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Christ Cruciaed.


We have reached the central point Of
history; all the lights OF sacred story and
Of profano are focused here. When
Jesus said: at is finished" then true
life was begun. In his prayer TO the
Father. he said. Il have finished tho
work which thou gavest me to do" and
this was, as 1t were, the capsheaf Hera
indeed all work finds its finishing point
No preacher or teacher has completed his
task until he has led the souls under his
charge up TO an apprehension Of this
great transaction on the cross. This
lesson gives US the opportunity; may God
give US the grace and wisdom to use ID
Alright.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
And he. Tischendorf begins the para
graph with the closing words Of the pre-
ceding verse, -They took Jesus, there
fore" (Revision). bearing his Cross
Greek, for himself. See Variations. The
word bearing (Bastazo) refers to labo-
rlous lifting, bearing burden. Skull
Greek, Kranion, from which, Uranium,
our anRlici, ed word.
Crucifed. Verbal form of the word
cross in the preceding verse (stauros)-
Two others with him. The Greek
order would better be followed here to
insure the right emphasis: With him
two others See Variations
Title. Literally, an inscribed scroll
Latin, titulus. Jesus of Nazareth,
Greek, Jesus the Nazarine bible
Union.)
Read. This word (anagguosco) orig
inally meant to gather exact knowledge,
hence, to con.-To the city Or, place
OF the city, l. O., nigh at hand. Butthe
| proposition, eggus, near, used here,
takes the genitive, and the King James
translation may properly stand, In pref
erence to the Margin War ations).
Then said, Or, went to saying. Inn
| perfect tense. Implying that they kept
it up for awhile, and naturally enough.
lie said. The proLoun is emphatic,
and might be rendered, This one said.
Rend. From the Greek word here
comes our schism, a word which in the
original carries its meaning In its very
sound (schizzo).
| There stood. Or, were standing Plu-
per ect tense.-Cleophas. Better, Clo-
pas. Literally, Mary of Clopas
Mary Magdalene. Greek: Mary OF Mag
| galene.
Standing by. John was the disciple
who always stool by. See Pilates court.
John 1s:15.-Woman. In respectful
address, but net sett ng her above others
| of womankind.
/ Took her. Or, received her. Same
word used at John, TO- ("Receive him
not into your house. ")--Unto his own
house Crock: into his own; and we may
broadly understand, as his own.
Accomplished Or finished, the same
word rendered finished, in the next verse.
Fulfilled Another form of the word
rendered finished, in the same verse.
Variations.--I THU ST. Or, am thirsty.
Doubtless literally so.
| Now Added by the translators-
And they. Better; Therefore they"
They filed. Rather: They held to
his mouth a sponge filled with vinegar.
upon hyssop stalk.
Vinegar. A kind of sour wine, ordi-
narily used by the soldiers.--Bowed.
Greek, Kino, from which our incline,
decline, etc.-Ghost. Greek, spirit, or
breath (pneuma), as we would say,
hreathed his last
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
And he bearing the cross went forth
That cross bearing Christ has gone forth
from before the foundations of the earth.
Back in Isalahs day, away back in
Moses time, and beyond, we descry the
outlines of cross, DO ne on shoulders
of meekness. Indeed, 1t has been the
opener of all ways In discovery, in set
u,
gone before the race, borne by man.
1t has been the sesame to open doors OF
new knowledge, the harbinger OF prog
ress, secular as well as religious. The
key that is to unlock the secrets OF the
next century is cross shaped.
Jesus in our midst. He made himself
one with us In all our woe, not shrink
ing from participation with the lowliest
and meanest, albeit without sin. There
4 was the group of publicans and har.ots-
Surely sinlessness will hold itself aloof
from such vile contact. Behold Jesus
in the midst. He eateth With publlcans
and sinners. This is a s'nlessv Ms',,<,
inccrrupt and incorrup~-UUte
the last there hang two tnIeHe upo,l
their crosses. Dismal denouement But
it suits our Lord best to make his Ge-
parture from the life of flesh, just as he
came, linked with the, wretcheGest-
"and Jesus in the midst" Now surely
we NAV believe It: "Underneath are the
everlasting arms As Spurgeon has
said: "Sin may drag thee ever so low,
but Christs great atonement is still I'M
der ALL
The place where Jesus was crucfied
was nigh to the cfty.-City missions. 1t
was over the city he wept, it was for
the city he died. He put himself in all
his life and in his death nearest to men,.
The cross stands to- day over against the
city-the cross and the riven tomb. To
the city, where uen dwell the one lifts
its appeal and me ether its exhortati0n.
Nigh to the a:., where life is at its
keenest; nigh tc the city, where death
is swiftest; nigh TO the city, with its
gayety and its grief, its joys and sor-
rows; nigh to the city, and the city
means need. Oh, that the cross of Christ
were preached as II should be in every
metropolis OF the land! The city slew
him; now let him Stay the city-and SO
save IL.
What have written / have written.
No, God had written. We speak of in
spiration as strange distant and ex-
ceptional thing. There Is more OF 10
than, perhaps, we think. Other pens
than those OF prophets and pious men
have beon moved by Gods spirit. And
yet the hands were free. Prophet and
profligate together might say, "What l.
have written l have written and yet
II was God writing. No God has his
hand still upon the pens and even upon
the presses of the world. Much that
has been written seems indited of
the evil one. But IL is ultimately self
destructive. Surely the wrath OF man
shall praise thee; the remainder of
wrath shalt thou restrain.
And from that home that disciple took
her to h own home The latch-string|
| has been out ever since; the disciple OF
| love has kept open house for the need.
and helplessness that comes in. the name,
Of the Lord IL is the cross that has