Motives from the Cross. —
The cross furnishes every possible motive for turning from sin, touching the heart with love, showing our danger, giving us hope of forgiveness and life, teaching the law of duty, which prefers death to failure or neglect. It shows the value of our souls, the value of salvation, and the worth of eternal life in heaven.
The cross declares in " letters that can be read from the stars" God's
love to man. The cost of salvation smites all indifference to religion. If Christ was willing to die that we might be saved, what ought not we to do?