“Here is the jewel that recalls the ‘Crowning with thorns’ of Him that hath to give, at His right hand, ‘pleasures forever more.’ He wore that thorny coronet that His redeemed should return with singing, crowned with everlasting joy.”
“I’ve felt it; feel it now. Hallelujah!”
“This one is to commemorate ‘Jesus bearing the Cross;’ this one ‘His crucifixion,’ and this ‘His resurrection.’”
“The hope of hopes by our Saducees denied!”
“Then we have here another to remind us of our Saviour’s ‘Ascension,’ with His pregnant promise of a royal return to take at last His children home.”
“Come, Lord Jesus, even so, quickly!” cried Ichabod.
“‘Wait patiently for Him and He will give thee the desire of thy heart,’ oh, heir of faithful Abraham!”
“I weary sometimes, my loved teacher.”
“So do we, of our brotherhood; but here is a thought of rest; this bead recalls ‘Pentecost.’ We are led of the Spirit, which guides to all truth and comforts by the way.”
“But what has all this to do with Mary?”