Muse upon the tragic scene!',

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"The place which is called Calvary." Luke 23:33

Let us visit Calvary today. He is led as a lamb to the slaughter. See Him passing through the gates of Jerusalem, weary, weak, and faint, His cross laid on His shoulders. He ascends the hill, the common place of execution. The cross is laid on the ground, He is stretched upon it, His arms and legs are strained, and the nails are driven through His hands and feet. It is raised up and thrust into its socket with a violent jerk, all His bones are out of joint, and He hangs a spectacle of misery and woe! See . . .
His emaciated frame,
His pale cheeks,
His sunken eye, 
His thorn-crowned brow,
His death-stricken countenance,
and hear Him cry, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me!" 

Was ever sorrow like unto His sorrow! 

He is accursed, He is made sin for us!

He suffers—the innocent for the guilty!

He dies—the just for the unjust! 

It is the Shepherd dying for His sheep!

It is the Bridegroom redeeming His bride!

He died for us, in our stead—that we might never die. Often let us visit Calvary, and muse upon the tragic scene—the scene of suffering love!