Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-05-04

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30. And they came to place which
was named Gethsemane, and He saith to
His disciples, Sit ye here whilo ] shall
pray" On their way TO the mount OF
Olives He tolu them that, according TO the
Scriptures, He would be smitten and
they would forsase Him. He said also
that Peter would deny Him. upon which
Peter and all the others said hat they
would never do such thing (verses "a
to Sill They then come to Gethsemane,
which signifies an oil press. suggestive OF
the bruising which He was here to under
90 that He might give to us the amounting
of the Holy Spirit For the trials OF Geth-
scmanc special strength was needed, con-
corning which He must talk with His Fa-
ther, but into this and many other COM
municns His disciples cannot enter, so
He goes alone TO pray.
SO. And He taketh with Him Peter
and James and John and began to be sore
amazed and to be very heavy" Matthew
says .sorrowful and very heavy" 1t
could not be anything He did not know
about beforehand. for He knew sill things,
but the powers of darkness were about to
do their worst, the great crisis to which
He had looked forward from eternity was
at hand, and it might be said that satan
was about to engage Him in a hand TO
hand conflict
a. And saith unto them, My soul ia
exceeding sorrowful unto death. larry
yc here and watch In Math. XVI, rs,
it is, Watch with Me" His humanity
erayed their sympathy, but how little He
foundl He was truly the lonely man as
well as the man OF sorrows, and even the
favored three. of whom the beloved John
was nearest TO Him, could not enter into
His experiences. II ever sense of heayi-
ness and darkness comes over you in your
Christian life, when you know in your
heart that you desire above all things to
serve the Lord and do only His will, think
upon lisa. |, 10, and praise God for fellow
ship with His Son Jesus Christ.
35. And He went forward little and
fell on the ground and prayed that if it
were possible the hour might pass from
Him." He seems to have left eight of the
disciples just inside the garden, to have
taken the three little farther, and then
to have gone alone about a stones cast
duke xii, Al, and to have kneeled
down, then fallen upon His face. He
certainly did not shrink from tho cross and
the atonement which He came TO make,
but careful study of Heb. V, T. will show
that the agony was so great that He fear
ed lest He might die under 1t and not
reach the cross to finish the great atone.
ment.
SO. And He said: Abba, Father, all
things are possible unto Thee Take away
this cup from me. Nevertheless not what
will, but what Thou wilt" We read
elsewhere that He prayed earnestly, with
strong crying and tears, and sweat as il
were drops of blood, and that an angel
strengthened Him. He was willing to
die in the garden and leave His great
work unfinished If 1t should please the
Father to have it so, but the passage in
Hebrews says that He was heard, and
therefore delivered from this premature
death. This Is the best light l have upon
it, and present it ms such, but let each
search for himself in reliance upon the
Holy Spirit. There are mysteries in the
atoncment which we cannot comprehend,
49, And He cometh and findcth them
sleeping and saith unto Peter; Simon,
sleepesu thou? Couldst not thou watch
one hourf' The great glory Of the Trans.
fguration as well as tho great sorrow OF
Gethsemane was too much for the flesh,
for they seem to have slept in the former
luke tx, 32) as well as in the latter.
IS. Watch ye and pray lest ye enter
into temptation. The spirit truly is ready,
but tho flesh is weak. - Like rs father
piticth his children, so the Lord pitieth
them that fear Him, for He knoweth oul
frame FPS. Gill, l3). What a comfort II
isl But let us not pity ourselves as satan
through Peter advised Jesus to do (Math,
xvi, a2, margin) Though our Lord REQ.
ognizcs and pities our weakness, He Him.
self has provided that He will be our
strength SO that we may sing, Tho Lord
Jehovah is my strength and my song
lisa xii, %. We are TO realize our weak
ness and never to rely upon ourselves, foI
His strength is made. perfect in weakness,
and TO them that have no might He In
creaseth strength III Cor. xii, 0; lisa. xl,
a9).
80. 'And again He went away and
prayed and spake tho same words, We
need not fear the repetition OF the same
words in our prayers provided they arr
from tho heart, nor need we fear to ask
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