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Embrace the Cross? by Joseph Earl
from Legacy 2000
Embrace the Cross?
by Joseph Earl
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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 mirth of friends to banish care?
Is not this paved and level road
The one that leads to sweeter bliss?
A thorny crownmy brow adorn?
Am I to face a Judas' kiss?
May, surely not as to my friends
I say again, "This balsa cross I'll bear.
No hellish hill shall I ascend.
No blood shall mar the robe I wear."
