十架越重，神越亲近；外无十架，内即无神！黑暗君王必被践踏，如果我肯背负十架。神所置于十架之人，虽受损失，也是欢欣。
The heavier the cross, the nearer God;
No cross without, no God within!
The prince of darkness thus is trod,
Amid the world's false glare and din.
Oh, happy he, with all his loss,
Whom God hath set beneath the cross.

十架越重，圣徒越佳，这是神的试金估价。若无眼睛流泪浇灌，园中花木多必枯干！金子经火才得炼净，圣徒借苦才能成圣。
The heavier the cross, the better saint;
This is the touchstone God applies.
The gardens many would be faint,
Unwet by showers from weeping eyes!
The gold by fire is purified;
The saint is by much trouble tried.

十架越重，信心越强；树越负重，根越深长；葡萄美果经过压榨，甜美汁水才能流下；苦难来临，胆量增长，珍珠长成，是借蚌伤。
The heavier the cross, the stronger faith:
The loaded palm strikes deeper root;
The vine juice sweetly issueth
When men have pressed the clustered fruit;
And courage grows where dangers come,
Like pearls beneath the salty foam.

The heavier the cross, the deeper prayer;
The bruised herbs most fragrant are.
If sky and wind were always fair,
The sailor would not watch the star;
And David's Psalms had ne'er been sung
If grief his heart had never wrung.

The heavier the cross, the more inspired;
From vales to climb to mountain crest;
The pilgrim, of the desert tried,
Longs for the Canaan of his rest.
The dove has here no rest in sight,
And to the ark she wings her flight.

The heavier the cross, the easier to die;
Death is a kinder face to see;
Our life's decay we dare defy,
From life's distress we then are free.
The cross sublimely lifts our faith
To Him who triumphed over death.

Thou Crucified! The cross I bear.
The longer, may it dearer be;
And lest I faint while ling'ring here,
Implant Thou such a heart in me
That faith and love may flourish e'er,
Till for the cross the crown I wear.