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AMEDIrArION FOR sOuu FRIDAY.
There They Cruciaed Him.--ss. Luke
xxiif, So


God has given us four separate &C
counts OF the crucihxion Of the Lord and
Saviour Each OF the four eyaugeIiste
was taught by the Holy Spirit to regard
the immediate act OF the crucifxion In
It's relation 10 different circumstances
81 Matthew looked at the manifest limo.
cence OF the sufferer; at the Roman Gov
ernors anxious efforts TO release Him; at
the fortunes already inflicted on Him.
which might have moved even beasts 10
compassion; and al the Old Testament
prophesies identifying Him as "tbe Lord 9
Amounted" and In view OF all these
things. he Is struck by the wonderful
hardness and blindness which could dis
join men from such a Saviour; and so he
uses Gin the Creek the disjunctiye con
/ junction. and says:
Notwithstanding, they cruci6ed Him.
ST. Mark regards the Cruciixion ia its
relation to whole series OF previous
events leading up to 1t; it is. to this
Evangelist, the eliminating point OF a
long succession OF progressive steps, of
which 1t was the final standing place.
Hence, it is very noticeable that he
makes use, to q remarkable extent, Of
the simple conjunction and so his epi-
tome says;
/
ST John, the loving and beloved, seems
In the hushed tones of one standing ''by
the cross," In the very presence OF the
Mighty Dead, to sigh forth, as lament
the statement breathed in whisper;
Where they crucIfied Him"
But st Luke, with the calm, clear,
nervous force OF one trained TO speak
and act with frmness and strength Of
1.-THE beloved physician" points sharply
home with exact demonstration, tell
ing us:
Gs"There they cruci6ed Him
In this brief sentence. every word is a
volume
There y On Calvary. the place of q
skull q spot which every strict jew
would loathe as defiled place, full OF
dead mems bones and OF all uncleanness;
there the Pure and the Loving One
was cruciied Romans scorned the place
as dishonored by the execution of crimi
nails who there suffered death In form
meyer inflicted on fee citizens of their
boosted Empire; only foreigners and
slaves died on Golgotha, yet there they
cruciied Him." ''Thcre 70 on His own
land as rightful sovereign by earthly
birth, there" just outside the gate of
His own metropolis. There r. within
sight OF the long winding road to Jerico,
along which His weary feet had traced
miles OF healing and blessing. And O I
ye church-sinners of to-day, this is your
treatment of the IMAM of sorrows" still
He Is your rightful King. but your lives
are in open rebellion against His laws;
your Healing Benefac,or. yet on the very
streets and In the homes where He has
blessed you, there" you have crucitied
Him afresh. In His Church, where you
have pronounced confirmation VOWS of
allegiance to Him. "there." you have put
/ Him to open shame. Where have you
not dishonored Him In His sacred
sanctuary, In the worlds hands, In pri-
vate and In public, 1t may be said of you
There they crucifed Him
They" Who did IL? Who IS meant
by this word they ~ At the scene on
Calvary. the Jews, Gods chosen earthly
people were represented; for He had
come to His own and His own received
Him not; His own, they" crucified Him.
And the cosmopolitan Empire of Rome
was represented there. an Empire made
up, like America, of men from every ma
ton under heaven Black. and white,
noble and peasant, learned and ignOram-
US, all had share ia the vile regicide,
when there they crucihed Him." Who
In our ANNAPOLIS has done 1t afresh Is
any color free from the crime against
our Saviour Is any rank or class pure
Is st. Anne's unstained Is st. Philips
spotlesss No, "all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God" and so every
one Of us falls under the charge
Where they cruci6ed Him r
"Crucifed The death of such degre-
dalton, that II was esteemed picture Of
the united curse of man and of God.
The Bible prophesied Cursed Is he
that hangeth on tree Such one was
regarded as rejected alike by earth and
heaven. Earth spurned him forth, Heav-
en- was barred against him. Yet this was
how Jesus died, "being made a cure for
u.s." No wonder that from such awful
loneliness and disownment, the man of
| sorrows died to the forsaKing Father,
| and broke that heart of Infinite Tender
ness under that Fathers frown on the
Worlds sin borne up on His own body
on the tree
Him -
"Son of God, lis Thou IT'S Thou !"
Man slew Him who is God over all;
the creature murdered Him by whom all
things were made the sinner slew His
Saviour. And yet his dying lips pleaded !:
Father forgive them, for they know not
what they do
And.now to Him who was crucifed by
us and for us, we are invited TO come for
the mercy still offered US by Him. by
! Himself, "and not another 0 shall
we not beg His forgiveness for our past.
His help in our present, His loving guild
ance for our future.
There they crucifed Him p
Yea. friend of the lost. and was of the
counsel and deed of them; yet heucsforth,
my Lord and My God" by Thy Cross
and Passion" Good Lord deliver me-
Let me cruelty Thee no more, but let me
be ''cruci6ed with Christ, that we may be
| also glorined together"
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