The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-03-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
1essen IN the international SERIES
Ter March ~, 1OOt-Jesss Gre.
simed asd Buried.
prepared by II c. Leningtoo.J
THE LESSON TEXT.

THE LESSON TEXT.
Luke % :35-53)
=. And the people stood beholdlng. And
the rulers also with them derded Him.
saying: He saved others: let Him save
Himself. II lie be Christ. the chosen q
God.
70. And the soldiers also Knocked Hin.
coming TO Him. and offering Him vinegar.
81. And saying: IL thou be the King OF
the Jews. save Thyself.
= And a superscription also was writ
ten over Him In letters OF Greek. and Latin.
| and Hebrew: This Is the King OF the Jews.
] ~. And ore OF the Indicators which
| were hanged rallied on Him. saying: IL
thou be Christ. save ThyseIf and US.
". But the other answering rebuked
him saying: Dost not thou fear God. see
ng thou art In the same condemnation,
/, II. And we indeed justly. for We receive
the due reward OF our deeds. but this man
hath done nothing amiss.
AZ. And H. said unto Jesus: Lord remem-
Der me when thou contest into thy king
| dom.
a. And Jesus said unto him: Verify
say unto thee: To-day shalt thou be with
me In Paradise.
a. And II was about the sixth hour. and
there was a darkness oves all the earth III
til the ninth hour.
| E. And the sun was darkeBed, and the
veil OF the temple was rent in the midst.
A. And when Jesus had cried with "A loud
voice, He said: Father into thy hands
commend my spirit: and having SAID thuss
| lie gave up the ghost.
a. Now when the centurion saw what
was done. he glorifed God. saying: Ger
tainly this was righteous man.
Is. And all the people that came together
| to that sight. bshoiding the things which
were done. smote their breasts, and re-
turned. .
| AZ. And all His acquaintance. and the
| women that followed Him from Gaiilee.
80. And. behold, there was a man nance
| soseph. a counselor, and he Was gooo
man, and a just
81. CThe same had not consented to the
mathaea. a city of the Jews who also him
self waited for the kingdom of God.
81. This man went unto fildte. ana
begged the body of Jesus.
So. And he took II down, and wrapped
II IN linen. and laid IL in a sepulcher that
was hewn in stone. wherein never man be-
GOLDEN TExT.-ChrLst died for our
sins according to the script"res.-
4 Cor. 15,3
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 q
mean, degraded criminal. Cicero.
speaking of death on the cross. says:
1T was the most cruel and shameful
of all punishments. Let il never come
near the body of a Roman citizen;
nay, not even near his thoughts. or
eyes, or ears Too low for a 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 /, il / be
lifted up, shall draw all men unto
myself" The cross itself became
TRANSPORTED by the death of Christ
upon il. Now it is no longer the in
strument of DEGRADED death. but the
emblem of service. of de Ntion to duty.
Of sublime self-sacrifi p The priests,
scribes and phariseos 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 27.3l-6s.
| Mark 15.2l:4..
| Luke % .26-56.
John l9:l6-i2
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 Hebrews:
THIS is THE KING OF The JEWS
This was 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 a king. 1t was not in mock
cry of jesus claim. For this Plate
cared not at all. But il was a sort OF
public proclamation Of Pilates notion
that a malefactor dying on the cross
was fit claimant for the title OF
king OF the Jews" Naturally the
Jews objected. They wanted the SUI
prescription to be that He said: ~
left IL as il was.
The first word from the cross was
Father. forgive them for they know
not what they do"
The next event is the casting o!
lots by the soldiers for the garments
Of Jesus.
II il now the Jews begin TO mock
Jesus. saying: HE saved others, let
Him save Himself"
The second word from the cross Il
spoken TO the penitent 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"
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 al
midday darkness suddenly settled over
the earth. It 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: III
thirst" The sixth word showed the
| now fast approaching end: at a.