One who saved others, and cared not to save
himself.
And therefore, too, God has given him that dominion of which he is
worthy, and has proclaimed him Lord and Creator of all beings and
all worlds, past, present, and to come.
It is of him; of his obedience; of his unselfishness, that Passion
Week speaks to us. It tell us of the mind of Christ, and says, 'Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.'
How, then, shall we keep his Passion Week? There are several ways
of keeping it, and all more or less good. Wisdom is justified of
all her children.
But no way will be safe for us, unless we keep in mind the mind of
Christ--obedience and self-sacrifice.
Some, for instance, are careful this week to attend church as often
as possible; and who will blame them?
But unless they keep in mind the mind of Christ, they are apt to
fall into the mistake of using vain repetitions, as the heathen do;
and of fancying, like them, that they shall be heard for their much
speaking, forgetting their Father in heaven knows what they have
need of, before they ask him. And that is not like the mind of
Christ. It is not like the mind of Christ to fancy that God dwells
in temples made with hands; or that he can be worshipped with men's
hands, as though he needed anything; seeing he giveth to all life,
and breath, and all things.
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