time and sense. All that can please the eye of man ...read |
| › 18. All Things Tributary to the Cross - The subject on which we propose to submit a few thoughts, in the present chapter, is one which is intimately connected with the great principles of Ch ...read |
| › 19. The Cross the Admiration of the Universe - The cross of Christ furnishes a subject of interesting contemplation, most certainly, to men. But there are other intelligent beings in the universe b ...read |
| › 20. The Triumphs of the Cross - I proceed now to speak of the triumphs of the cross. Triumph supposes a previous contest. Ever since that revolution in heaven, which resulted in the ...read |
| › 21. The Sinner's Excuses Refuted by the Cross - God has constituted men capable of judging what is right, not only in respect to other men, but in respect to their own character and conduct. He ofte ...read |
| › 22. The Cross Rejected, the Great Sin - As the present chapter closes this volume, I propose to devote it to some considerations which I may not withhold from those of my readers who have lo ...read |
| › 23. Conclusion - I bring to a close this series of observations on the attraction of the cross. The day is fast approaching when the writer and the reader will stand b ...read |
