No Cross, no crown; no loss, no gain

. No Cross, no crown; no loss, no gain

'Do you see yonder wicket Gate?' Evangelist pointing Christian in Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress to the way of salvation

No Cross, no Crown; no Loss, no Gain
Poem by C.H. Spurgeon

"No cross, no crown; no loss, no gain;
They, too, must suffer who would reign.
He best can part with life without a sigh,
Whose daily living is to daily die.
Youth pleads for age, age pleads for rest,
Who pleads for heaven will plead the best."