Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-17
THE LORDS SUPPER.
LESSON VII, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, MAY 10.

Text of the Lesson, Mark xiv. 12-28-Com-
nit Verses 22-24-Golden Text, Luke
xii, I9-Commentary by the Rev. ID.
NJ. stearns.
compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per-
mission Of H. s. Hoffman, publisher, Phiadel-
phia.
IL. THE first day of unleavened bread,
when they killed the passover" The last
day on earth in mortal body had come; this
night He would keep the passover with His
disciples, and ON the morrow be crucfed-
Christ our passover sacrificed for us q Cor
v, 0-and He went forward calmly, I'M
waveringly, knowing every step of the way
beforehand. 1t was over fourteen hundred
years since the first passover was kept that
night in Egypt, when by the blood of a
lamb the first born of Israel were saved from
death and the nation brought forth from
their bondage by the outstretched arm of
jehovah and now the Lamb of God to whom
every sacrifice from the beginning pointed
is about to be slain, whose blood saves
from eternal death all to whom it is applied.
and who shall yet accomplish for Israel a
greater deliverance than that from Egypt.
Let every teacher study carefully the story of
the passover and unleavened bread IN Elk xii
and teach the scholars to await with them its
future fulfillment in the Kingdom of God.
10. "He sendeth forth two of his disciples"
Just as when He wanted the ass colt CHAP
xi, y, but this time we know whom He sent,
for Lu. xii s, says it was Peter and John;
He may have sent the same two on the previ-
Gus occasion, but we are not told. He sendeth
whom He WILL and where He will, and every
disciple is expected to be ready and promptly
,hax ,,-ilI 70, no
as willing to be passed by and see another
sent; the last is sometimes the hardest.
"Go ye into the city, and there shall meet
you a man bearing pitcher of water; fol
low him" All things are naked and open to
His eyes He is acquainted with all our
words and ways Q1eb. iv, -; Ps. cxxxix, IA;
it would help us to remember this. Just as
in | Sam X: Samuel told Saul that morn
ing whom he should meet that day, what they
would be carrying, what they would give
him and say to him. so our Lord could tell us
every morning all the events of the day that
is before us; let the practical effect of this on
us be, that whatever may come to us we shall
say, snow my Saviour knew this beforehand,
He has permitted this and will be still and
hear His voice and see what He will do"
/ IA. 1.-THE Master saith, where is the guest
chamber where | shall eat the passover with
my disciples?' What privilege to prepare
room for Jesus and welcome Him and His
disciples to it; what a privilege to let Him
have the use of anything that we have, but
how slow we are to see it. Jesus knew that
mans heart, and knew that he would gladly
provide the guest chamber and therefore sent
the disciples to him. Does He see that we
daily wait and watch for opportunities to
serve Iml
l., 11,l,a L.,
furnished and prepared; there make ready
for U.S." This indicates the mans cheerful
and willing service; he did not do as little as
he could; he did not say Well, if | give the
use of room that is all He can expect of me,
but, like Mary in the previous lesson, he did
all that he could he gave furnished and
prepared room. Jesus gave Himself, His all,
for us; unless we cheerfully place all we are
and have at His service it is proof that we
do not know or appreciate His love to us.
l6. His disciples went forth and came
into the city, and found as He had said unto
them and they made ready the passover"
When we obey Him we will always find it
just as He says; there is nothing SO safe and
sure and glorious as believing and obeying
God. If we are willing and obedient we shall
eat the good of the land lisa. i, l9.
L. And in the evening He cometh with
the twelve" One of them had in his heart
the spirit of murder, for he had been to the
chief priests and agreed with them for a sum
of money to betray Him unto them Tvs 10,
IL; yet He continues with the twelve as one
of them, not thinking that the searcher of
hearts saw his every step and knew his every
word and act. How many are like him to-
day and yet continue among the number of
the professed followers of Jesus!
AL Il;
said, Verify say unto you, one of you which
eatcth with Me shall betray Me-" If you
would have the complete record, read be-
tween the last verse and this one Luke xxi
IBIS; John xiii, LII, and prayerfully ponder
the things written there concerning the king
dom of God and the present need of clean
ness, humility and loving ministry to others.
49, They began to be sorrowful, and to
say unto Him one by one, Is it IG' Luke and
John tell us that they began to inquire among
themselves, doubling of whom He spake.
What a testimony to the devilish skill of
Judas that he could be for three years thief
and hypocrite, and these eleven not find it
out and perhaps not suspect it; on the other
hand what glorious testimony to the long
suffering and wondrous love of Jesus that He
bore so patiently with this wicked one and
never in any way indicated to the others
what he was.
20. He answered and said unto them, 1t is
one Of the twelve that dippeth with me in the
dish" If all dipped in the same dish this
would he like saying, it is one who can eat
with rle and yet kill me, which would be the
breaking of the most solemn VOW of friend
ship and fidelity Matthew says, she that
dippeth his hand with me in the dish,n which
might imply that Judas was sitting or reclin-
ing near to Jesus; he also tells us that Judas
then said, Master, is it ~ to which Jesus
replied, Thou hast said" thus finally point
ing him out before them all, for the time had
come, as it will surely come, sooner or later,
to Ill like him. For further light on this
particular moment at the feast read John
xiii, 24-30
81. Good were it for that man if he had
never been born" Then, plainly, it is better
never to be born than to profess to belong to
Christ and be hypocrite
~. And as they did eat, Jesus took bread
and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them
and said Take, eat, this is my body" We
conclude from John xiii, 80 that Judas had
at this time gone out and now that the pass
over sacrifice was about TO receive its grand