{"id":452,"date":"2009-04-03T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/archives\/452"},"modified":"2009-04-03T06:08:14","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T13:08:14","slug":"beneath-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/beneath-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"“BENEATH THE CROSS!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 19:25-26<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, ‘Woman, behold your son!'”<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is not likely that you are familiar with the name, Elizabeth Clephane. She lived in a small town just south of Edinburgh, Scotland, and died in 1869 at the young age of 39.<\/p>\n

As illness crept into her life, she expressed her love for the Lord in her writings. After her death, two of her poems were adapted into hymns. One was “The Ninety and Nine” and the other is our featured hymn for this week, “Beneath the Cross of Jesus.” As you read the words and listen to the music, picture a young woman who was nearing the end of her life, yet had a confidence in where she would spend eternity.<\/p>\n

“Beneath the Cross of Jesus<\/a>“<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Beneath the cross of Jesus
\nI fain would take my stand,
\nThe shadow of a mighty rock
\nwithin a weary land;
\nA home within the wilderness,
\na rest upon the way,
\nFrom the burning of the noontide heat,
\nand the burden of the day.<\/em><\/p>\n

O safe and happy shelter,
\nO refuge tried and sweet,
\nO trysting place where Heaven\u2019s love
\nand Heaven\u2019s justice meet!
\nAs to the holy patriarch that
\nwondrous dream was given,
\nSo seems my Savior\u2019s cross to me,
\na ladder up to heaven.<\/em><\/p>\n

There lies beneath its shadow
\nbut on the further side
\nThe darkness of an awful grave
\nthat gapes both deep and wide
\nAnd there between us stands the cross
\ntwo arms outstretched to save
\nA watchman set to guard the way
\nfrom that eternal grave.<\/em><\/p>\n

Upon that cross of Jesus
\nmine eye at times can see
\nThe very dying form of One
\nWho suffered there for me;
\nAnd from my stricken heart
\nwith tears two wonders I confess;
\nThe wonders of redeeming love
\nand my unworthiness.<\/em><\/p>\n

I take, O cross, thy shadow
\nfor my abiding place;
\nI ask no other sunshine than
\nthe sunshine of His face;
\nContent to let the world go by
\nto know no gain or loss,
\nMy sinful self my only shame,
\nmy glory all the cross.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To access Beneath the Cross of Jesus, this week’s inspirational video from GloryScapes.com<\/a>, please go to: http:\/\/www.gloryscapes.com\/beneaththecrossofjesus<\/a> in your browser or click on the image below.<\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John 19:25-26 “Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, ‘Woman, behold your son!’” It is not likely that you are familiar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}