Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SUBJECT FOR SUNDAY, May 20
Betrayal OF Jesus.n-Mark II; 43'64
Golden Text, Luke %:
4S-Notes.

80 and mmeo1ately, while be yes n
spal1e.n They were In Gethsemane, whittier
Jesus had gone after the supper. Entering
the garden BE left eight of the disciples and
took Peter, James and John a little farther
with Him; then withdrawing Himself little
farther even from them, he meeled down,
fell on His face and prayed; He prayed earn
estly, he sweat as it were, great drops Of
blood falling down to the ground. luke
xii, ~. he offered up prayers and suppfi-
cations with strong crying and tears. CAeb
", ~ Three times He prayed, saying the
same words, returning to the disciples after
each prayer, and each time finding them
asleep. When he returned from praying the
third time he added the words Of verse ~:
"Rise up, let us go; 10, he that betrayeth Ne
is at hand, and these are the words referred
to in the opening sentence OF our lesson.
After Judas, being pointed out as the be-
! trayer, left them, and Jesus had instituted
the supper, He then spoke the wonderful
words of John xiv, xv., xvi, and prayed as
recorded in John xvii, after which they sung
o hymn and then went out to Gethsemane.
A. "And he that betrayed Him had given
| Them n token &n Judas having re-
! ceived band of men and officers from the
chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither
| with lanterns and torches and weapons
| John xviii, 81, and he had instructed them
that the one whom they would see him kiss
was He whom they were to take and lead
away safely.
As. 'And as soon as he was come, he
goeth straightway to Him, and saith, Master,
Master, and kissed Him" How could Jesus
knowing it alb suffer Judas to come thus near
to Him and kiss Him, only saying so meekly:
"Judas, betrayest though the Son Of Man
with kissg" luke xxi, 49, Oh, what
long suffering What entire yielding Of Him.
self sacrifice for sinl What complete re-
nunciation of self Can We by the grace of
| H>J alxrae f,,ll fn Hin, kot
will meekly accept even the hardest things as
from Him ard thus "Glorify the Lord in the
fires" lisa. xiv, 49,
49, "And they laid their hands on Him and
took Him" What unholy hands to lay upon
the Holy One; criminals worthy to die eternal
death, laying hold upon their Judge who was
ready to pardon them, sinners needing sal
walton, laying hold upon the only one who
could save them, that they might put Him
out Of the way; man, the creature laying
hold upon God, the Creator, because they
| hated Him; was there ever such a sightt
They took Him, not because they were able,
but only because He suffered them.
AZ. "And one of them that stood by drew
q sword, and smote a servant of the high
priest, and cut off his ear" John xviii, 10,
says that Simon Peter did it, and that the
servants name was Malchus; Luke xxi, 81,
saws that Jesus touched his ear and healed
him; and Matt. xvi 52-54, says that Jesus
told the disciples that they that take the
sword perish with the sword, and that if it
was necessary He could ask and receive from
His Father more than legion of angels for
each of them, but if thus protected and de
livered how would the Scriptures be fulfilled:
How much laundering work We do that the
Saviour has to undo, because we rush hastily
in the energy of the flesh instead of seeking
and yielding to the Spirit of Christ.
| 49. Sand Jesus answered and said unto
them, Are ye come out as against thief,
with swords and with slaves to take MeT'
Both Matthew and Luke record the same
question. Let some father or mother say
how they would feel if the law should send
its officers to arrest their son as thief, he
being innocent. If ever we are shamefully
treated or spoken against, let us think Of
Jesus and be patient for His sake.
49. 81 was daily with you in the temple
teaching, and ye took Me not; but the scrip.
lures must be fulfilled" Luke xii, 50, adds;
"This is your hour and the power Of dark.
ness" Such scriptures were being and about
to be fulfilled as Psalms xxi, and Xix,
Isaiah liii., etc., but His comfort as He
looked up to His Father was: Thou hast
known Ny reproach, and My shame, and My
dishonor Mine adversaries are all before
Thee" Cps. Xix, 49,. IF people would say
and do openly the mean and devilish thing,
which they say and do behind ones back and
in the dark, it would seem as if we could
better refute and resist them; but then we
would not have the fellowship with Jesus in
! His sufferings which We have by being
treated as He was.
J so. 'Ard they all forsook Him and fed
Thus His words came true, and the sheep oi
the flock were scattered (Matt xvi, 81;
Zee. xiii, n; He looked for some to take
pity. % but there was none, and for comforter.
! but found none. FPS Xix, 20). Sometime:
4 Christians say that it seems as if they had nc
I friends OF few friends or as if their friends
/ were all failing them, but never was human
/ heart on this earth SO lonely for human
. friendship and fellowship as the heart o.
Jesus Christ; His own brethren did not be
lieve in Him John vii, 81; His disciples for
sock Him and fed.
81, SO. "And there followed Him a certain
young man, having linen cloth cast about
his naked body; & =" Because Mark i
the only one who records this incident, som,
think that Mark himself was the young man
that he had been awakened by the passing
mob, and hastily throwing sheet around
him, had followed them, and now venturet
to interpose on behalf of Jesus, or at least q
with Him, but the mob laying hold of him
he left the linen cloth and fled from then
naked. Peter had said that though he shoult
| die with Elm, he would not in any wise den,
Him ". BY, but we know how that turneC
: out, and now Peter with the rest had forsakel
Him. This young man seems to be NOR
:. courageous than all the disciples by followin;
/ Jesus in this dark time of His desertion; bu
it is the way we hold out and not the wa,
!, we start, that tells; and so this would-be fol
lower fees like the rest, and naked at that
for we are naked indeed when we turn ou
backs on Jesus rev Ill, IN.
53. And they led Jesus away to the higl
priest" John xviii, 49, says that they boun,
< Him, and led Him away; Isa. ill.,, Z, R. v.
D says: "As lamb that is led to the slaughter
, Think of their binding the hands that wer
ever stretched forth to Bless the hands tina
Y brought health to the leper, sight to tn
I blind, speech to the dumb, and that took tn
n little children up in His arms and blesse
:, them. What had these hands ever done tina
J. they should be thus bound, and why does II
not exert just little Of the power He CAV
to Samson and burst those wretched cord
and slay His enemies? Do you ask why
: Then hear the answer and cause every Sur
4, day-school scholar to hear it: For you
o sake He suffered it, for your sake He let ther
4 slaughter, for your sake He let them crucif
Him, that you by His sufferings might be dt
"a livered from the wrath to come and made
q child of God, joint heir with Jesus Christ.
d i Do you believe it? Do you receive Him?
80, how much gratitude do you show Hin
!. how much insult and injury can you cheel
l. fully bear for His sake; how much patienc
n :, lave you with those who do you wrong
: word or deed? t,a,. .,f.a
"a. 'And Peter followed Him afar off;
i that Is no way to follow Jesus, and yet is :!
y not Just the way that many processing Chrl
7 ians follow Him? %. g y..
"A "And he sat with the servants" Who's
u !. ever is not servant of Christ is servant {