The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-02-14
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson In the International Series for
February II, 1901 - The
Lords Supper.
THE LESSON TEXT.

saying unto Him, Where wilt thou that We
prepare for Thee to eat the passover?
is. And He said. Go into the city to such
a man. and say unto him. The Master SAITH
My time Is at hand; / will keep the passover
at thy house with my disciples.
l9. And the disciples did as Jesus had
appointed them: and they made ready the
passover.
20. Now when the even was come, He sat
down with the twelve.
q. 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 unto
Him, Lord. is II I?
%. 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 II is written
OF Him; but woe unto the man by whom the
Son of Man is betrayed! 1t had been good
for that man If he had not been born.
%. Then Judas. which betrayed Him, an
swered and said. Master, is 1t /? He said
unto him, Thou hast said.
26. And as they were eating, Jesus took
bread. and blessed 1t, and brake 1t, and
gave IL to the disciples, and said. Take. eat /;
this Is my body.
q. And He took the cup. and gave thanks.
and gave 1t to them, saying, Drink ye all
Of 1t:
2S. For this is my blood Of the New Tes.
lament, which is shed for many for the re-
mission of sins.
y. But | say unto you, l will not drink
henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until
that day when drink 1t new with you in
my Fathers kingdom.
80 And when they had sung an hymn,
they went out into the Mount of Olives.
GOLDEN TEXT.-This do In remem.
brance of me.-Luke ,22,10.
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 is
supposed by some that this upper room
was in the home of Mary, the mother
Of Mark. 1t was in ian 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.
l7-l9
2. The Approaching Betrayal.-ver. 2O-25
3. Institution of the Lords Supper.-Ner.
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After Jesus had ended His talk with
His disciples on the Mount of Olives
they went on to Bethany and remained
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 a 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 1,500 years before,
when God had delivered their fore
fathers from slavery in Egypt. Read
in Exod. IL 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 a greater danger-eternal
death. Read in Mark IA: 1916 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
1890 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
m'ght 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 its meaning
would be fulfilled. But people forget
80 easily that, strange as it may seem
something was needed to keep in mem
orv that wonderful event-the Lamb
slain for us. So Jesus appointed new
memory supper to take the place of
the cd. 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 to 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.
Good Fortune OF Ill Fortune.