Christ is our great example in cross-bearing. He had not where to lay his head in life, nor a rag to cover him in death, nor anything but a borrowed grave in burial. What manner of persons ought we to be in all unselfishness when we have such a Lord! He hath not said to us in matters of self-denial, “Take up thy cross and go,” but “Come, take up thy cross and follow me.” Well may the soldiers endure hardness when the king himself roughs it among us; and suffers more than the meanest private in our ranks. My soul, I charge thee, bear thy cross, and look not for ease where Jesus found his death. —SPURGEON.
