The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-03-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
fer March "a, 10O1-Jesus CRU
ciAed aAd Buried.
Prepared BY H. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

%. Ana the soI0iero eISo mockeo AiuA,
coming to Him. and Offering Him vinegar.
u. And saying: II thou be the King OF
the Jews, save Thyself.
IS. And . superscription also was writ
ten over Him In letters Of Greek. and Latin.
and Hebrew: This L. the King Of the Jews.
q. And one Of the malefactors which
were hanged rallied on Him, saying: II
thou be Christ. save Thyself and US.
W. But the other answering rebukeA
him. saying: Dost not thou fear God, see
Ing thou art In the same condemnation!
Il. And We indeed Justly; for We receive
the due reward OF our deeds; but this man
hath done nothing amiss.
u. And he said unto Jesus: Lord. RENE m
Der me when thou CONTEST into thy king
dom.
~. And Jesus said unto him: Verify l
say unto thee: To-day shalt thou be with
me IN Paradise.
a. And 1t was about the sixth hour. and
there was q darkness over all the earth un-
I'll tho ninth hour.
e. And the sun was darkened. and the
veil Of the temple was rent In the midst.
46. And when Jesus had cried with loud
voice. He said: Father. hto thy hands
commend my spirit: and having said thus.
He gave up she ghost.
a. Now when the centurion saw what
was done, he glorthsd God, saying: Ger
tainly this WAS . righteous msn.
to u that ..eh, V % n. tam shinss WHICH
were done. smots their breasts. and re-
u. And all His acquaintance. and the
sosS stsh a. % .S..s snns
80. And. behold. there was . man named
Joseph, q counselor: and he was good
man, and . just:
oonpssl nd d>ad Of fharnl. he WaR of Art-
mathaea. q city Of the Jews: who also him.
SEX waited for the kingdom Of God.
s.. This man went unto Plate ana
begged the body et Jesus; -. v,.,,.n
It in hnen. and laid II In a sepuicher that
was hswn In stone. wherein never man be-
GoIbEN TRxr-CArist died for our
Gins aoc orline to the Scriptarss.-
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The elimination Of the life work OF
Jesus came on the cross. What .
thing it is to eontemplate--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 it never come
near the body Of Roman citizen;
nay, not even near his thoughts, or
eyes, or ears" Too low for Roman
to even think upon, yet the greatest
Benefaetor Of the race Of man there
found His end. No, not end. II was
only the beginning. "For I, II be
lifted up, shall draw all men unto
myself" Tho cross itself became
transAsured BY the death Of Christ
upon It. Now II 10 no longer the IN.
strument Of degraded death. but the
emblem Of service, Of devotion 20 duty,
of sublime self.saerihce. The priests,
scribss 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 crucihxion
and burial, a. follows:
Mathew Hn-a.
Mark l6:11:T
Luke 1:es-S6
John l9:lS-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 . subtle sarcasm, for Plate
himself did not believe it. The Jews
had not accepted Him as king. In
tact, He was being crucihed for claim
ing to be king. It 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 malsfactor dying on the cross
was q fit claimant for the title OF
king OF the jews" Naturally the
Jews objected. They wanted the su-
prescription to be that He said: 81
an King Of the Jews" But PLATE
left IL ~ II was.
The first word from the cross was:
Father. forgive them; for they know
not what they d."
The next event 10 the casting of
lots by the soldiers 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 penitent thief: ITO
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 at
midday darkness suddenly settled over
the earth. II 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: 1T is
finished"
The last words of Jesus on the
cross were: "Father, into Thy hands
7 command voy en-; r;<