The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-27

Lt<<0N uON r0NEMukN ~. 1871.
GOLDEN TEXT. who was delivered for on,
oncnses. and was raised again for our justifca
tion.- Isom <:3o
CENTRAL TnuTH.- Each person must decide
what he viii DO with JosuA
TINE. Early Friday morning, from three "a
eight o'clock. Aprii7 A. d. 30 The day o. the
orucinxion
ard the judgment hail OF Plate.
ORDER or EvESra--Aftor tho preliminary
trials before the high priests and an informal
meeting Of tho Sannedrim (In our last lcsson) :
very early Friday morning. "a Mockery BY
she servants In the court Of Caisphas' pal.
ace, three 70 nvc O'clock Friday morning
(Matt 1857, s.; Mark il:o,; Luke % :o3S5 }
20 condemn Jesus Council chamber Ave
o'clock Matt N:D; because their former
meeting was irregular. and they could not pro-
nounce sentence ill day break (D Jesus sent
70 plate. Pilates palace. 1--WE to half past in
the morning John 1898; Luke 23:i. 81 a. ri
late sends Jesus 20 Herod Luke s3s.i2) %
Jesus returned 70 PLATE (John IS $780, tC) ri.
late orders Jesus 10 be scourgedtv. 4: Matt ~:
-; Mark i5:i5) Court OF Pilates palace, six
20 seven o'cock In the morning. "a Mockcry
by the soldiers Tvs. q 3; Matt. g7;e1D. Mark
tB.l610) .. "A purple robe:" one OF the sol.
dicr's rcd cloaks. Matthew says they put
reed In his hands. and Mark that they spat up.
on him. 49, Pilatc makes another effort
90 release Jesus Tvs. ~ Outside the
tho palace. His object was 10 appeal 90 the
pity Of the multitude. 2. 'wc have iaw:"
Lev s4:i6; blasphcmy was 70 be punished by
death by stoning tV PLATE confers with 10.
sus Tvs. SID. Within the palace. II. From
aboye;" from God Governments are ordained
OF God The greater sin" Caiaphas and the
Jewish leaders sinncd against greater light
filled an Office more especially ordained OF God
mo- f. tuJa Ia. -
gardthc duties OF his ONCE nO) The Jews ac
complish their purpose Tvs 1910. H. Cab
batha:" l. e., . hill. II was tassellatcd pave
mcnt on rising ground outside the palace. a.
''Preparation:" for the Sabbath. the great day
OF the feast Sixth hour:" SIX o'clock Ro-
man notation. like ours. Us always in John.
This was when Pilates proceeding began. an
End Of tho murderers. Judas hung himself:
Calaphas was deposed the next year: PLATE
was soon dcposcd, and committed suicide;
forty years after the cruclhxon Jerusalem was
destroyed. and many OF these very Jews or
their children we're crucficd by the Romans
SUBJECTS FOR FURTHER STupy.-Tbe order
Of events.-The mocxery.-why the Jews
hated Jesus so.-Why PLATE hesitated 10 do
justice. BarabDal or Christ-why the persc
cutors OF Jesus were more guilty than PLATE
The greatness OF Pilates sin fate Of ri
late.-Of the Jews for rejecting Christ
LESSON COMMENT.
In this lesson story. there are several
points to be fixed IN memory. These
are % The scourging. (s) The crown
OF thorns. CD The robe. az The
mockng. % The shifting. (0) PLATE
bringing Him ont to the people. and
saying: | find no fault in Him. Cd The
cry: Cruelty Him. ts) The dialogue be-
tween Plate and the Jews. 90 The
dialogue between plate and Jesus. (l0)
The cry Of the Jews (verse la). IN
The pronouncing Of Judgment by
PLATE. Os) The taking away Of Jesus.
Plate knew what il was right for
him to do. lie 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 tins by his repeated
aflirmations 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 ut last yielded TO
the clamor Of the Jews. and gave sem
tcnce that il should be done as they de-
sired. SO his declarations and his
deeds contradictcd each other. What a
most miserable state for man to be in.
To say one thing, and to do the
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 II 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, rs in the case Of Plate. there is
something that makes them wish to 20
IN the face Of conscience. With him. II
was the desire to curry favor with the
Jews, Of whom he was afraid. That IL
was that made him do what he knew
was wrong So in our cases. there Is
always something that makes us not
wish TO do what our conscicnccs point
Dut ms the right thing. With one man
I Is the desire to make more money.
ne wants 70 be honest. but yet he wants
q make the money that some sinful
Iced will bring him. So while his con-
'cicnce saysonc thing. we find him going
n the face Of his conscience and doing
another. With that boy, II Is the desire
q have n good time, so, though he knows
hat Il Is wrong to dsobey his mother,
&c goes ahead. and transgrcsscs her com
nand. The fact is, II is not often that
ve do not really know the right from
ne wrong. Our conscienccs speak out ,
cry plainly. Where then is the trouble?
: lies In the fact that temptation pulls
. strongly, and we voluntarily yield to !
!. We know the right. and then alas! I
vc go straight ahead and do the wrong. I
his shows how deep hold sin has on !
ur hearts. Rev. A. 4. Schaufiier, ID. ID.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
|. The kingliest men and causes are
omctimcs treated with contempt as re-
orms, truths, rights.
2 They are ridiculcd through misrcp-
escntation, and misunderstanding Of I
heir nature and aims
.. Suffering innocence Is better than {
ucccSSful puilf