Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-25
THE DENIAL OF PETER.
LESSON TX, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 27.

Hoffman.
CONDENSED from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission of II. S, Hoffman, Philadelphia pub
Usher
Notcs.-V. ca. Spit in his face, showing
the highest contempt and insult, Numbers
xii, Ia; Job xxx, 10. Buireted, striking with
closed hands or with the fists. V. IS. Luke
xxi, GD and Mark xiv, G5) tell us that they
hlindfoded him before saying these words
V. 60 Without, in the outer court or space,
where the servants gathered. Damscl, a
FORTRESS who kept the door, John
V. Il. Porch, the small apartment between
the outer door and the large hall in She CEN
ter Of the building. V. IS. After a while,
about an hour later Luke xxi, 50. Speech
bewrayoth, his Galilcan accent showed it.
'. "a. Began no to curse and swear, losing
all control Of himself he went On to worse
sins V. ~. Thrice, three times. Luke xxi.
81 tells us Jesus looked on him Wept BIT
terly, the thought of deep gulf swept over
Peters soul and no went out into Che darkness
TO repent Of his sins.
Few events in the Bible are 50 full Of hui
man nature and divine grace, of warning
and comfort, as the fall and restoration Of
IS the great sin and repentance of David
After the preliminary trial before tho bioh
priest had taken place many of the members
of the jewish sauhedrim assembled in tbo
council hall They knew jesus was to Inc
arrested, and hence were -endv Pcrbaus
such memhcrs as Nicoden.us and joseph Of
Aramathea were absent The souhedriyn
had authority to try those charged with cap
ital oirenses. but could not execute the SEN
tence of death In this midnight trial of
Jesus every rule of Jewish law seems TO have
been violated in the haste and oo,,oruoss .c
condemn him. A NIGHT trial was nor local
To be bound rs "A indicator before he was
arrairncd. to he beaten before a verdict was
rendered. to be struck in open court while
the trial was going on. we're NIL i'm violation
of every sense of right and Justice The ir-
regular and illegal trial Of him bv nirbt WINS
suspended until davbreal. so that they could
them secure from PLATE the sentence Of bie
death. In the time elapsiuo till J,vIirbt
occurred the rnaltreatment hv his lav.le.,
enemies and the denial DIV Potter
V. g.. After the sanbcdrim had nro
nounced him "l,uilty of .leatbo he ,v,s snb
iected to a series of iudicuitios BEFORE the
trial in the house of AuunS he was strurl- bv
one of the officers. Doubtless others in an
thoritv offered him insults The common
guard soon followed IN ionr md portor,.
The abusive insults of the undorIiu.,y zy,. H..
natural sequence of the,pore formal p7ocl,o,,
Of their srlperior-. Let + NOT s,nn,isa ms if
as followers of Jesus. Va too receive ine,l1ts
V. Is. After they had blin,foId,J him
they scofed al his prophetic office rs Mes
siah Jesus answered not n word tbouoh all
the universe was nt his command No act j.
50 contemplate as to ,idicule good pprson.
or holy thjuos. And vet whom we ,ro
Knocked silence is best.
V 90 Peter was nov inside tbocourt ward
If the palace of Caiapbas. He lind gninrd
admittancc through John. who ,y... Known
al the palace. With the servants ne was
sitting around the fire for the NIGHT was
cold A FORTRESS lool;ir.. uuon prto, soij
that ne was with jesus. This drew unon
him the ewes Of all about. An obscure ser
want becomes now the innocent occ,sion Of
the downfall of the chicc Of the auostlcs
V 70. In the most cowardly fashion he re-
sorts t. evasion. which always Lends TO direct
falsehool and often perjury.
Y u Perhnl,s WISHING tn esco,,o tbo f,,.