The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-20

for all the race OF Adam. This was Christs
glory, and now let teacher mud preacher
sny each for himself. 9God forbid that I
should yhasa I gl3Ey save in the cross Of bur Lord
WHAT LESSON n
And whom. Chr:st's enemies lost no time.
They led him straight from Pilates court
to tho cross.--They were come. DR.. CO.
nant renders 1t, perhaps more closely, had
gone away, Pilates court being considered
the confer Of the scene.-CalvaryI liter
ally skull (cfahion). from which our Giant.
tii. 1t was bit d. hbund OF knoll on the
edge OF the .city.-The Indicators. There
would probably have been three malefac-
tors here, had not Barabbas been released:
Then said Jesus; etc. Omitted by Sim
piti: MS: bht retained in Tischendorf,s care
fully prepared text as being found in other
parchments:-What they do. More graph
tcally, what they are doing.-Parted:
Better divided, with the idea Of sharing:
CAST lots. Putting the PORTIONS II sep.
share, including the seamless robe. (John
10: 24.)
Stood, beholding, or gazing. 1t was n
sight to awaken strange emotions. II was,
however, with ths most 81 tttm but heart
less. curiosity; III itsclf contemptious:-
Rerided. From 9 word signifytng to toss up
the nose. The Same word is used Of the
Pharisees. Luke 10: 14.-He saved others.
Inc Greek order; preserved in the Bible
Union Version, gives q stronger ihnpressiop;
aoth Ttt he saved" LET him save htmkeh:
Revision prefers a different punctuation
rTischendorf's), 9The Christ OF God, his
choscn.n
Mccked. The word means to play CT
sport with.-coming to him.. More accu-
rately, coming near him.--OGering him
vinegar. This seems to have been the fash
ion OF their sport. They probably offered
him their WI sour vino, and perhaps at
this time bat to tantalize him.
Justly AS explained In the sentence fol-
lowing; death for death.-Nothing amiss.
Literally ont Of place %(atopos). Had he wit
Lord, remember me. Tischendorf omits
Lord; and makes the preceding word a part
OF the quotation: Jesus, remember me-
A form Of expression, perhaps, common
amongst the bandit guilds.-Into thy king
dom. More accurately, in thy kingdom. He
was not unfamiliar with the Jewish expcc-
tation and, possibly. not wholly unacquaint-
ed with Christ's teachings,
To-day. This seems to be the emphatic
word, put over, MS it Is, against the when
thou romest Of the preceding yerse.-With
me. Hence Christ is consciously present
with those who are in the intermediate
state.-In paradise, 1. e., a gardeni hence
q place OF joy.
Sixth hour. -, noon. John at 10: IA is
probably using Roman reckoning).--All the
earth. Or land, /. O., Palestine.-Ninth
Darkened. The natural appearance Of
the phenomenon. Tischendorf uses a word
which has an effort at explanation in it,
falling, or growing dim.-Veil Of the tenn
pie. See Heb. 10: 10, 20.
Voice. The last of the seven voices Of
the cross-My Spirit, His last word a
quotation from the Scripture. Ps. 81: s.
Save up. Suggestive of his voluntary
sacrifice.
Centurion. Formally in charge.-A
righteous man. His word to be trusted.
WHAT H LESSON TEACHES
They were come to the place. At last. 1t
is the parting OF the ways, the meeting
place of all the lines of history, the reckon
Ing point OF the centuries. Prophets looked
forward to it. Priestly fingers pointed to-
ward it.. Even the signboards Of O Cyrus
and a Caesar lead up toward it. Away back
there In Eden the first glance was taken.
And now they have come to the place. Men
look and see but q tired sufferer climbing a
hillock, with a hateful cross upon his pack
Angels summoned from all the universe
troop near and gaze transf1ed upon the
lifting up Of a king.
Let him save himself. Then would he
save himself alone; then were we all lost
Never were truer words spoken: @Himsel:
he cannot save" Jesus, our Lord, mus
needs be aobedient unto death, even the
death Of the CROSSE There are two Dor.
oAS w tAC NlAS ASlC oOtA "
which form. when rightly viewed, strong
p~rotcstations to the same. One of them is
ahe saved Others" Aye, verify, and hence
he cannot save himself. 1t is the just dyin:
foc the unjust; and without the death O.
"One,n there is no life for the Gothers.n Tn
other argument is, aIf hen Tor "thou,'' the
thief directly says, lettering the ~vi.1ainy
he has been taught) abe Christ, the chosen
Of God.n He Is the Christ, the anointet
one, and just for this was he anointed
oven as he said at Nazareth. "Chosen O
God" is he; and why? "Ho humblcd him.
saves himself and his. "Whereforc Coo
also hath highly exalted him and given hin
a name above every name" What is tina
name? Thou shalt call his name Jesus
for he shall save his people from theil
sins.n
This is the King of the Jews. There wa.
fearful sarcasm in the superscription. Il
must have cut the Jews to the quick
sshal cruelty your king?" PLATE hat
said from his chair OF state in a tone Of hal.
rcproof, half hooking. sWe have no kint
but Casar,n was the instncere response
And plate knows it to be such, and there il
something almost sardonic in the grin
,humor with which he nails the tell-talS
title to the cross: aThis is the king of the
Jews" As much as to say, see the weaklins
jew at his best; see, too, how the deceitfu
Jew treats his king! And there he hung, {
king rejected of his own, a king on a cross
Verify this was his mission; and this III:
eSaltatton. They thought to debase him
and 10, they, unw.ttfngly, crowned him. L
was he who ~"prevailed.n This is Jesus tn,
king Of the Jews.
To-day thou shall be with me in paradise
A window is here openedinto heaven. VIVA
a blessing it has proven to many a be.
nighted soul! 1t tells us two things in par.
t%icular: az That there is hope for the low.
Hest, and (2) that heaven, a blessed heaven
is not far away. "Remember me,n was n,
the p%enitent thief needed to say. There b,
those who. following the doctrine OF til,
woTk-righteousness, have tried to lay worth
OF some sort on the me-, rather than the i'm.
piled Thou; and so they have coined TIL,
legend of the thief saving the holy famil,
from his comrades on their journey dow
into Egypt. But nc. He was doubtless blu
an ordinary sinner. q bandit of the way
Take him, indeed, as q type of the lowest
and let no portion OF the hope here held on,
to the fallen be snatched away. And then
do you mark, he had only said fsee Reyis.
ion1, ARemember me when thou contest IL
thy kingdom presumably a long wa
ahead. Quick comes the answer, aTo-daJ
thou shalt bs with mo in paradise., witt
Christ in paradise. Verify, though tn,
glory waits, it is well with our lead who di,
III the Lord-blissfully we'll, even to-day.
Certainly this was q righteous man. Aye
certainly, without shadow Of doubt. Their,
was Pilates th~rice-uttered acquittal. fol
lowing as it did upon the perjured ant
empty trial of the Jews. Here also we hav,
just been reading the testimony of one will
him in the same condemnation, q fellow
prisoner and a fellow-sufferer. That ah,