Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-06-01
International gessolls.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON xI, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE IL.

lESSON Nl, SeCOSO QOHn En-, wv >ie'
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE IL.
Text Of the Lesson, Math. xvii, $3.50.
Memory Verses, 35-37-Golden Text, 1
Cor. Nv, 3-Commentary by the Rev. ID.
NJ. stea-ns.
Copyright 1898, by D. NJ. stearnsl
So. "And they cruciflcd Him and parted
His garments casting lots, that 1t might
be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, They parted My garments among
them, and upon My vesture did they cast
lots" So 1t cano to pass as Ho had many
times said that it would. But who can
comprehend itY The Lord Of glory, tho
Creator of all things, hanging upon cross,
with nails through hands and feet, made
curse for me, made sin for HE (Gal. i'll, ID;
II Cor. V, 21), that might be saved. He
made the iron that formed the nails and
the wood that formed the cross and the
men who nailed Him there and consent
ed to be subject to all for the time.
SO. "And sitting down they watched
Him there" Compare Gen. xxxvii, %;
Esther iii, Is. How desperately wicked and
ha ID and dead Is the natural heart OF man
no one knows but God Himself (Jer. xvii,
8, 10Y. Perhaps you could not look upon
Christ on tho cross for you-you could not
bear it. But can you look upon the mul-
titudes for whom He died, who know not
Of Him, and be Indifferent as to whether
they ever hear Of Himp
81. "And set up over His head His ac-
cusatlon written, This is Jesus, the King
of the Jews" 1t was written In Greek
and Latin and Hebrew (Luke xiii, 8S),
for 1t was and will yet be seen to be
truth of worldwide import Until 1t be-
comes reality in the eyes Of all nations
the world will never have the peace and
prosperity that are in store for her (Jer. ill,
II; Isa. ix, 6, z; Luke i, 80, S3). Let us
be obedient to lisa. xii, 9, z, and remem-
ber Ps oxxii, 6.
98. "Then were these two thieves cruel
fled with Him, one on the right hand and
another on the left" 1t is added in Mark
xy, %, "And the Scripture was fulfilled
which saith, And He was numbered with
the transgressors. In His life they had
called Him glutton, winebibber, devil,
and in His death they would proclaim to
the world that He was naught but an evil
doer and liar, and He meekly submitted
to 1t all.
SO, 40. "Savo Thyself. If Thou be the
Son of God como down from the cross. -
Thus they reviled Him in His agony and
self imposed helplessness and made sport
of His saying that He would raise the tenn
pie in three days (John ii, 1920, not
knowing that they were preparing the way
for Him to do that very thing He could
have saved Himself. He could have come
down from the cross. But He could not
save Himself and others too.
IL, 40. "If He be the King of Israel, let
Him now come down from the cross and
we will believe Him." But they lied, for
they were children of their father (John
viii, 44) and Of the same stock as those
who rejected God as their King and de-
manded king like those Of other nations
II Sam. viii, z; K, 19). How great the
contrast in Nathaniel, who said from the
heart, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son Of God;
Thou art the King Of Israeli John !, 49).
4S. "He trusted in God. Let Him de-
liver Him now if He will havo Him, for
He said, am the Son of God" Thus
they denied the Father and the Son and
rapidly filed up the measure of their in
iquity. See their word 'now," they
would have it done now. There is much
sin even on the part Of Gods people in
their setting Him a time and saying
snow" this day or week or month or year.
And because He does not humor them
they find fault with Him. This is neither
faith nor patience, but is more apt to be
self and the devil.
A. "The thieves also which were cruci-
fed with Him cast the same in His teeth. "
But one afterward repented and gave Him
the Joy of faith In Him and went to para
disc with Him that day Iuke xxxiii, Al
49, On the cross is seen as nowh here else
the love OF God to us II John iv, 8; iii,
l6), and about the cross is seen every
phase of the human heart.
45. "Now from the sixth hour there was
darkness over all the land unto tho ninth
hour" Possibly the reference in Amos
viii, 9, includes this darkness while point
ing onward to something yet to be fulfilled.
We know that God is light, and in Him is
no darkness at all Il John i, 81, and dark
ness is suggestive of evil and of satan II
Thess. V, 8; Eph. V, 8; Col. i, l3; Jude vi,
l3). Even the sun refused TO look upon
such scene as its Creator suffering for
the sins Of men.
46. "And about the ninth hour Jesus
cried with loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli,
lama, sabachthani?-thati is to say, My God,
My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"
While chapters arc devoted to the sayings
and doings of Rerod and Pilate and the
chief priests and others at this time, there
are but seven sayings Of Christ recorded
in the whole four gospels, and they seem
to have been in the following order; Luke
xiii, 81, 43; John xix, 81; Math. xvii,
16; John xix, 2S, 30; Luke xiii, 46. One
suggests that they tell us Of His love for
sinners, receiving tho penitent, caring for
our need, the depth Of His sufferings, His
thirst for souls, the boundless word, the tri-
umph of faith. Another has said concern
ing them that they are deeper than the sea,
higher than the heaven, brighter than the
sun, and need not the lampligit Of our
explanation. Concerning tho one in our
lesson some refuse to believe that He was
forsaken and say that He only felt like it
because the agony was SO great. My only
answer is that He was the Truth, and He
always spoke the truth.
47-49. His saying was about as we'll un-
derstood as many Of His sayings were by
His own disciples. He was talking to God,
His Father, and they thought He was call
ing for Elias. Not much worse than when
speaking to His disciples of the false doc
trine of the Pharisees they thought that
He was speaking of bread for the body.
80. "Jesus, when He had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. I"
In verse 46, as we'll as here, Matthew
speaks of His crying with II loud voice.
This would not indicate the extreme weak
ness of dying moment under such awful
circumstances. but rather confirm His