The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-12-25
International Sunday School Lesson.
BY REV. F. II. uAReREAvrs,
Lesson 10.

lesson 10. Dec. 20th
REVIEW,
The events recorded in the lessons of thi,
quarter form narrative surprising interest
10 the human family. The whole world II
interested. The first lesson tells us tlI
story of Chrisfs betrayal in the garden by
Judas lscariot. The story is familiar to all
and will never be forgotten. We see Chris
standing amongst His disciples and giving
Ilimselfup to the crowd which had come
out to take Him prisoner. He goes before
PLATE, and passes through a series of ex-
amnations and exposed to the insults and
contumely of the soldiers and mob We
note the fall of Peter and his awful denial Of
his Master. Judas goes out and hangs him
self. Plate, unable to save Him from
death, through apparently anxious to do So
at last delivers Him up to be crucifed. We
hear the angry and exultant cries of the
people as their blind hatred is victorious and
the King of the Jews becomes their victim
He takes the cross upon His shoulders and
starts on His weary way to Colvary's height
He is nailed to the cross, and placed between
two thieves, and is crucifed. The universe
bore testimony to His Divinity and, the
marvellous manifestations of the hour attested
His Godhead.
On the following Sunday His friends
sought His grave, and found that the
Saviour had risen from the dead Though
the grave had been securely sealed and
carefully guarded, yet lie had left it's narrow
bounds. The stone was rolled away. and
only pile of grave clothes gave evidence of
His having been there. While Mary stood
at the opened tomb Christ appeared to her,
and sent her to preach His resurrection to
the disciples, Observed, that WOMAN
receives this commission from the Master,
who thus honors her sex
Jesus appears to His disciples In an upper
room, and afterwards appears to them when
doubling Thomas is present, and con-
vinces him that He is indeed the Christ.
On the shore of Galilee He appears to
some of His disciples who were fishing. He
tells them howto secure large draught OF
fishes, and when they come toshore, preceded
by the irrepressible Peter, He asks them to
dine with Him. Then He asks Peter the
triple question as to his love for Him, and
gives him the threelold command. Thrice
in the judgment hall Peter denied his
Master; three times on the shores of Galilee
he confessed the Christ.
After series of lessons of such thrilling
import it is fitting that we should consider
Johns beautiful description of Christ as the
Light of the world, with all the blessings
that such Light confers.
Then we come to the marvellous and
splendid recital of John contained in the
Revelation, its wondrous visions and majestic
descriptions and thrilling situations. We
see the vision of Christ, fnll of glory and
power. When no one in heaven or earth or
under the earth is competent to open the
book which John saw, he is told that there
Is only One who can undertake it, and that
One is the slain Lamb; the Lion of the
tribe of Judah, the Christ. Before Him
the hosts of Heaven fall down and worship
aud offer to Him Inscriptions ofthanksgiving
and praise.
The Revelation, at its close, gives beau
tiful invitation to the human race to come
to Jesus and find in Him full satisfaction,
free pardon, complete salvation "Who-
soever will" can come to Jesus and besaved,
o, that all men might hear the invitation
and accieptto their eternal salvation.