Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

considered not His own convenience. He lived not
to gratify Himself, but to do good and to save
others from suffering, to help those who most
needed help. He endured to the end. The
chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and He
hath borne the iniquity of us all. The bitter cup was
apportioned to us to drink. Our sins mingled it. But
our dear Saviour took the cup from our lips and
drank it Himself, and in its stead He presents to us
a cup of mercy, blessing, and salvation. Oh, what
an immense sacrifice was this for the fallen race!
What love, what wondrous and matchless love!
After all this manifestation of suffering to show
His love, shall we shrink from the small trials we
have to bear? Can we love Christ, and refuse to lift
the cross? Can we love to be with Him in glory,
and not follow Him even from the judgment hall to
Calvary? If Christ be in us the hope of glory, we
shall walk even as He walked; we shall imitate His
life of sacrifice to bless others; we shall drink of
the cup, and be baptized with the baptism; we shall
welcome a life of devotion, trial, and self-denial,
for Christ's sake. Heaven will be cheap enough
whatever sacrifice we may make to obtain it.
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