Father or mother-taketh not up his cross; a man must love Christ more than earthly friends, and follow Him notwithstanding all the trials to which it may expose him, or he cannot be His true disciple. Without making sacrifices, men cannot be disciples of Christ: but this should never hinder them from embracing, and steadfastly following him; for all the losses to which they may be called, even that of life itself, will be productive of their highest, their eternal good. Romans 8:18.

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