THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK - Chapter 15 - Verse 47
Verse 47. Beheld where he was laid. The affection of these pious
females never forsook them, in all the trials and sufferings of their Lord.
With true love they followed him to the cross; they came as near to
him as they were permitted to come, in his last moments; they followed
him when taken down and laid in the tomb. The strong, the mighty, the
youthful, had fled; but female love never forsook him, even in his
deepest humiliation. This is the nature of true love. It is strongest in
such scenes. While professed attachment will abound in prosperity,
and live most in sunshine, it is only genuine love that will go into the
dark shades of adversity, and flourish there. In scenes of poverty,
want, affliction, and death, it shows its genuineness. That which lives
there is genuine; that which turns away from such scenes is spurious.
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