The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-24

Lrssox TEXT Marx ~; 43-5l.
GOLDEN Tzxr-Bctrayest thou the son 81
Man with ln~~l- Luke 2e;4s
CENTRAL TnuFu-Through conflicts ana
trials 10 victory.
Tmr-Betwec. one and three o'clock.
Friday morning. April 7, A. ID. %
PrAcE-The garden Of Gethsemane ana
the palace Of Caiaphas
PARALLEL ACCOUNTS Matt %; 41-oo' Luks
q: 47-55; John ls:2-1h
Experimentation went out from me
upper room where He had ins'itu'eu III
supper. and with Ills disciples came 70 tna
,,ardcn ~ Gethsemane. near the foot Of the
Mount OF Olives Here. between midnight
and one o'clock, he endured the agony IN
the garden. He had just returned from the
inner shades TO His disciples near the gates
when our lesson opens.
HEfPs OVER HARD PLACES ~. Jndas'
called Iscariot. because he oeionseu ~
Kerioth a town In Southern Judea- ne pc
trayed Christ for thirty pieces OF SILVER, "
about s16 20 Great multitude: consisting OF
~ Roman soldiers. f2) captains Of the TEN.
Die. with their men, 49, priests, elders ana
servants, 10 crowd. ~ Token sisn,
that thcy n 'ght know whom 70 take' LOT /"
was night ~ Kissed Him: probably n &C
cordance with shcr custom ~. Io"h a''m
made HIN nFl<0I6I- ~ Vft< ~ 49,
lJohn Is: iO,. Serrdnf: named Malchus.
1 This act was likely to cause the disciples 70
| bc arrested Us rebels, and 20 make Jesus
| Himself seem rebel against Rome anu
| His kingdom a temporal kingdom. Jesus
destroved the evil effects by healing NAL
chus. a. Scriptarrs futfued: tPs. Al; y. isa-
h3: 12: Zech. 10: %. 80. Forsook HIN; all the
disciples ran away. 81. Young man thought
10 be Mark. Linen Goth: the stsdon, or OUT
- garment. ha. yaked: with only the IN
der-robe on. 81 Palace: the open court
yard OF the palace OF the high priest.
ORDER OF EvExrs-I The plotting Of Ju.
dss. Jerusalem, Thursday evening, Aprii
O. While Jesus was discoursing with ms
disciples around the table. IL. The depart
ure from Jerusalem to the Mount o. oiiSes'
From about eleven o'clock Thursday even
mo till midnight Matt Is 80; Mark 14:26,
Luke 22:39). More than mile from the
upper room. Ill The agony in the garden
n t;ethscmane. From twelve 10 one o'clock
Friday morning, April Z. Matt. %: $40,
Marx 4:3242: Luke 22:4l-46). Leaving
eight Of the disciples near the gate - ,
: vnard Jesus takes Peter, James and John
farther into the garden. Again lesying
= them. He goes q short distance beyond ana
. prays in an agony that causes HIM V
i sweat, Is IL were. great drops OF olooa'
n w. Jesus betrayed BY Judas. W. $50
! Mount OF Olives. near Gethsemane Aoou'
I one o'clock Friday morning V. The arrest
" ~. Same time and place. vi. feter
10 astempt rat defense v. A.; Matt % :5O5A
81 Luke - 80. 81; John 1910, II. Between
Is one and two clock Friday morning. VII
=. Jesus protests against the violence OF ~
captors. vs.. As, ~. VIII. The disciples 81
~ forsake their Teacher. vs.. 5o5a TX. Prs
a. lim,nary examination before Annas.
O. "a Palace OF the high priest Caiaphas. 81
e tween one and two o'clock Friday morning
- y The preliminary exam.r alton befoE
=, Caaphas. Another part OF the same pa
- ace. Between one and two O'Clock Fnda
RS morning John IS: 1924. ri. The Exam
* nation before an irregular meeting OF y
OF Sanhedrlm. vs.. So. "a. The palace OF "a
a aphas. Two to three o'clock FRIDAY NOR
IN ing.
=, coxxrSrs-Now look at Judas sin.
sal ever anv one sinned in spite Of his adva
ta0es II was Judas. But let no one THU
gh that MS sin burst forth full hedged into
~. BETRAYAL OF his Master. Judas had not bee
"A nm 10 the moment OF the Passover. fai
hi apostle. who then suddenly and swif
ia' became "a DEVIL Whatever may ha
are heen the history Of the first sin in Heavt
en-. 4 i never true OF men that they pass
We one leap from holiness TO depravity. =
~ story Of all gross outbursts OF sin - so
"a OF progressive steps so with JUDAS
~ know that ne was q covetous man inste
Ivy OF depressing tins sin, he apparently en-
ply ished it, The outpouring OF the costly on
nent aroused his anger, because he felt
~ though he Ind lost what should have be
entrusted to his care. The Masters wa
ing: .Take heed and beware OF coveto
Ia- ness was all lost upon him. The para
la of the rich man and Lazarus produced
ed, effect upon his sordid soul He wan
for earthly treasure more than righteousne
But since he could not satisfy this cravl
~ Tar wealth honestly, he turned aside
'ro- wicked deeds, and thus Judas became
lis- thief. II may be that he was angercd At
sswastc" Of the precious ointment oeca'
he had already stolen 50 much that ne ne
ed new supplies 70 cover up . deficiency
his accounts However that may
'ud- his covetous heart had pusned
.ov- on 70 sinful deeds But when
49, greed for gain was checked. I
his shirt was rebuked by the Mas
'n'a Judas was angered yet more, and his an
was directed towards the Lord Hims
ton Then il was that he took another .
avo towards pcrlltion. Knowing that
|. i. hierarchical party wanted TO lay hands
y ~ Jesus- he went 10 them and offered II
ONE HE services. II was thus that Judas
roht came = traitor WHAT long way ne
travelled from the position Of preac
en> Of the Gospel 70 reach the position
traitor, But each mile OF that long
ma had. after all. been measured on by
lysl- steps, and each great crisis In his lie
the really only the outgrowth OF many q
be- ,nduigences in sinful desires. From
IA poor Judas went to worse, until 1t last
end came, and Judas became : suic
After hrs conscience was fairly arouse
eta the enormity OF his crime IN betra.
the innocent blood, the poor man tried TO
inst rid OF the accurscd price OF his treacn
..ar,. The money. which had seemed %
'o's tractive few hours before, became q
peo- ect OF such utter adherence 70 him
lous hc actually threw Il away. Life sec
no longer TO possess any attractions
~. him. and in despair he went and hung
self'-Rev. A. r. Schauf1er.
~ PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
=, eA' 1. There were some bad church-E
Cd IN bcrs. even among Christ's own disciple
Mr. .. Tho cause OF Christ may still
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