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
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
From the manger at Bethlehem to the cross of Calvary, the one grand object that swayed His devoted heart was the accomplishment of the will of God.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)
The Scottish legend says they tremble because the cross of Calvary was made from an aspen tree.
From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John
The trefoil signified the Trinity, and the cross no longer the rays of the sun on water, but the cross of Calvary.
From The Book of Hallowe'en by Kelley, Ruth Edna
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