Spurgeon Saturday
Comfort of the Cross
“The hill of comfort is the hill of Calvary. The house of consolation is built with the wood of the cross. No scene in sacred history ever gladdens the soul like the scene on Calvary.
Nowhere does the soul ever find such consolation as on that very spot where misery reigned, where woe triumphed, where agony reached its climax. There grace hath dug a fountain, which ever gushes with waters pure as crystal, each drop capable of alleviating the woes and the agonies of mankind. The bitter herbs of Gethsemane have often taken away the bitters of your life; the scourge of Gabbatha1 hath often scourged away your cares, and the groans of Calvary have put all other groans to flight.”
This is a reference to the place where Pontius Pilate was when he judged Jesus and sent him to be whipped and tortured. “So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic Gabbatha” (John 19:13).