Alexander Balmain Bruce, D.D., The Training of the Twelve, fifth edition (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1898), ch. XXII, "In Memoriam; or, Fourth Lesson on the Doctrine of the Cross," p. 352

Jesus once said, "He loveth much who hath much forgiven him." It is a deep truth, but there is another not less deep to be put alongside of it: we must feel that our forgiveness has cost the Forgiver much in order to lov…