...this was done without opposition. You know that which his Master and ours has said : ' If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.' Oberlin, like all others, found this true ; but he sought to overcome evil with good. and did succeed...

...self-denial in detail, springing from denial of self in the heart and in the soul. " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." It is the cross that unites God to man, and it is the cross that unites man to God. It is by His self-sacrifice...

...their exercise. At last, he had a Divine admonition," and he heard these words : " He that desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me."'* Already, St. Kilian had announced the Gospel with much fruit in his own country. According to some...

...Christ, we shall be made willing to bear His cross, as well as wear His crown — " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." I Eiight greatly extend this parallel, and enlarge upon the hints given ; but, I fear, I have said...

...appetite and sated revenge, — Come unto me, and ye shall und peace unto your souls. If any man will come after me let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow my example ; for whosoever to save his life shall lose his honour or forsake his God, shall luse more...

...that be of God, but the things that be of man." Then said Jesus unto His disciples, " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." So far from being deflected from His purpose by the counsels of His disciples, our blessed Lord seems...

...hast, and give to the poor;"* the second, "Take nothing for the way ;"t the third, "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me."{ " Brethren," said Francis to his two companions, " there is our life, there is our rule and that of...

...not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me (Matt. x. 38). Jesus said, If any one will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me (Matt. xvi. 24 ; Luke ix. 23-25 ; xiv. 26, 27). Also by crucifying the flesh in Paul : They •who...

...can be a true follower of Jesus Christ unless he follow Him on His way to Calvary : " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." It is one of the greatest and saddest of mistakes to imagine that, because our Saviour suffered for...

...mother, or his kindred more than Me," says our blessed Saviour, " is not worthy of Me. Whoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me." If in following Jesus Christ, worldly advantages must sometimes be sacrificed, and hardships undergone,...