The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-13
rHE ST NDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON xI, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE ~.


words but how unutterably significant.
who can measure If Then the events be-
tween the passover and supper of the even
ing before and this last and browning |
event. Getbsemane, the betrayal and ar
rest, Peters denial. the long and weary |
and awful night and morning before the |
council and Herod, and Pilates the mock |
cry and the scourging and now the cruel
fxion and that between two malefactors |
as II He, too. was one Truly He was
numbered with the transgressors, and He
complained not oh. my soul, II was all
for theel What thinkest thou OF IL, and
OF Him who was crucified on thy account'
"a. Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do" This was His
first utterance from the cross III we take
the seven In order as we find them here
and In verse 40, then John xix, 25-21i
Math. xvii, 46; John xix, 2S, 80; Luke
xiii, as, we have suggested TO US the
great facts of forgiveness, glory, all that
we need between forgiveness and glory,
His being forsaken that we might never
be- His thirst and all that Is implied In II,
His finished work and then His exit from
the body to His Father.
35. "He saved others. Let Him save
Himself IL He be Christ, the chosen OF
God" Thus the people and the rulers de-
rided Him. They were natural men, they
understood not, therefore they talked fool
ishly. He could have saved Himself, for
He said, "No man taketh My life from
Me, lay 1t down of Myself" (John K 49,,
but He could not save Himself and save
Others too. He laid down His life volun.
tarily that He might save others.
SO, 81. If Thou be the King OF the
Jews. save Thyself" Thus the soldiers
also Knocked Him, not knowing what they
said. He would not save Himself, but
He would save them II they would let
| Him, for had He not prayed for them even
| as they drove the nails into His hands,
| Let us lay to heart His words, "He that
| sayeth his life shall lose IL, but he that
| loseth his life for My sake, the same shall
save it duke TX, 24.
as This Is the King of the Jews.
| Thus PLATE caused IL To be written over
| Him i'm the languages of the world, Greek
! and Latin and Hebrew and he would not
| alter il even to please the Jews. This
| was doubtless of God, for the time Will
come when all the world shall see and ac-
knowledge that this same Jesus, once
| crucified at the place of "a skull, Is the
| King of the Jews. Then shall He also be
| King of Kings and Lord of Lords. With
| out Him all the things Of earth are as
empty rs skull, nothing to them, all
vanity and vexation of spirit, but in Him.
and with Him, all Is peace and righteous
| ness
80. "And one of the malefactors which
were hanged rallied on Him, saying, III
thou be Christ, save thysef and us. F"
Both Matthew and Mark say that the
thieves reviled Him. Luke does not con
l.. A. ft..-N Ill al N e
correct in saving that one of them did so,
and he doubtless refers to the one who
persisted In doing So To save Himself
and them was impossible, but to give His
life in order to save them was what He
was doing.
40 "Dost not thou fear God, seeing
thou art in the same condemnation
When malofactor turns preacher, some
thing has happened to him, and In
short space of time something remarkable
| has come to this thief. His eyes have beer
| opened to SEQ that the One In the midst Il
more than He appears to be- and he ha
already in his heart believed upon Hin
and received Him as Lord.
Al. And we indeed justly, for we re
ceive the due reward of our deeds, but TIL
man hail done nothing amiss. Here
evidence of the new birth. He condemn
himself and justifles the Lord, whereas tn
} carnal mind, which is enmity agains
God. always justifes itself and condemn
God (Rom viii, :; Luke xvi, l5). ii
confesses his sins and acknowledges tina
he is suffering only what he justly de
serves. while at the same time he testiile
to the holiness of the One in the midst
} This is the work OF the Spirit of God.
AZ. "And he said unto Jesus, Lord re
member me when thou CONTEST into Tn
kingdom" No man can say that Jesus ]
the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit Il Cor
Xii, ~. See, then, the Spirits work j
3 this mans heart. He believes that Jesus
) though crucifled rs an evildoer, Is III
Lord OF glory, and that He has kingdom
43. And Jesus said unto him, Verify
. say unto thee Today shalt thou be wit
. Me in paradise What n joy to the pen
tent thief, his sins all gone, his bodil
: sufferings SO soon to be over, and that ver
day i'm glory with his Lord Let us M
$ modify or seek to alter the precious word
r They arc In perfect accord with 9TH
( words of the book concerning the death
p the righteous ITO die Is gain" Ito d
!. part and be with Christ is far better.
: "Absent from the body, present with u
Lord phil /, 81, 80; III Cor. V, 81. Blu
) SAYS one, Jesus had not assembled to u
u Father when He met Mary Magdalcne
II the morning Of the resurrection (John x
| IN. therefore how could the thief be VII
!, Him In paradise that day? He spoke
d Mary Of His ascending to the Father
y His risen body, but rs to His Spirit j
- was surely In paradise as soon as lie die
;. IA "And IL was about the sixth hou
and there was n darkness over all the ear
until the ninth hour" He was cruciii'
= at the third hour MARK XIV, 25), or 0
= the morning, and from noon till 3p.
d there was this awful darkness, for q
,. prince of darkness was doing his worst.
!. was his hour and tho power OF darkness.
- as. And tho sun was darkcned, nj
!, the veil of the temple was rent ID .
:, midst" When the sun OF Rightcousne
u was suffering for the sins of the world,
r was surely meet that the sun In tho ho''
4. ems should refuse to shine just peio
" He comes I'm His glory the sun and mo-
4. shall both be darkened in the day OF
n wrath (Math xiv, 20, 30). The veil
=. the temple was a symbol Of His body,
He hath opened for us new and livi
~ way through the yeil--that Is to say, /
n aesh Heb. x, 2O) Tho veil was work
full of cherubim, and when II was re
tho chcrubim were rent also. When
died. all who believe I'm Him died.
IN 46 Father, into Thy hands CONNIE
IL NV Spirit" These were His last woi
ic uttered with u loud voice, so that He III
IN be said to have died in His full streng
They did not take His life, lie gave 1t
and IIo went out TO God When Stepi
On died. he said, Lord Jesus receive
spirit" Acts vii, 59), and no went
to be with his Lord, moro alive than
" ever was before, while kind hands laid