Holy Cross (Classic Reprint): A History of the Invention, Preservation, and Disappearance of the Wood Known as the True Cross: A History of the ... Known as the True Cross (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Holy Cross: A History of the Invention, Preservation, and Disappearance of the Wood Known as the True Cross

Upon the question of the verity of the wood as the True Cross, I have endeavored to give, with impartiality, the arguments on both sides, confessing my own want of faith.

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Excerpt from Holy Cross: A History of the Invention, Preservation, and Disappearance of the Wood Known as the True Cross

Cross of shame, yet tree of glory
Round thee winds the one great story
Of this ever changing earth:
Center of the true and holy,
Grave of human sin and folly,
Womb of Nature's second birth!

Rev. Horatius Bonar, 1866.

When I survey the wondrous Cross
On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1709.

The balm of life, the cure of woe,
The measure and the pledge of love;
The sinner's refuge here below,
The angel's theme in heaven above.

Rev. Thomas Kelly, 1820.

In the cross of Christ I glory,
Towering o'er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime.

Sir John Bowring, 1825.

Blest Cross! Blest Sepulchre! blest rather be
The man that there was put to shame for me.

John Bunyan, 1660.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.