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Selections from some of the writings of Charles Kingsley
Selections from some of the writings of Charles Kingsley Author:Charles Kingsley Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: God; that -whatever was needed to reconcile man to God, He has done, for He is perfect man. Let us, instead of puzzling ourselves as to how the Lamb of God ta... more »kes away the sins of the world, believe that He knows, and that He lives, and cry to Him as to the Living God,—Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, and take our sins away. —Discipline and other Sermons, V. The Measttbe Of The Cross.—What is the breadth of Christ's cross ? It is as broad as the whole world : for He died for the whole world, as it is written, " He is a propitiation not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world; " and again, " God willeth that none should perish ; " and again, "As by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of One, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." And that is the breadth of Christ's cross. And what is the length of Christ's cross ? The length thereof, says an old father, signifies the time during which its virtue will last. How long, then, is the cross of Christ? Long enough to last through all time. As long as there is a sinner to be saved; as long as there is ignorance, sorrow, pain, death, or anything else which is contrary to God and hurtful to man, in the universe of God, so long will Christ's crosslast. For it is written, He must reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet; and God is ail in all. And that is the length of the cross of Christ. And how high is Christ's cross ? As .high as the highest heaven, and the throne of God, and the bosom of the Father—that bosom out of which for ever proceed all created beings. Ay, as high as the highest heaven ; for, if you will receive it, when Christ hung upon the cross, Heaven came down on earth, and earth ...« less