CHRIST CAR-RY-ING HIS CROSS.CHRIST CAR-RY-ING HIS CROSS.
Then they sat down to watch Je-sus, who hung for hours on the cross in great pain, ere his death came to him. And they took his robes and gave each one a share; but for his coat they cast lots. And at the top of the cross Pi-late had put up these words:
Je-sus of Naz-a-reth, King of the Jews.
And the Jews as they went by shook their heads at him, and said, If thou be the son of God come down from the cross, and the chief priests and the scribes mocked him and said, His trust was in God; let God save him now if he will have him.
CHRIST ON CAL-VA-RY.
One of the thieves spoke to Je-sus and said, If thou art the Christ save thy-self and us.
But the oth-er said, Dost thou not fear God when thou art so soon to die? It is right that we should die for our sins, but this man has done no wrong. And he said to Je-sus, Think of me when thou art on thy throne. Je-sus said to him, This day shalt thou be with me where God is.
