"And He bearing His cross." -John 19:17 [KJV] Were grace always in lively exercise, how would every incident in the life of Jesus lead out the souls of His redeemed in endless contemplation Alas! My honoured Lord! How little do I think of Thee, and of Thy sufferings! Will Jesus, this evening, awaken me to the solemn subject? The bell of the neighbouring church is now tolling the curfew of the day. I hear it from my window. Alas! Why should I want such a call to think on my Lord! Awake, awake my soul, and let thy meditation take wing, and flee to Gethsemane, and from the garden, and the hall, behold the Lamb of God bearing His cross towards the place of execution. Oh! Pilate! Thou unjust judge! Is this thy pretended innocency, to suffer Him whom thou didst declare to be innocent, in the moment thou didst pass sentence for His death, to bear His cross also? See what long furrows the ploughers have ploughed upon His sacred back; and wilt thou compel Him to bear the...