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DEATH.
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When to the cross I turn my eyes,
     And rest on Calvary,
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,
     I must remember Thee.


My friends, there is one spot on earth where the fear of Death, of Sin, and of Judgment, need never trouble us, the only safe spot on earth where the sinner can stand—Calvary.


He who tears down the cross, what is there left to lift him to heaven? The church claiming to be a Christian church is false to the title, if she make the cross of Christ of none effect.


Lord, as to Thy dear cross we flee
     And pray to be forgiven,
So let Thy life our pattern be,
     And form our souls for heaven.


O, cross of my bleeding Lord, may I meditate on thee more, may I feel thee more, may I resolve to know nothing but thee.


D.

DEATH.

One may live as a conqueror, a king, or a magistrate; but he must die as a man.