“O beloved, abide not in any place from which your eye cannot behold the cross of Christ. When you are thinking of the doctrines of the gospel, or the precepts of the Word, or studying the prophecies of Scripture, never let your mind relinquish the study of the cross. The cross was the place of your spiritual birth; it must ever be the spot for renewing your health, for it is the sanatorium of every sin-sick soul. The blood is the true balm of Gilead; it is the only catholicon which heals every spiritual disease. Come, sin-sick soul, & breathe the air which was purified when the blood of the heart of Jesus fell from His wounds to the ground, for no spiritual disease can abide the presence of the healing blood. Hasten, ye weak ones, to Calvary, & partake in God-given strength & vigor. It is from Calvary that you shall see the Sun of Righteousness arising with healing beneath His wings. The beloved Physician meets His patients at the foot of the cross, & relieves them from all their ills…
Believer, if thou wouldst overcome in prayer, tell the Lord of all the groans of His dear Son; never dream of arguing except with arguments fetched from Jesus’ wounds: these are potent pleas with God – the bloody sweat, the flagellation, the nails, the spear, the vinegar, the cross – these must be the mighty reasons with which to overcome the Infinite One…It is not our prayers that will be in themselves prevalent, nor our praises, nor our love; but the blood gives prevalence, acceptance, & power to all. Come hither, then, and let us lay our heart itself, all bleeding upon that altar, & let our prayers and praises rise to heaven, like pillars of smoke, accepted through the blood.”
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