The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-05-23
SABBATH SCHOOL.
|rrIyATIONAL LESSON FOR
MAY &c.
, Text. "Jesus on the Cross"
Mark XIV, 2y-37 Golden
Text: Romans ". .
commentary.

|. .soldiers crowned nun Win thornS, snlot.
r. and did spit on Him. mockingly bowed
k.i, knees to Him and hnaliy LED Him OUT
Him. Think on these things until
4 soe Him bearing all that for you and
rhole heart cries out. 'I am Thine,
t"-din Then cheerfully, not by COM
,an like simon the Cyrenian. bear the
a,,er Him oversees l6-2i). Happy Simonl
- burdenl But where was Simon
~ .i,,d they gave 10 drink wine mingled
~ .,'r,h lint He received IL not" On the
NJ calvary He spoke to the weeping ones
4 ... coming days Of sorrow because OF this
1 Ill rejection Of Him. To reject Christ
E. ,,ntitterable misery. Matthew, Mark
II Iobn call the place OF cruciilxton Col
- Luke alone calls 1t Calvary. In
vi Z IL IA spoken OF as part OF the
". rlty where our Lord was cruciiied. See
1 tbe wine and myrrh Compare Math.
III AN n fulfllment OF Ps. XIX, II. But
r would not accept 1t. .,,
Ia Soc IN this verse n literal fullllment OF
LII. IS. for every detail Of His humilia-
| !. and surTerings was accurately fOrctold
Ia frlelled to the letter SO shall II bo
I. with every detail of the predictions
,.srninr His coming again. As He would
[o,bs sfupoflcd by the drink offered to Him,
y, "A, not shrink from suffering with Him
4 \. little while.
y, ,.hrd il was the third hour. and they
...,eed Him" About Q a. m. He endured
II aor,ny Of having both hands and feet
,,ssl with the cruel nails (Ps., xXii., l6).
r., ,,as the tunllment of all the sacrifices
Ind oy,r been offered Mt that morning
Iour Naked that He might be clothed; 4
~, W., not thread OF tho trappins5 of
Irths glory; oil for us.
4 -. ntt,4..sa ,rInra thnrN
l a. r-ittpn in Hebrew and Greek and Latin
r., ,brso languages which represented all
f. vordO. Jesus OK Nazareth, the King OF
f. Jews and PLATE would not alter It,
E5urb the chief priests asked him to (John
n, iq.1O. IL was "a title which was, and
| m ye. be manifest 10 be-, Of interest To all
4 world. Are YOU interested now ON tho
|raof Isa. lNii., q. Z? See II. V.
IL Two evildocrs were cruciiicd with Him
| ,I lie I'M the midst (JOhu xix, lS). Ho
|pli not choose His company any more than
| ,.srb could in the prison. but He could
nv God even under such circumstances,
III He did. Even these were such ~ llr
,gli choose 10 sayes ami for Just such ll'
sthen diving. II sHflith!ul saying that
4 became into the world 10 save sinners q lin.
r. Long years before IT was written corr
Inning Him, "Aud He was numbered with
n ! stransrrcssors" lisa. iii. .l2). and here was
~ MI the fulnllmcnt. IL His lifetime. while
Inc about doing good. He was told that
hehad devil and that He was gluttpn
Irda winebibber (John Will, 80; Luke VIII,
90 The passersby could not let Him alone,
In rallied on Him and perverted His words
| nd repeated some of the very words which
5nn used in the temptation, I'll Thou be
khe Son Of God" (Nlath. w., 3; xvii, 4O)
looks as II all the dogs of hell We're let
! Bose upon Him ops. xii. lG), yet He meekly
3cre il all and answered not.
| 80 Save thyself and come down from the
ross" On one occasion Simon Peter told
him to pity Himself. but He told Simon that
BAT was satan talking through him and
ided that there was no way for Him or Tor
s followers but by the cross (Math. XVI,
-2i margin).
81. "He saved others; Himself He cannot
kAye." Thus said the chief priests, and they
&id better than they intended. for He could
III save Himself and US. but Ho chose not 20
Iye Himself that He might save US. As To
b. beingunable to save Himselfif He wished
d. that Of course was a lie. for His own tes-
tmony was as TO His life, mo man taSeth Il
lf0m Ne, but | lay 1t down OF Myself
'J0hn x, 49,. See our privilege In l John
ID. lG.
i 81? They mockingly called Him "King OF
1srael.' and said that IL He would descend
)romthe cross they would believe on Him.
contrast the testimony Of Nathaniel to His
|ang King OF Israel" and His reception OF
BIN (Johni. = 40). Even the thieves reviled
BIN. although one Of them afterward be.
eyel and was saved. Between people ana
priests and soldiers and thieves II was surely
t... .
)lsseemed bold enough 70 comfort Him with
\ word Of loyaltyto Him.
50. Even the sun refused 10 shine on such
1 scene. and for three hours there was great
Darkness. We think ofthe darkness OF Gen.
i 2. and Ex. X. q. %. and the outer darkness
b Math. XIV. 80; Judge xiii, but the dark.
| less Of our lesson was unique). Never in all
|he earth's history was there or will there be
tgain Just such day. IL was the creator oil
\ things suffering for His creatures that He
plight redeem them from destruction.
a. After six hours on the cross He cried
put in the words OF Pa. xii, |, forsaken OF
Piis Father for our sins, for He was made
Rln for US (II Cor. v, 2D. See His seven
kayings from the cross in Luke xiii, "a, 43
Iohn XIX, q; Math. xvii, 40; John XIX, ~
p Luke XXiii., 46. Mark gives but this one
kor In this gospel Jesus is peculiarly the sui
tAiA h'INtnl. l1' was lDI-hh'h WI W. hht
r. might never be forsaken. even aS 1t Is
frltten, II will never leave thee nor forsakC
pee (Heb. Kill, 81.
IS. Behold He calleth Elias So though
pine OF the standersby. They understoo,
,lther Him nor His words, and 1t Is even s.
Cu' He had at one time TO say TO His dis
pies, How Is IL that ye do not understand
[llark wilt, 2l). And il was but few hour
lore that He had said 10 Philip, Have
Pen so long time with you, and yet has
|hou not known Me. Philip (John xiv, 81
49, As one ran TO give Him drink, prob
ply because OF His cry, II thirst" (Johi
fk., 2S), another hard heart said, "Le
[lohe; let MS see whether Elias will come e
PIE Him down. They could not under
f'and one willing to die If He had power I,
faIe Himself. They were believers of satan
locrlne, "All that a man hath will he Civ
OF his life dob H.. A..
81. And Jesus cried with loud voice
[hd gave up the ghost" Notice also tn
9ad voice OF verse "a. lie was in His ful
Euength, but died OF n broken heart, IA wa
oretold in Ps. Xix. 90, and manifest in Johl
fh'' 81. SO 1t was finished, and commend
(1g His spirit to God duke xiii, 46) II
Ileu' Compare Acts vii, 80, and bsliev
nat absent fro.L the body" means pres
at with the Lord" (I Cor. v. 81 II only "
4 ffe redeemed by His blood.-Lesson Helper
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WHAT IT MEANS.
tne sale OF drink is the sale Of disease; IN
p mi Ill. -.