<p>The Attraction of the Cross is a message of meditation based on the Bible and written by Gardiner Spring was born in 1785, attended Berwick Academy in Maine and later graduated from Yale University in 1805. <br><br>In 1806 he married Miss Susan Barney and moved to Bermuda where he worked as a teacher while studying law. By 1808 he left that teaching position to be admitted to the bar in Connecticut, but within a short time came to explore a ca...