SA 40:9{OH 19:5{Look away from all "other things," look at the Crucified One, and, as you gaze, remember that He says, "Come unto Me." Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by, that both from the depth of sorrow and from the height of glory this royal invitation comes to you? For it is the call not only of Jesus the crucified, but of Jesus reigning, and Jesus coming. "See that ye refuse not Him that speaketh," for He is coming to judge the quick and the dead. He is reigning now, and there are no neutrals in His kingdom. All are either willing and loyal subjects, or actual rebels-those who have obeyed the King's call, and come, and those who have "made light of it," and not come. Which are you?
Behold your King! Is it nothing to you,
That the crimson tokens of agony
From the kingly brow must fall like dew,
Thro' the shuddering shades of Gethsemane?
Jesus Himself, the Prince of Life,
Bows in mysterious mortal strife;
Oh, think of His sorrow! that we may know
The unknown love In the unknown woe!