cross of Calvary
Americannoun
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The tusks lend the cross an undulating vitality, repeated in the budding motif of the Garden of Eden's Tree of Life, then supposed to be the material of the original cross of Calvary.
From Time Magazine Archive
The voice of the cross of Calvary is being heard this day of war as it has never been heard before.
From Giant Hours with Poet Preachers by Stidger, William L. (William Le Roy)
In Christ on the cross of Calvary, made an atoning sacrifice for sin, bearing the curse of the broken law in our place, we have Christ for us.
From The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit by Torrey, R. A. (Reuben Archer)
Almost opposite was a small eminence, and at its summit a rude cross of Calvary.
From A Monk of Cruta by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
But blending with it, and struggling always for ascendency, was the religion of love, symbolized by the cradle of Bethlehem and the cross of Calvary.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
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