"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." - Philippians 2:8 [KJV]   My soul, dost thou not feel, at every step towards Calvary, somewhat of the angel's words when he cried, “One woe is past, and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter,” Revelation 9:12 . Surely, never was there a manifestation of the holiness of Jehovah, nor the utter detestation of God against sin, as was set forth in the crucifixion of Jesus. Would men, would angels, see what sin really is, let them go to the cross of Jesus. The casting rebellious angels out of heaven, the curse pronounced upon the earth, the drowning the old world by water, the burning of Sodom by fire; nay, the millions of miseries among men, and the unquenchable fire of hell; though all these may make the souls of the awakened exclaim against sin, yet all these are slight and inconsiderable things, compared to the wrath of God poured out upon the person of God's own Son, when He died...

  "He hath poured out His soul unto death." -Isaiah 53:12  [KJV]   My soul! from the garden to the cross, follow Jesus. Behold Him apprehended and hurried away, both to judgment and to death. He who struck to the ground the band that came to take Him, might surely, by the same breath of His mouth, have struck them to hell, and prevented His being apprehended by them. But one of the sweetest and most blessed parts of Jesus's redemption of His people, consisted in the freeness and willingness of His sacrifice. Yes, Thou precious Lamb of God! No man (as Thou Thyself hadst before said) had power to take Thy life from Thee; but Thou didst lay it down Thyself: Thou hadst power to lay it down, and Thou hadst power to take it again. Delightful consideration, to Thee, my soul! Now, my soul, let this day's meditation be sacred to the view of thy Redeemer pouring out His   soul   unto death.     And tomorrow, if the Lord give thee to see the morrow, let the sole...