The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-02-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lerson in the International Series for
February II, 1901 - The
Lords supper.
THE LESSON TEXT.


| Matthew 26:17-30)
IL. Now the first day of the feast Of un-
leavened bread the disciples came to Jesus,
saying unto Him, Where wilt thou that we
prepare for Thee to eat the passover?
| IL. And He said, Go into the city to such
man. and say unto him, The Master saith,
NJ time is at hand; 1 will keep the passover
| at thy house with my disciples.
IT, And the disciples did as Jesus had
appointed them; and they made ready the
| passover.
| 90 Now when the even was come, He sat
| down with the twelve.
81 And as they did eat, He said Verify,
say unto you, that one of you shall be-
| tray me.
%. And they were exceeding sorrowful,
and began every one of them to say unit .
Him. Lord. is II L?
%. And he answered and said, He that
| dippeth his hand with me In the dish, the
same shall betray me.
"a. The Son of Man goeth as It is written
| OF Him: but woe unto the man by whom the
/ Son of Man is betrayed! 1t had been good
| for, that man II he had not been born
%. Then Judas, which betrayed Him, an
swered and said, Master, is 1t L? He said
unto him, Thou hast said.
26 And as they were eating Jesus took
bread, and blessed 1t, and brake it, and
gave II to the disciples, and said, Take, eat
this is my body.
n. And He took the cup, and gave thanks.
and gave 1t to them, saying, Drink We all
of IT.; s
|, $ For this is my blood of the New Tes-
lament, which is shed for many for the re-
mission of sins.
! 20. But I say unto you, I will not drink
henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until
that day when l drink 1t new with you IN
| my Fathers Kingdom. f
| &c. And when they had sung an hymn,
they went out into the Mount of Olives.
GOLDEN TEXT.-This do in re m M
brance of me.-Luke 22,19.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
On Wednesday of the crucifixion
week Jesus was in retirement. Thurs
day evening the passover supper was
partaken of by Jesus and His disciples
in an upper room in Jerusalem. 1t ia
supposed by some that this upper room
was in the home of Mary, the mother
OF Mark. 1t was in "an upper room
of this house where the Holy Spirit
was poured out on Pentecost. The les
son covers the following points:
| /. Preparation for the Passover-ver.
| 1913.
2. The Approaching BetrayaL-ver 2o-25.
3. Institution of the Lords Supper.-Ver.
$3.50.
After Jesus had ended His talk with
His disciples on the Mount of Olives
! they went on to Bethany and RENAME ed
there quietly on Wednesday and part
| of Thursday. Meanwhile Judas went
to the chief priests and elders and
planned with them to betray Jesus
into their hands.
On Thursday evening was the feast
| of the Passover, for which great
multitude of Jews had come to Jerusa-
lem from all parts of the world. 1t
was held in the spring of each year,
about the middle of our April, in mem-
ory of that night 1880 years before,
when God had delivered their fore
fathers from slavery in Egypt. Read
in Exod. 12 of the Lords command to
kill lamb and sprinkle the blood on
! the door, and how the destroying angel
| passed over the homes of all who
obeyed that command. So they were
saved through the blood of the lamb.
The Passover supper was not only
in memory of the past, but to remind
them of the future, of the time when
one should come who would deliver
them from greater danger-eternal
| death. Read in Mark 14:13-16 of the
strange manner in which two of the
| disciples found a room where they
made the supper ready. Our lesson
tells us how Jesus showed Judas that
He knew what he had done; and John
1885 says that the traitor went out
into the dark night, leaving Jesus and
the II faithful ones alone.
Hundreds of thousands of lambs had
been slain that the Passover supper
might be kept. Now Jesus, Himself
the true Lamb Of God, was to die the
very next morning, that thus God for
His sake might pass over our sins.
There would then be no more need for
the Passover supper. for it's meaning
would be fulfilled. But people forget
so easily that. strange as it may seem,
something was needed to keep in MEM
ory that wonderful event--the Lamb
slain for us. So Jesus appointed new
memory supper to take the place of
the old. This is what we call the ordi-
nance of the Lords Supper.
The death. the burial. and the resur-
rection by which we pass from the old
life 10 the new, is pictured in baptism.
This is the great confession of faith,
by which we enter His church Then
the great truths of salvation through
the death of Christ and the new life
are set forth in the communion.