The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-05-09
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Notes on the Lesson for May
13-The Lords Sup
per"
From the Chic ago stan dard.I

the twenty chapter OF Matthew, from
the seventeenth to the thirtieth verses.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Ny time Is at hand 1t was Christs time,
the beginning of a new calendar, as 1T were.
The disciples went to prepare the od-time
passover; II was q new passover to which
they came, for even Christ our passover is
sacrificed for us" See Christ in all times
and seasons, but especially in the sacred
festivals of the church The ancient feasts
and sacrifices are meaningless to the Chris
uan unless they mark prophetic hour In
Christ's redemptive MISSION. ALI things are
fulfilled in him, all ways of holiness end in
HIM, the events OF all history are set to his
time. 1t Is Christs chronology Do you live
as unto Christ are all your times his. and his
yoursy In the name Of the prophet figs"
cry the Mohammedan zealots in the market
place Shall On alien loyalty shame our
Christian devotion?
As Jesus had appointed them 1t was very
early in the Christian dispensaton. The
children had not gotten far away from home
They had not yet learned to substitute their
I own way for the way nioined, church ira
dition for Christs instruction. They went
straigh. and did. @as Jesus had appointed
them" After all, is it not the best wayY Is
not the child fashion the safest in religious
things? If men came to the baptismsl waters
and TO the elements Of the supper anxious
only TO do .as Jesus had appointed them,'
unity and efficiencys whatsoever he saith
unto you, said the mother of Jesus, edo it"
We have been ,pondering it. preaching It,
praying 1t long time. Would God the
church might arise now and @do It'll"
They made ready the passover. Christianity
came with no scorn for the DID, with no violent
! protest against Judaism. Christ and Moses
are at one That first passover supper on the
borders OF Egypt looked forward to this little
supper-room, and this completed lesson in
sacrifice and atonement had its beginnings
back yonder in the wilderness. They were
making ready for the true passover through
out the whole Of Israel's history. Reverence
the old dispensation, gather from ii sanction
and stimulus for the life OF righteousness here
and now. You will never write n correct his
tory OF Chris ianity and omit the Mosaic age
You cannot honor Christ by disowning his
prophets and forerunners.
One Of you shall betrdy me. The solemn
prediction must have fallen with cold, heavy
burdensomeness upon the hearts OF the little
circle There were but twelve of the disci-
pies presant, very small company; and yet
the berayer was there. Naturally In the
largo concourse OF so-called disciples there
might be foes found, but in this the choice CO.
terie of the twelve, the body guard Of Christ
1t would seem strange were disloyalty to DO
looking sadly on his brethren, SHALL Detray
me-" All, when has sin ever been barred
out? What company OF the Lords people
ever met but that Satan came up and sat
down with them? One there was among the
twelve, that We may tremble and take care;
one only, that We may trust and take heart
lord, Is 4 K" The question Was instinct
i've, and II carried with it confession, the
acknowledgment of heart-weakness aud the
fear Of falling No wonder. Had they not
just now, even at this sacred feast, been con-
tending as to chief seats at the table? With
the recollection OF sins, remote or near, upon
them, is it any wonder the check blanched
and the query forced itself to the reluctant
lip, @Lord, is it II" Who that enters the
Lords house. who that 8 Is at the table of his
Master, escapes the troubled query, ALord, Is
IL IL" We shall never put il aside until these
hearts Of ours cease wholly from thoughts Of
sin.
lie that dippeth his hand Nth me. II was
plain duplcity. Whether Judas heard the
divugence or not, he was feasting w.th the
man whom he had already made up his mind
TO deliver over to the high priest C26: 49,
Presently Satan enters his heart to briIg sin
90 immediate execution, and straightway no
has gone forth to the deed. That is the way
betrayal always works. It is treason's own
mode Benedict Arnold dipped his hand
with loyal brethren, but that he might betray
them presently. There Is no man who be-
trays Christ who could not be brought to ex-
posure in the very act OF dipping HIS hand
with the Master Who has not psrtaken of
his Lords bounty? l. it you who will be-
tray him? You have only to prefer thirty
pieces of silver, you have only TO walk and
talk with his enemies, and he that dipped his
hand with his Master has gone about to betray
HIM.
Thou hast said Sadly sententious. @Thou
sayst IT," Christ answered the querying PLATE.
"Thou hast said" he responds to the inter
rogatlng Judas. II was sufficient in either
case. Judas passes out his sin already III
his heart his doom sealed, a marked man.
The conclusion has been formed, the decisive
word has been spoken. @Thou hast said, -
now, Judas, what thou doest do quickly; for
do it thou wilt, do il thou must. Oh, it is q
terrible thing to put ones self under the con-
straint OF a vicious determination, to write
with headstrong will ones doom on heav-
ems scroll @Tbou hast said"-be ware lest il
be spoken of any of us, the final affirmation
OF i'll the sentence of reprobatiou. Yonder
goes Informer TO the high priests there a
traitor il kissing his Master, there knave is
gathering his ill-gotten pef, there q remorse-
full su eide has cast his coins one way aud his
wretched self headlong the other. The Thou
hast said" covers it all
This is mn bodu We have suddenly pre-
| sented, "a IL were, another scsne. Christ Il
: standing among his true dIsc pes, and, point
ing TO the broken bread, Is saying, Ihts IS m5
bodN See, says Father Damon, the papa
evangelist, see the bread, shoe est meuD
corpus" See, let the sincere Protestant reply,
see the Christ blessing the bread de couIc
not he material bread and bodily Christ a.
the same time. Christ is more than bread
Just as Hs is more than 1.-The door," will
which He compares himself. Transuhsian
tialion; bread made Christ by presily rite
consubstantistion. very breai and very Chris
mt one and the same time. No, Gregory; no
; Luther; Christ is ever Christ and naugh
: else or less Yes, more, do we not take ex
? csption to our P@lobaptst friend? We re
! fuse to name these elements "a primarily anC
: pre-em nently symbols They are that, bu
7 sacre. We close our eyes to the mere EN-
4 blems, and we see a kindly face and we hea
: a tender voice, saying, This do On remen
bTdnce of me. Think not OF the priest, rev
erencs not the bread-remember me- 10 tn
word 1t is Christ and the soul. Alas, hoy
a often We go to the communion" instead o
- to the Christ
lie took the cup. The wine with which
Il the Supper was institute ], says DIR. j.
Boise in his classroom instructions, was
I mild. sweet drink scarcely comparable 10 on
= fiery Am srican fluids that go by the name
The WINE OF Southern Europe has but TIRE
per cent of alcohol in its composition, Will
r that of this country, as seaboard merchan
has affirmed IL gwen twenty per cent o
alcohol 10 fit II for the voyage and for Ameri
: can commerce Taking into consideration
:. also the fact that in the olden feasts tire
: parts of water were usually added In thsi
; Jars of the mixture, thus reducing the per
centage OF alcohol to about one part IN hun
dred we begin TO have some conception o
the dff renee existing between the custornar
J. table wine Of Palestine aud the strong drin
9 of our American traffic.
! When 4 drink Il nsv. Alb, then, W
d know something Of heavens thought Thl
:, il prophetic ordinance also, as well as rem
a iniscent The cup is ~the New Testament !
L his blood" Thereby we SHOW forth hi
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