The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-05-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


GOLDEN TExr-While we were yet sinners
Christ died for us.-Rom. 8: 8
The SECTION The whole story OF the cru
cihxion.--Mark Is 20-E and the
PARALLEL ACCOUNTS Matthew 81: 3l-66:
Luke 3: 2G-56 John 10: 1919
TIME-Friday. ADrli T. A ID. 3D. The cruel
nxion lasted from "A. IN. To 3p m
PLACE.-C llvary ,9o.gotha). just outside
she city of Jerusalem, probably on the north.
at the Grotto OF jeremiah.
LESSON NOTES.
22. And they bring Him." under the
guard of Pilates soldiers, and followed
by great crowd Unto the place
Golgotha," Hebrew word, meaning
1.-The place of a skull"
%. And they gave Him to drink"
just before lie was nailed To the cross.
"Wine mingled with myrrh:" !. e., COM
mon sour wina. such as the soldiers
used, was mingled with a powerful
narcotic drug, bitter, but offered as an
anesthetic, To stupefy and dull the sense
of pain. Lange. But He received
very dregs the cup of suffering which
God gave Him.
"a. And when they had crucified
Him." Jesus was nailed TO the cross
while it was lying on the ground, then
il was slowly raised with the sufferer
upon it. The feet of the sufferer were
only foot or two above the ground.
The first of the seven words from the
cross, Father, forgive them, they
know not what they do" luke %: PA,
was probably spoken in the height of
the agony. when the cross with the
victim upon it was dropped with a sud
den wrench into its place in the ground.
''They parted His garments, casting
lots:" The garments were the soldiers
perquisites, and while the greatest
event that ever took place was going
on they were busy in making what
gain they could out Of his cast-of cloth
ing
25. And it was the third hour"
Nine o'clock in the morning.
26. The prescription" in black
letters on white board, containing
Ills accusation" the crime with which
lie was charged was written over His
head upon the cross.
-. And with Him lone on each side)
they cruelty two thieves" robbers,
banditti, probably some of those who
for the same oifense as Barabbas,
%. And the Scripture was fulfilled"
recorded in Isaiah 1912 and reiterated
by Jesus duke 22:S7).
20. They that passed by" The
people going in and out of the city, on
the thoroughfare near the place of cru
cifiXiOn.-Clarke. Rallied on Him,
wagging their heads" using both voice
and gesture to express their moclery.
80. Come down from the cross" How
could you do SO great thing as to de-
stroy and rebuild the temple in three
days, if you cannot do the little thing
of saving yourself from the cross?
81. lie saved others; Himself He
cannot save" implyingthat His saving
others, His saving men from sickness,
His raising them from the dead, His
promises of forgiveness and eternal life
were a cheat, "A false claim.
30. Let Christ, the King of Israel, y
ETC. If Jesus were the Messiah, the
great King who would overthrow the
Romans and all the enemies of the
jews surely lie could deliver Himself
from the Roman cross. Their argument
seems invincible, till we see that He
could not be the Christ and Saviour un-
less He had been crucified. That we
rnay see and believe" But they would
not have believed, but would have
! found some other excuse for not be-
! lieving; for He did something more
wonderful than they now asked; He
rose from the grave, and yet they did
not believe. And they that were cru
Gifted with Him reviled Him." either
both did at first, and then one changed;
or the expression is simply a general
one. One of the robbers, while hang
! ing on the cross, was converted and
( forgiven, and began even then that
new life which could be developed and
nurtured in paradise. Seeing His
mother and the beloved disciple near
the cross, Jesus, ever thoughtful of
others even in His greatest agony, asks
| the disciple to care for Mary as He
would for His own mother
Three hours of raging human pas
sion, endured with Godlike patience,
were succeeded by three hours of Gark-
ness, hushing mortal hatred into ST.
lence, and perhaps contributing to the
penitence of the reviler at His side.
"a. "At the ninth hour" Three
/ o'clock, the hour of the evening sacri-
flee, when daily in the temple the lamb
was slain, and the people offered prayers.
Jesus cried with loud voice: 'Eloi,
Eloi, lama sabachthani?"
my God, my God why hast thou for
saken me?" The emphasis is on Thou.
1t might be expected of others-but
Chou
35. Behold, He calleth Elias. "
Greek for Elijah. "Eloi" closely re-
sembles Elijah" in the original. Per-
haps Misunderstanding, but quite as
likely an intended mockery, as If He
were calling upon the expected fore
runner of the Messiah for help. The
fifth word from the cross: Il thirst,
was probably spoken at this time.
&c. And one ran and filled sponge
full of vinegar, saying, Let alone" The
crowd say Matt, let (llim) alone; do
not give Him drink, for He expects
Elijah TO help Him. The one who gave
Him drink says Mark, let (me) alone; !
will give Him drink, and see if Elijah
will come. Immediately after this,
n.