Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-11-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Christ Before Puate-John t9:I-Io-siem-
Org Verses 81.

Especially Arranged from s. s. QUARTERLY
LESSON roR sovENBsR % 1921.
GoI.DES TExr.-who was delivered for our
orenses. and was raised again for our justifca-
tion--Rom. 4:2a
CENTRAL TRuTu.--Each person must decide
what he win do with Jesus
TrNK-Early Friday morning. from three TO
eight o'clock April7 A ID. % The day of the
crucinxion.
Pr-AcE-Jcrusaiem. The palace of caiaphas.
ard the Judgment hall of Plate
ORDER OF EvESrs.-Aftcr the preliminary
trials before the high priests and an informal
meeting OF tho Sanhedrim Gin our last lcsson) :;
very early Friday morning. (D Mockery by
the servants In the court Of Caiaphas' pal
ace, three To i've o'clock Friday morning
(Matt s6:57. 5s; Mark i4:e5; Luke 60 :6365.)
go The Sanhedrim rcassembicd nj day break
To condemn Jesus Council chamber. five
o'clock Matt sI;D; because their former
meeting was irregular. and they could not pro-
nouncc sentence TILL daybreak. (3 Jesus sent
TO PLATE Pilates palace, i've TO half past in
the morning John is:2s; Luke 2S:i, - az Pr
late sends Jesus 10 Herod Luke s3:5-l2) (5)
Jesus returned to PLATE John 1882. 4o) (6) Pr
late orders Jesus To be scourgcdiv. 1; Matt. "a:
%: Mark i5:i5.) Court OF Pilates palace six
to rsven O'Clock In the morning ca Mockery
by the soldiers Tvs. :, 8; Matt. S1:25-So; Mark
iS:i6-1q) :. "A purple robes" one of the sol
dier's red cloaks. Matthew says they put a
reed in his hands. and Mark. that they spat up
on him. ~ Plate makes another effort
To- release Jesus Tvs. 40 Outside the
the palace. His object was TO appeal 20 tho
pity of tho multitude. :. I'VE have n laws"
Lev s{:i6; blasphemy was To be punished by
death by stoning. t9) PLATE confers with Je-
sus Tvs. Sl2). Within the palace. n. From
abOse;" from God Governments are ordGlhed
of God THE greater sin" Caiaphas and the
Jewish leaders sinned against greater light
filled an ONCE more especially ordained OF God.
and were trying 10 persuade PLATE to disrc-
gard tho duties Of his once. U0) The Jews
complish their purpose Tvs. 1910. IL Cab
batha:" e., a hill. twas n tassellated pave
ment on rising ground outside the palace. IA.
Preparations" for the Sabbath. the great day
OF the feast. sixth hour:" six o'clock. Ro-
man notation. like ours. always in John.
This was when Pilates proceeding began. uD
End OF tho murderers. Judas hung himself;
Caiaphas was dopoSed the next year; PLATE
was soon deposcd. and committed suicide;
forty years after the crucihxion Jerusalem was
destroyed, and many OF these very Jews or
their children were crucined by tho Romans.
SUBJECTS FOR FURTHER STuDY.-The orde,
OF eyents.-The mockory.-why the Jews
hated Jesus so.-Why PLATE hesitatcd TO do
or Christ-Why tho perse-
cutors OF Jesus were more guilty than Plate
The greatness OF Pilates sin.-The fate of Pi.
late.--of the Jews for rejecting Christ.
LESSON COMMENT.
In this lesson story, there arc several
points to be fixed in memory. These
are u) The scourgiug. (2) The crown
of thorns. (3) The robe. (4) The
hooking. (5) The shifting. (6) Plate
bringing Him out To the people, and
saying: find no fault in Him. (T) The
cry: Cruelty Him. (s) The dialogue be-
tween PLATE and the Jews. (9) The
Dialogue between PLATE and Jesus. 1o)
The cry of the Jews (verse 12). QD
The pronouncing of Judgment by
PLATE. Q2) 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 tins by his repeated
atfirmations that the man whom they
had brought TO him was innocent. In
verse he says: II find no fault in
Him." Again in verse 6 he says: For
4 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 a
most miserable state for a man to be inl
To say one thing, and To do the
oppositel
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, rs in the case of PLATE, there is
something that makes them wish to GO
in the face of conscience. With him, il
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 consciences point
out as the right thing. With one man
1t is the desire To make more money.
lie wants to be honest, but yet he wants
to make the money that some sinful
deed will bring him. So while his con-
science says one thing, we find him going
in the face of his conscience and doing
another With that boy. il is the desire
TO have good time, so. though he knows
that 1t 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;
II lies in the fact that temptation pulls
so strongly, and we voluntarily yield tc
II. We know the right, and then alas
we go straight ahead and do the wrong
This shows how deep hold sin has or
our hearts.--Rev. A. f. Schauficr, ID. d.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
1. The kinglies. men and causes are
sometimes treated with contempt. as re
forms, truths, rights.
2. They are ridiculcd through misrep
resentation, and Misunderstanding oI
their nature and aims.
3. Suffering innocence is better than
successful guilt
4. Many are willing 10 do right il Il
does not cost too much.
.. But~true virtue does right at am
cost