Embrace the Cross? How does one embrace a cross Without
splinters received?
Surely did our Lord embrace
one such, though already grieved.
Why is it I expect at least
A planed and padded cross to bear, Full polished and of fashion late.
And Is
mirth of friends to banish care?
not this paved and level road
The one
that leads to sweeter bliss?
A thorny crown my brow adorn?
Am
I
May, I
to face a Judas' kiss?
surely not as to
my
friends
say again, "This balsa cross
I'll
bear.
No hellish hill shall I ascend. No blood shall mar the robe I wear."
Joseph Earl
