The cross and passion : Good Friday addresses . ove. There is probably no way inwhich we can so effectively advance thekingdom of heaven as to be quietlythoughtful for others. In the midst of his pain, Jesus sees be-side the cross his mother, and his friend,and in the midst of his pain he ministersto them. See what it is that he says. It is notsimply a word of affection and of consola-tion. It is a word of helpful counsel. Thesorrowing mother, the sorrowing disciple,are helped by being given something to are to find comfort for themselvesby comforting each other. That is the mes-sage f
The cross and passion : Good Friday addresses . ove. There is probably no way inwhich we can so effectively advance thekingdom of heaven as to be quietlythoughtful for others. In the midst of his pain, Jesus sees be-side the cross his mother, and his friend,and in the midst of his pain he ministersto them. See what it is that he says. It is notsimply a word of affection and of consola-tion. It is a word of helpful counsel. Thesorrowing mother, the sorrowing disciple,are helped by being given something to are to find comfort for themselvesby comforting each other. That is the mes-sage from the cross to all who are in anytrouble. To sit down and think about itis fatal. In that direction is no thing to do is to seek opportunities ofministry. Thus does Jesus apply his ownexample of unselfish consideration. Let us take this third word from thecross into our own thoughts and prayersin silence. It teaches the lesson of unself-ish consideration. Do we need the lesson?Are we unselfish and considerate? 37 ^be jfourtb Morb. Zhc dfourtb Morb I. ETWEEN the first wordsfrom the cross and those onwhich we now come to medi-tate there was an hours seem to havepassed. In that time the darkness came. Jesus has forgiven his foes; he hasblessed his friends; he has welcomed onewho ceases to be a foe and becomes afriend. Now the noise of the reviling the darkness a silence falls upon thecrowd beside the cross. And with the dark-ness a veil falls between Christ and theworld. He looks away from earth, above,to his Father. The supreme pain of our Lords suffer-ing was the grief of his soul. This hadbeen so bitter that before a hand had beenlaid upon him, lying on his face underthe olive trees in Gethsemane, his sweatwas as great drops of blood. This had beenthe hardest part of all that he had en-dured during the long tragedy of the nightand the morning. 41 ^be Cross anb passion There are two things which grieve thesoul above all others: they are
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