Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-05-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, MAY ~.
Text of the Lesson, Mark xiv, 53-Gi-Mem-
DRY Verses, GO-62-GOldcn Text, lisa.
Stearns

So. And they led Jesus away to the .igh
priest, and with him were ass, l bl,d u
the chief priests. and the elders. auI &C.
scribes.' After the darkness and 81 .st g.:
the garden, being strengthen tl.,a.
gel He went forth to lay dow D.. ....'.
His own accord (John X, Isl il. D.-.'
disciples all forsook Him and G. 81 t,tr...-
81, 5O). The young man Of vcr-.. 81 90
was probably Mark himself as in other
cases the unnamed one was doubtless tie
writer of the gospel duke xiv Is: John l.
400. Jesus. being bound tJohn xviii, l9l is
led rs a lamb to the slaughter Gsa lii. ~
for those before whom He was brought had
long before determined to kill Him tNlath
xii p; John ri, 80.
a. And Peter followed Him afar off,
even into the palace of the high priest, and
he sat with the servants and warmed him
self at the fire. The result OF Peters fol
lowing afar Off and being in bad company
IS seen in verses &C to - following the les
BON. Self confident Boosting is very apt t.
lead to rash conduct, bad company ami
many worse things, rs in the case of Peter
We must have no confidence in ourselves,
but be strong in the Lord aud let Him per
feet His strength in our weakness phil iii,
3; Eph vi, 10; II Cor. xii, 81.
% And the chief priests and all the
council sought for witness against Jesus to
put Him to death, and found none Their
minds were fully made up, and God was
going o let them have their way and ac-
compli,h what He foresaw would surely
come to pass (Acts iy, q, 2S) They were
now seeking some reason for their conduct,
but could find none except in the wicked
ness of their own hearts Testimony in HIS
favor they could have readily obtained in
abundance, but against Him. none. See
John xviii, %; Heb VIII 2G; Math iii, Il:
xvii, ).
So For many bare false witness against
Him, but their witness agreed not togeth-
En-" 1t had been written that 1t should be
so. False witnesses are risen ny AGAINST
me, and such as breathe out cruelty"
False witnesses did rise up. They laid to
my charge things that | knew not (Ps.
xvii II; XIV, ID. So every true follower
OF Jesus may expect to suffer wrongfulv
for conscience toward God, may expect to
suffer for well doing, and if under such cir,
cumstauces we can take it patiently God
is we'll pleased q Pet ii, 10, 2O). As His
followers we must walk as He walked Il
John ii, o..
81, IS. Ard there arose certain and bare
false witness against Him, saying, We
heard Him say, will destroy this temple
that is made with hands, and within three
days | will build another made without
hands" just what He did say, out of
which they made this accusation. is found
in John ii, 10, and if you compare His
words with what they made Him say You
may not feel 50 bad about some sayings Of
yours which have come back to YOU some
what perverted. The fact is that we have
no time to waste on feeling bad about Sian
ders and false accusations Such things
will continue till the Lord comes, and when
He permits them to come our way we must
at once thank Him for the privilege of such
fellowship q Thess. V, Is; Phil j. 20, and
referring the whole matter to Him lust
leave it with Him to be adjusted Qsa. liv,
~
80. But neither so did their witness
agree together" Consequently there was
no case against Him, and He should have
been set free, for their law said plainly that
one witness could not condemns there must
be two or three (Deut. xvii, 6; xix, l5) How
can we expect righteousness in a world
which through its most religious leaders
thus treated the Lord Himself? His meek
submission is our example and makes us
think of the admonition, Take wrong, be
defrauded' Il Cor. vi, y.
60. And the high priest stood up in the
midst and asked Jesus, saying: Answerest
thou nothing? What is it which these wit
ness against theey" He knew there was no
case against the prisoner perhaps felt the
ridiculous position in which they were
placed, and allowed his feelings to over.
come him. According to the law, the wit
nesses had testified nothing against Him.
for no two agreed.
81. But He held His peace and answered
nothing. Again the high priest asked Him
and said unto Him, Art Thou the Christ.
the Son of the Blessed?" There was moth
ing TO answer, and in the calmness Of con
scious innocence He was quiet. When peo-
pie seek our hurt, speaking mischievous
things and imagining deceits all the day
long, let us have grace to be as the deaf
who hear not and as the dumb who omen
not the mouth, but just hope in the Lord
Ns XXXviii, l2-l5).
62. And Jesus said. AN, and We shall
see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand
of power and coming in the clouds of heav-
en-" This reply takes us back to the name
lie used when He sent Moses to deliver Is
rael zen. iii, A. He often used it in the
days Of His humiliation, for in many cases
where we read, II am He" the "He" is in
italics, so that lie really said Il am, -" as in
John iv, 20; viii, "a, 2S. xiii, 10. xviii, ). 6.
s, etc. When He shall come in power ana
glory, as He said, it will be bringing HIS
saints with Him according to Xech xiv, .:
Judg. xiv; Thess. iii, 49, and it will be for
the redemption Of Israel and for vengeance
upon her enemies lDeut. xxi, -: lisa.
XNNiv, s; XXXy, 1; xiii, -.
63. Then the high priest rent his clothes
and saith, What need we any further wit
nessy" This apparently holy wrath was all
Of the devil in the name of religion. To
this day it may be seen. " e should not be
moved by it. 1t is often seen, even in re
ligous people, in connection with this very
truth of the second coming Of Christ in
power and glory. Let one insist that Jesus
Is coming with all His saints (Col. iii. ~ for
the conversion Of the nation OF Israel. and
TO set up the kingdom promised To David
with throne at Jerusalem, according TO
Jer iii, Il; Luke i, 30, SO, etc, and he will
probably be accused Of perverting the truth
10 the destruction of his soul
o. "Ne have heard the blasphemy. What
think YEP And they all condemned Him
to be guilty of death" And began at once.
like so many barbarians, to illtreat their