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low and browp-crowd into the seats
which I'll the arena. The Eskimos Of
the arctic are there; the black men Of
the tropics are there; all peoples are
there. Then a musical leader takes his
place In the center Of the arena and
lifts his baton. Suddenly all these
voices swell into one great chorus as
they sing:
Must Jesus bear tho cross alone
And all the world go free?
No, there's a cross for every ons,
| And there's a cross for me.
While that great multitude is sing
Ing | turn to my companion and say,
WHO are these and whence came
theyT these" she answers. ARE the
hosts Of heaven. Those in the arena
are the members Of the living human
race which are bending the knee to the
name Of Jesus Christ. That chorus Is
the echo Of Pauls valedictory in the
dungeon. This scene was depicted In
the superscription which was written
over the cross and which. In the Latin
language, told the Jews that Jesus was
TO be the temporal as well as the spir-
itual king" Oh. my brother and Sis
ter, rs Christ is some day to rule per-
sonally over the two henispheres, shall
not you and |. by consecrated lives. try
TO hasten this glorious millennial day?
Shall not our voices be lifted in praise,
20 that they shall some day find their
full diapsson in the song Of Moses and
the Lamb?
The McssNre of CrOaa.
But the Hebrew superscription ought
to be the most important to us all. 1t
ought to be the most important be-
cause the Hebrew language has always
been the symbol Of Gods protecting
and pardoning love. The Hebrews
were Gods favored people. So, when
we read the superscriptiOn of the cross
In the Hebrew tongue. God seems to
| shy to us as individuals II have sent
my only begotten Son into the world
that by his blood you may be pardoned
of your sins and become part of my
new kingdom" We might believe that
Christ is the Son OF God. We might
even believe that some day he shall
rule from Sea to sea. but that belief
will not make him our individual King
and Saviour unless we can read our
atonement in his death and his resur-
rection which was by symbol written
in the Hebrew inscription nailed upon
the top OF the cross. Can you not and
will YOU not by the Hebrew message,
believe and accept the statement that
Jesus Christ died to save you as indi-
vidualSt He died to save you. oh, man,
oh, woman. Just as though you were
the only sinner in all the universe.
BY the Hebrew supcrscription nailed
to the cross proclaim Il universal par
ion and salvation for all sinners Jesus
Christ once snid. AS Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness even 30
must the Son of Man be lifted up SO
today lift high the Hebrew superscrip-
ton Of the cross. | CRY out in the words
OF Revelation, The Spirit ana the Bride
say come. and let him that hearcth say
rome. and let him that is athirst come
and whatsoever will let him come and
take of the water of life freely Sin
ner, today. through the atonement as
proclaimed in the Hebrew superscrip-
ton, will Iou come and worship the
/ Christ of the intellect. the Christ of
coming universal domain. and also the
Christ who died that we might all have
part in his future rulershlp?
Would that we might Ane and all be
able to interpret the three supcrscrip-
lions over the cross in the way that the
dying Christians tried to interpret
them. The watcher by the bedside
heard her mother whisper: Bring,
Bring" The daughter said to the dying
woman. Mother, what shall | bring"
oh" answered the dying woman.
"Bring, Bring" Then the daughter
asked again, But, mother, what shall
| bring?' Why" cried the dying wo-
man. bring forth the royal diadem
and crown him Lord OF all" May we
one and all. by the blood of Jesus
Christ, which was shed for sin, crown
Christ King Of the heart, King Of the
head and King of the two hemispheres.
May we crown him a King of heaven
and of earth. even as the superscription
over the cross declared in three differ
ent languages that Christ was the King
of the Jews
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