The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-09-18

priest then asked jesus OIL his disciples,
and of His doctrine Jesus answered him,
i spake openly TO the world; / ever taught
in the synagogue and in the temple, with.
er the jews always resort, and in secret
have | said nothing. Why Hskest thou Me?
Ask them which heard Me what / have
said unto them; behold. they know what
said. And when He had thus spoken one
of the officers WHICH, stood by struck Jesus
with the palm of his hand, saying, An
swcrest Thou the high priest SOY"
II was an awful thing for this man with
open hand to strike Him in the face. To
strike Him. before Whom the angels yciled
their faces; to strike Him before Whom
the archangel sang: "Hoiy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty"
Him He never shuddered? They could not
hurt Him with any such blows as this but
when we read, Nov Simon Peter stood
without and warmed himself" this is a
blow which makes the Son OF God shudder
and His heart grow sick.
The second part of the trial was His ap-
pearance before Caiaphas. Here, although
false witnesses appeared against Him He
was perfectly silent. "But Jesus held His
peace. And the high priest answered and
said unto Him, adjure Thee by the living
God that Thou tell us whether Thou be
the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said
unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless 1
Son of Man sitting on the right hand OF
power and coming in the clouds OF hea-
ven"
"And they did spit in His face" but He
never saw them. His eyes were blinded to
His insults, but Peter in the presence of
His enemies was blow at His very heart.
They smote Him until, if He had been only
man He would have staggered in His weak
ness, but they might as well have struck
rock like Gibraltar and expected it to fall
as to move Him with their blows, but
when Peter stood IN the presence of those
who were against Him, like one of them
himself, it was terrific blow at the Son
of God.
The third part of the trial was before
the Sanhedrim. lie is led out from the
court where He has seen both Annas and
Caiaphas, and passes through an outer
court to another room where the Sanhe-
drim is to meet. As He passes, possibly
near enough to reach out His hand and
touch His disciple, suddenly He hears
Peter say:
"I tell you know Him not"
He could forget the splitting of His enc
mics, the blows OF those who hated Him,
and the rods that had fallen upon Him in
the hands of the angry multitude, but He
could not forget Peter.
That which hurts Him the most in these
days is not the sin of the unregenerate-
own neonle for whom Ue suffered and
died and rose avain
There is an infinite amount of pathos in
the words. "He turned and looked ut Pc.
ter" No word of reproach fell from His
was there to be seen. Does He not look
upon Won TO-DAY. and does lie not arouse
memories in YOUR life-vows that YOU have
broken-pledces that YOU have never kent
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Ill.
Bat do not he discouraged. Mans use.
funess not infrequently springs from his
recovery from some sin. Out OF Peters
fall came his first epistle. The best glimpse