Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-05-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON un, SECOND QUARTER. IN
TERNATiokAL SERIES. MAY 26.

Text Of the Lesson. Mark ~. ee-s7-Mem-
DRY Verses, e5-ss-Goldsn Text. Rom.
'. Commentary BY the Rev. d. M.
SteArnx.
q. And they bring Him unto the place
Golgotha, w ich is, being interpreted, The
place OF SKULL After plate scourged
Him and delivered Him to their cruel pleas
ure the soldiers crowned Him with thorns,
smote Him and did spit on Him, mockingly
bowed their knees TO Him and finally led
Him out to cruelty Him. Think ON these
things until you see Him bearing all that
for You and your whole heart cries out. II
am Thine. o Lordr' Then cheerfuliy. not
by compuision, like Simon the Cyreniau,
bear the cross after Him tverses 16-2ls-
Happy Simoui Blessed burleni But where
was Simon Peters
% And they gave to drink wine min
gied with myrrh, but He received it not"
On the way to Calvary He spoke to the
weeping ones of the coming days Of sorrow
because of this national rejection of Him.
To reject Christ brings unutterahle misery.
Matthew, Mark and John call the place of
crucifixion GoIgotha. Luke alone calls it
Calvary Ia Rev. xi. s, IL is spoken OF as
part of the great city where our Lord was
crucified See in the wine and myrrh Scom-
pare Math xvii, 80 fultillment Of Ps.
Xix, 81 But He would not accept it.
q See in this verse a literal fulfillmento of
Ps xxi, Is, for every detail OF His humilia-
ton and suiferings WAS accurately foretold
and fulfilled to the letter. So shall il be
also with every detail Of the predictions
concerning His coming again. As He would
not be stupe1ed by the drink offered to
Him, may we not shrink from suffering
with Him this little while.
Is Aud II was the third hour, and they
cruciiled Him. About Q a, M. He endured
the agony OF having both hands and fees
pierced with the cruel nails FPS, XIII 49,
He was the fulfllment of all the sacrifices
that had ever been offered at that morning
hour. Naked that he might be clothed; a
king. yet not u thread Of the trappings OF
earth's glory: all for as. -
%. Over the cross by Pilates orders
there was written in Hebrew and Greek
and Latin (the three languages which rep
resented all the world. Jesus OF Nazareth,
the King of the Jews" and PLATE would
not alter it, though the chief priests asked
him to John xix, 1929. 1t was u title
which was, and will yet be manifest to be,
of interest to all the world. Are you inter
ested now on the line of Isa xii, g, N See
R.V.
81. Two evildoers were crucifed with Him
and He in the midst lIohn xix, ISL, tIe
could not choose His company any more
than Joseph could In the prison, but He
could glorify God even under such oircum-
stances, and He did. Even these were such
as He would choose to save, and for just
such He Was then dying. 1t is a faithful
saying that He came into the world to save
sinners Il Tim. i. l5).
%. Long years before it was written con-
corning Him, And He was numbered with
the transgressors'' Csa. lii, 10y. and here
was part of the fulfiilment. In His life
time, while going about doing good, He
was told that be had a devil and that He
was glutton and wineblhber John viii,
50: Luke vii, 34).
%. The passersby could not let Him
alone, but rallied on Him and perverted HiA
words and repeated some of the very words
which satan used in the temptation, "If
Thou be the Son of Godt tMath. iv, 8,
xvii, 40) IL looks as If all the dogs of hell
were let loose upon Him FPS xxi, l6), yet
He meekly bore it all and answered not.
80. Save myself and come down from
the cross" On one occasion Simon Peter
told Him to pity Himself, but He told
Simon that that was satan talking through
him and added that there was no way for
Him or for His followers but by the
cross (Math. xvi, 22-a4, margin)
81. He saved others; Himself he cannot
save" Thus said the chief priests, and
they said better than they intended, for He
could not save Himself and us, but He
chose not to save Himself that He might
save us. As to His being unable 10 save
Himself il He wished to, that of course was
lie, for His own testimony was as TO HIS
life, mo man taketh ii from Me, but lay
1t down of Myself John x, 49,. See our
privilege in John iii, 10.
81. They mockingly called Him king of
Israel" and said that il He would descend
from the cross they would believe on Him.
Contrast the testimony OF Nathaniel TO His
being king of Israel and his reception OF
Him John i, 49). Even the thieves reyiled
Him, although one of them nfterward be-
lieved and was saved. Between people
and priests and soldiers and thieves it was
surely mountains of mockery, and1 no fol
lower of His seemed bold enough to COM
fort Him with word of loyalty to Him,
SO. Even the sun refused to shine on such
scene, and for three hours there was great
darkness. We think of the darkness Of
Gen. i, 2. anil Fix. X, 81, 81 and the outer
darkness of Math. XIV, 80; Judg xiii, but
the darkness of our lesson was unique.
Never In all earth's history was there or
will thcS, be again Just such day. It
was the Creator of all things suffering for
His creatures that He might redeem them
from destruction.
"a. After X hours on the cross He cried
out in the words of Ps. xxi, ], forsaken Of
Wis Father for our sins, for He was made
sin for us III Cor. V, 81. See His seven
sayings from the cross in Luke xiii, "a,
43; John xix, "a; Math. xvii, 40; John XII,
2S, 80; Luke xiii. 46. Mark gives but this
one, for in this gospel Jesus Is peculiarly
the suffering servant. He was forsaken for
us that we might never lie forsaken, even.
as it Is written, II will never leave thee nor
forsake thee QIeb. xiii, 81
IS. behold lie calleth Elias SO thought
some of the ISLANDERS by. They understood
neither Him nor His words, and it is even
SO still. lie had at one time to say to His
disciples, How is it that ye do not under
stand!" (Mark viii, FL And it was but a
few hours before that he had said To Philip,
Have been so long time with you, aud
yet hast thou not known me, Philipfm
John xiv, o.
80. As one ran to give Him drink, prob
ably because of His cry. Il thirst (John
xix. 2S). another hard heart said, Let alone;
let US see whether Elias will come to take
Him down" They could not understand
one willing to die If lie bad power to save
Himself. They were believers Of satan's
doctrine, 'Ail that man hath will he give
for his life Dob II, y.
81 And Jesus cried with loud voice,
and gave up the ghost" Notice also the
loud voice Of verse 81. He was ia His full
strength, but died Of broken heart. as was
foretold in rs. Xix. 20, and manifest ia
John xix, 81. So 1t was finished, and com
mending His spirit TO God Qauke xii, 46)
He died. Compare Acts vii, 50, and believe
that absent from the body" means pres
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