...and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head. If any man will come after me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross. If he hate not his father, and mother, and brother, and sister, and houses, and lands, yea, and his...

...the wall, the stern motto, " He that forsakcth not all he hath cannot be my disciple. If any man will come after me he must deny himself, and take up his cross." On the left hand is suspended in the same manner the startling words, " Strait is the gate, and narrow...

...is the truly happy man, the Saviour's words have never ceased to hold good, that " if any man will come after me," he must " deny himself, and take up his cross daily ! " Not that there is merit in any suffering of ours ; not that by sufferings inflicted upon...

...is the truly happy man, the Saviour's words have never ceased to hold good, that " if ary man will come after me," he must " deny himself, and take up his cross daily ! " Not that there is merit in any suffering of ours ; not that by sufferings inflicted upon...

...and sorrowful as of old, stands in the bleeding path, repeating, as He did then, " If any man will come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." That first step in Christ, therefore, must be a step in which the very life is given....

...is the truly happy man, the Saviour's words have never ceased to hold good, that " if any man will come after me," he must " deny himself, and take up his cross daily ! " Not that there is merit in any suffering of ours ; not that by sufferings inflicted upon...

...SELF-DENIAL ; — arid if he asked me yet again, I should reply SELF-DENIAL ; "If any man," said Christ, "would come after me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me, or else he cannot be my disciple." And that man who will not give up his single glass...

...and to live unto righteousness." Let us be assured that the law is eternally fixed. " If any man will come after me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me." Be certain that the temptation of Adam in Paradise, and of Christ in the desert...

...live unto righteousness." Let us be assured that the law is eternallv tl fixed — " If any man will come after me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me." Be certain that the temptation of Adam in Paradise, and of Christ in the desert...

...has the will to come after me and be my disciple, let him give up his own will, and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever for my sake loses his life shall find it. What good will it do to a man to gain the whole...