Transcribed from the 1851 Hunt & Son edition by DavidPrice,

THE CROSS.

A TRACT FOR THE TIMES.

BYTHE
REV. J. C. RYLE, B.A.,

CHRISTCHURCH, OXFORD,
RECTOR OF HELMINGHAM, SUFFOLK.

Author of“Livingor Dead?”
“Assurance,” &c.

“By thy crossand passion, good Lord deliver us.”

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p.2“Christ crucified and Christ glorified is all thatwe are to study; the one we are to study as long as we are onearth, and the other we shall be admitted to study when we getwell to heaven. * *

“That faith which is not built on a dying Christ is buta perilous dream: God awaken all from it that are init!”—Robert Traill.1690.

p. 3THECROSS.

“God forbidthat I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord JesusChrist.”—Galat. vi. 14.

Reader,

What do you think and feel about the cross of Christ? You live in a Christian land.  You probably attend theworship of a Christian Church.  You have perhaps beenbaptized in the name of Christ.  You profess and callyourself a Christian.  All this is well.  It is morethan can be said of millions in the world, But all this is noanswer to my question, “What do you think and feel aboutthe cross of Christ?”

I want to tell you what the greatest Christian that ever livedthought of the cross of Christ.  He has written down hisopinion.  He has given his judgment in words that cannot bemistaken.  The man I mean is the Apostle Paul.  Theplace where you will find his opinion, is in the letter which theHoly Ghost inspired him to write to the Galatians.  And thewords in which his judgment is set down, are these, “Godforbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord JesusChrist.”

Now what did Paul mean by saying this?  He meant todeclare strongly, that he trusted in nothing but Jesus Christcrucified for the pardon of his sins and the salvation of hissoul.  Let others, if they would, look elsewhere forsalvation.  Let others, if they were so disposed, trust inother things for ...