SA 16:23{AR 10:32{Jesus went forth with His disciples over the brook Cedron. How precisely the Old Testament shadow corresponds with the New Testament fulfillment! The king in sorrow and humiliation, is here brought before us, passing from his royal home, from all its glory and gladness passing over into exile and unknown distresses. There is no need for imagination in dwelling on His sorrows. The pathos of the plain words is more than enough; no pen has power to add to it. Do we know anything of fellowship with Him in His sorrow? All the people, except the rebels passed over with the king. Do we know anything of this passage over Cedron, the brook of sadness with Him? Possibly it seems presumptuous to think of sharing the fellowship of His sufferings, that mysterious privilege! But mark, it was not only the mighty Ittai and all his men, the nobles and the veterans, that passed over, but all the "little ones" that were with him too. And so the little ones, the weak ones, the least member of his body may thus continue with Jesus; and nothing brings one closer to another than a shared sorrow.
Thy claim to rest on Jesus' breast all weariness shall be,
And pain thy portal to His heart of boundless sympathy.
No conflict, but the King's own hand shall end the glorious strife;
No death, but leads thee to the land of everlasting life.