00:00I am not the appointed and de-crossed for Jesus, for His great sacrifice.
00:21I hold a sincere and unfeigned admiration, for to yield to outrage, to scorn, to insult, to receive head-on the hardest hatred, from the rabble is surely no easy burden.
00:41It is only natural that the crown should revere that hero who climbed towards Mount Calvary.
00:53Bearing upon His shoulder, a crushing cross, defying insolence and biting insults, without any applause, without a consoling voice, without a single cheer rising, nothing in sense.
01:14Around His holy brow, the crown of thorns, the sponge soaked in who knows what vile dropped.
01:24The nails in His wrists, the nails in His heels, it is a cruel torment, a dreadful ordeal, even for the bravest and most robust.
01:40The paradise may shine like a sky without ice, yet He had to uphold His majesty.
01:51He was the Son of Heaven, the prodigal child. He was the Messiah, and He knew it well.
02:02His Father, His Father, high above the heavens, gave Him assurance.
02:07You mount the cross, and I shall resurrect you.
02:12One dies with trust, when blessed with such a Father.
02:18He gave His blood, yet such admirable seals, born of grandeur, almost universal,
02:27that rendered the thoughts all met a little less bitter.
02:33He knew that in every temple He would be the star, that His name would resound with glory and prestige,
02:44encircled by the elect, the saints, the blessed.
02:49In dying, He believed He was saving all mankind.
02:55At least He hoped so, but as matters now stand.
03:00We may well consider, He was often mistaken, yet still, it was worth a candle.
03:10For many Christians and unbelievers alike would, for such a design, do just the same,
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