The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

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LE>sos ron NOVEMBER - lsoi-
coiDES TExr-Thc Sun o. Man Il betrayed
Into the hands Of sInners Marx 4;lL
cEsrnAL TauTH.-The best men and the
best causes have their hours Of darkness.
sgony desertion and defeat; but through These
TSnE-Fron midnight TIL three o'clock m
day morning. April :. A. D. a.
PLAck-I garden q Gethscmane and ~
| PARALLEL Accousrs--Maft SAN. ma:
| MARI n:9o. 13'7s; Luke - :326a
| MISREPRESENTATION Jesus prayer they
| sang hymn. thus closing their long and
blessed meeting and went out into the streets
| Of Jerrsaleu. toward the Mount Of OliveA
HELPS OVER HARD PI.AcEs.-l Brook ced-
ron:'' or kidron; ravine brook IN the rainy
season. that ran between Jerusalem and the
Mount Of Olives "A gardeoe" Gcthssmanc. o.
the lower slope Of tho Mount Of olivea nero
Jesus uttered His sgonizing prayer three tinea
nom twelve 20 one O'Clock Friday morning.
"A band Of" Roman soldiers from the tower
o. AntonIA About one o'clock 4 "Jesus 49,
knoutng;" He vent willingly. conscious OF al
that vas before Him. Here 10 probably vhero
Judas gave his kiss Of betrayal They went
backward and fell 70 the grounds" The reasons
for this display Of power may have been: -
u took place that lie might show that He sur
rendered Himself to death willingly. Not only
vas u impossible 70 take His life from Him.
but even 70 seize His person. TIL He willcd that
men might do 90 81 IL took place also that He
might send His disciples away in safety. ~ u
convinced those Who came 20 apprehend Him.
that even Ii the extremity OF weakness and
submission In which He suffered Himself 70 b
Sound- Ho had power 20 protect His own 10
they had not thus felt His power. the whole
company OF the disciples would have been ap-
pretended. ~ Il would show His disciples
His power. and awaken courage and faith IN
them g. The saying" spoken in chap 7:12-
This wns one fuIhllment 10 Peter -
snote CD on his right ear:" Peter We
rash IN his bravery. This act vas likely 70
cause the disciples 20 be arrested - rebels.
against Rome. ana His kingdom temporal
kingdom Jesus DESTROYED the evil effects By
healing Malchus- "a Took Jesus" then all
the disciples forsook Jesus and ned IL
"Annas:" formerly high priest and nov very
influential He sent Him TO Caiaphas. the high
priest Who nrst examined Him; then called
the Sanhcdriu 1.-TWO TO three o'clock. and they
decided He must die. During this hour Peter
three times denied his Master Who Was in tho
hall opening into the court where Peter and
John were around the nre TO understand tho
position Of Peter w must remember that
Oriental palaces are built around IN open
quadrangular court; sometimes there Is :
large room open in front 20 this ccart In such
room Jesus had His nrst trial before tho
Sanhedrim- Peter and John we're in the court
near the IRE where they could see Jesus and
watch the proceedings The FIRST Two deniais
wcre IN the early part Of the trial. or II the ex-
animation before Caiaphas soon after His en-
tering John Is:i6 II; Luke S2-52) The third
denial must have been about three O'Clock.
toward the close Of this first trial: for IL wss
about IN hour after the others Luke s3:5D and
q tho hour Of cock Growing.
LESSON COMMENT.
While Jesus was speaking ''these
words"-namely. John l4-l7-Judas was
busy with the chief priests and Phari-
sees, making the final preparation for
His betrayal Judas knew that Jesus
would probably go 70 the quiet Garden
81 Gethsemanc that night 50 he
guided the officers TO that spot, and
here indicated which one was Jesus By
'sluting h;sn with = kiss As the
armed throng gathered around Jesus
Ind His disciples. Jesus made no hesi-
alton about revealing Himself. AZ he
aid. II am He." IL would seem a
hough the Divine majesty Of His per
on In some way became for moment
pparcnt. for the officers staggered back
md fell 70 the ground When they had
ecovercd their presence Of mind they
gain proceeded TO their business.
hen Il was that Peter. full Of excite
1ent. drew his sword and struck out
csus healed the damage done by His
apostle and yielded Him
rlf quietly TO the band Of ofzlccrs.
hey tied the Master with ropes and
d him away for preliminary exam
ration TO Annas. father-in-law 20
aiaphas. the high priest. This was
rcbably about two o'clock il the
corning.
Until the very last, none Of the apoa-
e 10 any way suspected that they had
traitor in their midst In fact, they
ust have had good deal Of confidence
Judas, for they had made him their
easurer. After his character was r.
.aIed. they found that he had been :
'ief; but before the end came they IN
'ubtedly entertained no such suspi-
on How was IL thea. that Judas
me 70 betray his Lord and Master?
ID be leap q one bound from the posi-
% Of true and royal disciple 70 that
. Rrasping. covctous traitor7 Look
him, Is months before he stood On
eaching the Gospel, and then look e
% hanging on tree. . suicide! Can
be the same man? Alas, yes! Il =
: same. How came this dire end 70
ertake him? OF one thing We may
sure: he reached the position Of
litor and suicide not at one leap, but
p b. sf<p. FInsT. ~ ras cor<foua No
N steals before he covrts Desire Al
lys preccdcs action. First we want
DO thing; then we 60 ahead and do
SECOND. actual M.ff. Wishing grew
o doing, and covcting ripencd into
aling. THIRD. h 5ecame a traitor.
" he has gone very far from where
once stood. lie has given the reins
his wicked desires. and the crisis
mes soon Conscience Is aroused.
sees himself in his trnc light IIor~
Oils his mind; but instead Of turn
around and eoufcssing his sin to
q. he pushes ahead and, FOURTH. ne
'mifs suicide An apostle. and a sui
e Is this possible? Yes. not only pos
lc. but actual And when we have
tched the downward steps. we arc
longer 90 much amazed. Rev. A. r..
1au0]er, ID d.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
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