The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-03-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
for March -, 10O1-Jesus Cru
cined ana Buried.
prepared by H. c. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TEXT.


the rulers also with them derided Him.
saying: He saved others: let Him save
Himself, II He be Christ, the chosen Of
God
coming to Him, and offering Him vinegar,
81. And saying: If thou be the King Of
the Jews, save Thyself.
3S. And a superscription also was writ
ten over Him in letters of Greek. and Latin,
and Hebrew: This Is the King of the Jews.
80. And one of the mslefactors which
were hanged rallied on Him. saying: If
thou be Christ, save Thyself and us.
49, But the other answering rebuked
him, saying: Dost not thou fear God see
ing thou art in the same condemnation?
Al. And we indeed justly; for we receive
the due reward of our deeds; but this man
hath done nothing amiss
AZ And he said unto Jesus: Lord, remem-
ber me when thou comest into thy king
dom.
49, And Jesus said unto him: Verify
say unto thee: To-day shalt thou be with
me in Paradise.
A. And it was about the sixth hour. and
there was a darkness over all the earth un-
til the ninth hour.
As And the sun was darkened, and the
veil of the temple was rent In the midst.
49, And when Jesus had cried with loud
voice. He said Father, into thy hands
commend my spirit and having said thus
He gave UP the ghost.
was done, he glorified God, saying: Ger
tainly this was righteous man.
Is. And all the people that came together
to that sight, beholding the things which
were done, smote their breasts, and re-
turned.
49, And all His acquaintance, and the
stood afar off, beholding these things.
SO. And, behold, there was a man named
Joseph. counselor; and he was good
81. CThe same had not consented to the
counsel and deed of them); he was of Ari-
se waited fy se q XII Rnsdom GnG U
begged the body of Jesus.
It In linen. and laid 1t in sepulcher that
was hewn In stone. wherein never man be-
GOLDEN TExT.-Christ died for our
sin. acco.ding to the scriptures.-
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The elimination of the life work of
Jesus came on the cross. What a
thing it is to contemplate-Jesus, the
Son of God and most perfect among
the sons of men, dying the death of a
mean, degraded criminal. Cicero,
speaking of death on the cross, says:
1T was the most cruel and shameful
of all punishments. Let it never come
near the body of a Roman citizen;
nay, not even near his thoughts, or
eyes, or ears Too low for Roman
to even think upon, yet the greatest
Benefactor of the race of man there
found His end. No, not end. 1t was
only the beginning. For 1, If be
lifted up, shall draw all men unto
myself" The cross itself became
transfgured by the death of Christ
upon it. Now it is no longer the in
strument Of degraded death, but the
emblem of service, of devotion to duty,
Of sublime self-sacrifice. The priests,
scribes and pharisees thought they
were getting rid of Christ; instead,
they gave Christ to the world.
To get an appreciative view of the
events connected with the lesson, read
the various accounts of the crucifixion
and burial, as follows:
Matthew H:3-6s
Mark 15:N:H.
| Luke 23:26-56.
John 19:l6-42.
A careful compilation from the four
records gives the various events in the
following order:
| The superscription placed on the
cross in Greek Latin and Hebrew:
"THIS is THE KING OF THE JEWS" !"
| This was a subtle sarcasm. for Plate
| himself did not believe it. The Jews
had not accepted Him as king. In
fact, He was being crucified for claim
ing to be king. 1t was not in mock
cry of Jesus claim. For this PLATE
cared not at all. But it was a sort of
| public proclamation of Pilates notion
that malefactor dying on the cross
was a ft claimant for the title of
"King of the jews" Naturally the
Jews objected. They wanted the su-
| prescription to be that He said: 81
am King of the Jews" But PLATE
left it as it was.
The first word from the cross was:
Father, forgive them; for they know
not what they do"
The next event is the casting of
lots by the solGiers for the garments
| Of Jesus.
1t is now the Jews begin to mock
Jesus, saying: "He saved others, let
Him save Himself"
The second word from the cross is
| spoken to the renitent thief: "To-
day shalt thou be with me in para
disc"
The third word is to His own moth.
er, Mary: "Woman, behold thy son" I"
This He said of John, the beloved
| disciple whom He saw standing near.
And to John He added: Behold they
mother"
At the height of Jesus suffering at
midday darkness suddenly settled over
the earth. 1t was at this time He
uttered the cry of distress: my God,
my God, why hast Thou forsaken
me?" This was the fourth word from
the cross.
The fifth word uttered was: "I
thirst" The sixth word showed the
now fast approaching end: at is
| finished"
The last words of Jesus on the
cross were: "Father, into Thy hands
l commend my spirit"
| Terse and True,
EXertion earns excellence
Look out for the man who looks
I L