Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-04-27

L. AS have recently lad and prodted
by a sermon by Rev. A. G. Brown OF Lon
don upon portion Of this lesson entitled
Finding II as He Said, = 1t is probable
that some Of the Spirits suggestions to
him may here be found. IL Is the last
night before the crucifixion. The city Je-
rusalem, the holy city, is full Of people, for
only In the chosen city can the passover
lambs be slain and the feast kept Notice
the disciples question, "Where wilt
thouf" Think of Sauls question. What
wilt Thou have me 70 dor' and let our
hearts be ever saying, "Where, Lordy"
s'What, Lordi" and never lean to our
own understanding.
49, He Immediately sends two with
definite instructions, and yet such as re-
quired great faith on their part. He loves
TO be trusted and will surely guide all who
are willing to be guided FPS. xxxii, 5; lisa
XXX, 81; Xviii, I'D. But see how 1t Is only
a step at n time, and consider the foretold
events Of one day In Sam. K, 1T. They
knew the way to the city. All was plain
thus far Then of all who should pass
them or meet them they were TO look for
man coming toward them bearing a
pitcher of water, and without hesitation
they were TO follow him
IL. IHey Wcfo nOb bulU 10 SPEAK W tuu
man with tho pitcher, but simply follow
him into the house and speak TO the good
man Of the house concerning the room In
which to eat the passover. The fact that
they were to say TO him, 1.-THE Master
saith, 4" shows that the owner of the house
was disciple. Jesus would not use the
property Of one who was not
Is We would like to know more OF this
man and this room, between whom and
the Master there seemed to be such per
feet understanding and harmony OF spirit.
10. With unquestioning obedience they
went forth from Him. to do His bidding,
and they found everything just as He had
said they would 1t always has been and
always will be so, for whatever else may
fail or change or pass away tho word of
the Lord is sure, and 1t standeth forever.
IL. "And in the evening He cometh
with the twelve" Never was such a pass
over kept before, for this Immediately pre-
ceded the fulfllment of all passovers, as
on the morrow "Christ, our passover,
would be sacrificed for us" Have we,
like the good man of this house, room for
Jesus? And are all our possessions at His
disposalf Are we like the two disciples
looking for His guidances And do we rec
ognize His hand in all the events of
lifeS If so, it is well.
Is. Before Jesus announced that one OF
them should betray Him 1t would seem
from John Kill that He had washed their
feet and had taught them thus to do for
each other. Think of His washing the
feet of Judasi How near one may be to
Jesus, how much He may do for one,
how many privileges one may enjoy and
yet be lostl 1t will surely be fearful
thing to have been numbered with the fol-
lowers of Christ and yet not be truly His.
49, It was enough to make them sor
rowful that one who had companied with
them and had been apparently truly one
of them should turn out to be only trail
tor and hypocrlte So clever had the traitor
been that 1t would seem that none OF the
others had suspected him, for no one said,
1T must be Judas, just as we thought, I"
but each said, lis 1t II" So kind had
Jesus been that never by word or look or
act had He even limited that Judas was
not sincere.
20. lone of the twelve that dippeth
with me in the dish" Sitting near to
Jesus eating with Him, called one of His,
acting as treasurer for bis people, preach
ing In His name, perhaps permitted to
work miracles In His name, and yet all
the while liar, a hypocrite, one possessed
by the DEVIL Is it any wonder that the
Spirit by Peter exhorts us to make our
calling and election sure (II Peter 1, 10).
Let us be sure that we have forever ceased
to look to or In any way trust In the
flesh, but only and wholly in the merits
of the Jesus Christ
81. Scripture will be fulfilled The con-
duct of Judas was all clearly written out
beforehand, as in Ps. XII, 8, but that did
not compel Judas to act as be did. While
God knows beforehand all that will come
to pass and whether men will hear or for
bear GEEK. ii, -, and while the Spirit of
God strives with all, at least all who
know of God and His love, yet all are left
free to accept or refuse that love.
22. The passover feast being concluded
Jesus now institutes the Lords supper by
first taking bread, and having given
thanks or blessed it He gives them to eat,
saying: This is My body which Is given
for you. This do in remembrance of Me. !"
23. AS He had done with the bread, SO
de does also with the wine, representing
His blood shed for us, and when we par
take of the vino we are to remember the
precious blood of Christ, the price of our
redemption Il Peter !, IS, 19l We are to
remember that we are not our own, but
that spirit, soul and body are all His, ia
be given wholly up to Him that He may
at His pleasure use us TO minister tho
great salvation to others, even to the shed
ding Of our blood in His service II Ho re-
quires 1t q Cor. vi, 10, 90; Thess. v, 80;
III Cor. v, 10; Rev. xii, 11)
"a. Without shedding of blood there Is
no remission of sins, and IL is the blood
that maketh atonement for the soul Heb.
TX, 22; Lev. xvii, I'D. All the blood of sac
riflces from the day when the Lord God
made unto Adam and Eve coats Of skins
and clothed them was typical of the pre-
cious blood Of Christ, which was sufficient
for the sins of the whole world Il John
II, 81, but becomes efficient only for such
as accept Him.
20. From beginning to end Of the pub
lie ministry of the Lord Jesus He was
ever speaking Of kingdom, tho king
dom Of God or OF heaven, which will yet
be set up on this earth and include the
whole earth under the whole heaven (Dan
vii, 27). Then shall the meek inherit tho
earth, and war and strife shall be no more
FPS. xxxvii IL; Math v, 5; Isa IL, A. Mic
iv, 2, 81. Then shnll both tho passover and
the Lords supper have a full and final
contamination Luke xii, l6, 49, for atev-
cry communion we show the Lord Is death
till He comc Il Cor. II, 26).
&c. And when they had sung an hymn
they went out into the mount OF Olives. :"
The hymn was perhaps Ps. cxii to oxviii,
the Great Hallal or part Of It, In con-
nection with the hymn think of John xiv