The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-11-26
TAe SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Christ Before Pilste-John 19,1-16-M Mem
ory Verses ST..


Christ Before Pilste-John t9,1-16-Mem-
ory Verses 81.
Especially Arranged from s. S. Quarteriy.1 F,
LESSON FOR SovEMBER 49, 1891.
GOLDEN TExT.-Who was delivered for our
ofienses, and WIS raised again for our justifca-
tion.LRom 4:25
CENTRAL TRuTH.-Each person must decide
what he will do with Jesus
TIME.-Early Friday morning from three to-
eight o'clock, April 2, A. d. 80. The day Of the,
crucinxion.
Professionalism. The palace OF Caiaphas,
ard the judgment hall of PLATE.
ORDER OF EvENrs.-After the preliminary
trials before the high priests and an informal
meeting OF the Sannedrm lin our last lesson);
very early Friday morning. uD Moclsery BY
the servants. In the court Of Caiaphas' pal
ace, three to five o'clock Friday morning
Matt 2G:57, 59; Mark 1i:65; Luke 22 .6365.):
(2) The Sanhedrm reassembled at daybreak
TO condemn Jesus. Council chamber, I've
O'Clock Matt 27:D; because their former
meeting was Irregular and they could not pro-,
nounce sentence till daybreak. (3) Jesus sent
TO PLATE Pilates palace, five to half past in
the morning John 1928; Luke 23:l 81 az Pr
late sends Jesus to Herod Luke 23:5-12) o.,
Jesus returned to Plate John 1S3o40) 10y Pi-
late orders Jesus to be scourged(v. Il Matt. q:
&c; Mark 15:5.) Court Of Pilates palace, si1
TO seven O'Clock in the morning. % Mockery
by the soldiers Tvs. q 8; Matt. 27:27-30; Mark.
l5:619.) 2. IA purple robes" one of the SOL
dier's rcd cloaSs. Matthew says they put .
reed in his hands, and Mark, that they spat up
on him 49, PLATE makes another effort
| to release Jesus Tvs. 47) Outside the
the palace His object was to appeal to the
/ pity Of tho multitude. Z. I'VE have a law:T
Lev. 2i:i6; blasphemy was to be punished BY
death by stoning. (O PLATE confers with Jc-
sus Tvs. S-I2). Within the palace II. From
above:'' from God Governments are ordained
OF God. "The greater SIM" Caiaphas and the
jewish leaders sinned against greater light
| filled an office more especially ordained OF God,
and were trying to persuade PLATE to disre-
| gard the duties of his o1fice N0) The Jew3 &C
| complish their purpose Tvs. l2-1G). 10. Cab
| batha:" l. O., a hill 1t was tassellated pave
| mcnt on rising ground outside the palace. IA
| "Prepnration:" for the Sabbath, the great day
| of the feast. sixth hour:'' six o'clock. Ro-
| man notation, like ours, as always in John.
This was when Pilates proceeding began. Q)
| End of the murderers Judas hung himself;
| Caaphas was ueposed the next year; Pilat0
| was soon dcposed, and committed suicide;
forty years after the cruclfxiol Jerusalem Was
! destroyed, and many OF these very Jews or
| their children were crucifiej by the Romans.
| SUBJECTS FOR FURTHER STUDY-The order
| Of evcnts.-Thc mockcry.-Why the Jews
hated Jesus so.--Why PLATE hesitated to do
| justicc.-Barabbas or Christ-Why the perse-
cutors Of Jesus were more guilty than plate
| The greatness Of Pilates sin.-'The fate Of Pr
late.-Of the Jews for rejecting Christ
LESSON COMMENT.
In this lesson story, there arc several
points to be fixed in memory. These
are (1) The scourging. (2) The crown
of thorns (3) The robe. (4) Tho
mocking. (5) The shifting. (6) Pilate
bringing Him out to the people, and
saying: I find no fault in Him. (O Tho
cry: Cruelty Him. (S) The dialogue be-
tween PLATE and the Jews. (9) Tho
dialogue between PLATE and Jesus. (10)
The cry of the Jews (verse 12). (11)
The pronouncing of Judgment by
PLATE. (12) The taking away of Jesus.
Plate knew what it was right for
him to do He was in no way misled
by the accusations of the Jews. Nor
was he in the dark at all about the
character of the man who was before
him. No, he had as much light as any
man needs to make him do what was
Just. We see this by his repeated
affirmations that the man whom they
had brought to him was innocent. In
verse he says: II find no fault in
Him." Again in verse he says: For
find no fault in Him." Yet in spite
of this repeated declaration that Jesus
was innocent, PLATE at last yielded to
the clamor of the Jews, and gave sem
tence that it should be done as they de-
sired. So his declarations and his.
deeds contradicted each other. What y
most miserable state for a man to be inI
To say one thing, and to do tho
opposite!
This condition, in which we have seen
Plate was, is exactly that in which
many are to-day. When some temptation
comes to them, their consciences speak
with no uncertain sound. They clearly
mark out the path that it is right for
them to take. There is no doubt in the
matter at all. Why then, do they not
do as they know they ought to? Be-
cause, as in the case of PLATE, there Is.
something that makes them wish to go
in the face of conscience. With him, it
was the desire to curry favor with the
Jews, of whom he was afraid. That 10
was that made him do what he knew
was wrong. So in our eases, there is
always something that makes US not
wish to do what our conscicnces point
out as the right thing With one man
it is the desire to make more money.
He wants to be honest, but yet he wants
to make the money that some sinful
ueeu WIN VI ih5 hitii' oo NhiS hAs coh-
| science says one thing, we find him going
! in the face of his conscience and doing
another With that boy, it is the desire
to have a good time, SO, though he knows
that it is wrong to disobey his mother,
he goes ahead, and transgresses her COM
| mand. The fact is, it is not often that
: we do not really know the right from
| the wrong. Our consciences speak out
very plainly Where then is the trouble?
1t lies in the fact that temptation pulls
SO strongly, and we voluntarily yield to
it. We know the right, and then alasl
we go straight ahead and do the wrong.
. This shows how deep hold sin has on
our hearts.-Rev. A. L. Schauifler, d. ID.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
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