Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-03-22
THE SUNDAY sc HOOL.
LESSON XII. FIRST QUARTER. INTER
NATIONAL SERIES. MARCH -.

The cruel Mon lesson at verse % " h-I i
the record Of the crueidxion begins ~ (
verse -. Last week : lesson closed with |
Simon compelled 10 bear His cross. Then |
we have Jesus message 10 the women !
who bewailed Him. Then He. with the |
two Indicators. came 10 the place Col |
gotha or Calvary. Although We are mere !
familiar with the latter name. Luke |
alone uses il, while Matthew. Mark aLi |
] ohm each call it GolgotAa. But names
and records are nothing unless they take
hold OF our hearts and point Us to Jesus
Christ our Lord. They crucitied Him
Three words, but do you consider what
they signify or their importance in ref
erence 10 your eternal welfare? As You
see Him undergo each part of the process
of crucihxion do you say. For me, for
me? and does your heart ache for Him
while it rejoices in that which His suffer
inss bring TO you?
3G. 81. IF Thou be the King OF the
Jews, save ThyseIf" The soldiers jo;n
with the rulers in deriding Him who, be
ing. according to His own confession, the
Son Of God. could not save Himself. APP
pearances were against Him. He hal
said thar no one could take His life from
it, Why did He not save Himself? Be
cause He could not save Himself and
others, too, and He came to save others.
He did not pity Himself, but gave Him
self for our sins, and we should give our
selves willingly in making Him and His
salvation known 10 others.
IS. This is the King OF the Jews"
This title in three languages, for all the
world. was put upon His cross, for all
the world shall yet know that Jesus Of
Nazareth is the King Of the Jews,
Kin, who shall never die, Ter lie has
died and risen from the dead aud II
aliv. forever more. When He. the I'm
motlal King, shall have His throne at
Jerusalem. all nations shall be gathered
unto Him tier iii, Ia, and then, but act
till then. shall wars aud tumults cease
and all the horrors of the curse of sin
he ended Under His personal reign lisa
ii, t: Is. Xvii, lisa. XXNii Ito.
3941. We receive the due reward Of
our deeds; but this man hath done moth
ing amisS. Thus spoke one of the main
factors. lille the other rallied ON Him,
saying III Thou be Christ, save Thy
self aud US Matthew aud Mark say
that both reviled Him. which they must
have done at the first. but one. 10y the
grace of God. became penitent. the other
continued in his sins. Both might have
| rcpented bat one did and one did not.
- =, - - ,ar,,,nel,aY me when
"a, ...,,,.,.t -. m Line,4o,,,. Tbis
| man saw what ordinary eyes did not see
| He saw in Christ a King and Saviour
nna confessed Him rs Lord He ais,
| confessed himself sinner suffering just
i ly for his sins before men. In his los
! and helpless condition he turned Il
} ~ ltt. IL
| Verify. | say unto thee. today >ha"
thou he with Me in paradise" No GOO
| works GId he do To be saved, no right
eou$ness of his own did he briug nc
money did he pay no promises did he
make: he was not baptized with water
| no church on earth did he unite with las
never partook Of the communion; yet he
went from the cross to paradise that day
44-iG. Father into Thy hands | com
mend My Sriait. Aud. having said thus,
lie gave up the ghost" Darkness from
TN. ivtb to tho ninth hour, or. as We
| wouEd ~av, from noon till , p m. then
| tbrc-. other savings. a1d this last one
and His safferings were over. Consider
we'll His seven savings from the cross
three before the darkness aud four at the
/ close Of il. In the first is salvation. the
sacooJ glory. the third provision for all
the Journey here and an by reason oe
His greal work, lis being forsaken that
We miaht never he. Ills agony. His
atonement. Consider also the rendins
Of the veil md its lessons-not only tue
Var opened into the hottest. but orr
oneness with Christ IN His death ! ne
/ veil teprescnted His body tlieb- x u
| and the veil was worked with cherubil1'
/ representing the church. His body. LIS
ten - their song in Rev. y. .. 10 When
/ lie died. the veil being rent the cherubiin
! worked ON the veil We're rent with IT.
/ ". died in Him. Let no one doubt but
/ that Jesus. having committed His Spi it
to God. went To tod while His body lay
| in the grave. His words TO Mary Mag
,lalpae refer 10 His risen body.
47-ig Certainly this WAS q righteous
man Thus said the centurion glorify-
inr God The people. beholding, smote
/ their breasts His acquaintance and the
women who followed Him beheld also,
and judging from thc unhelief Of the dis