The hands of  Christ seem very frail,

For they were broken by a nail,

But only they reach heaven at last

Whom these frail, broken hands hold fast.

John Richard Moreland

“Then he laughed as he recalled how prophetic had been the judgement of two matronly ladies as they discussed the preaching of the very young Oswald Sanders: ‘He’ll be alright after he’s suffered!’ Then he sobered again as he referred to an address he sometimes gives to ministers on The Price of  Ministry:  ‘All fruitfulness is touched with the cross,’ he said in conclusion.”

From the book TO FIGHT BETTER by Ron & Gwen Roberts

page 173+174

“ALL FRUITFULNESS IS TOUCHED WITH THE CROSS.”