The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-10
The Newc of Selma.

Weaver being painfully scalded and Mir Lanham scalded and bruised. It is thought neither Is fataly hurt,
 Mir. Weaver was brought to his home in this city and given medical attention. His family and friends were much alarm ed when the accident was first heard of in Selma as 1t was reported that he had been killed and the news that he was only injured was received with much joy in Selma where he is very popular.
 MT. Lanham, who was acting as for ward brakeman, was taken to his home in Montevallo.
 Both the men were riding on the loco- motive which. just as 1t entered the switch leading to Gurnee Junction, was overturned.
 Pen Pictures of Passion Play.
 Rev. B. M Matrau, D. D.. rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, last evening continued his lectures on the Passion Play of Oberammergau. Dr. Matraus lectures are growing in interest and a large congregation heard him at St. Paul's Church last night.
 The general theme of the lecture last evening was the remorse and despair of Judas Iscartot and his suicide and the appearance of Christ before Pontius Pi- | late.
 The act on which pr. Matrau lectured | Is opened by the chorus which chants of | the sins and the remorse of Judas, after | which the fifteenth tableau of the play, representing the murder of Abel by Cain, | is displayed. this being forecase of the betrayal and murder of Christ by Judas After the tableau Judas enters and in a | soliloquy talks of his despair and sorrow and attempts to devise a plan to undo the awful thing he has done. He will give up the money and receive his Mas | ter But he realizes it is too late for re- pentance and in his pitiable penitenee goes out into the darkness of night The next scene is in the hall of the | council where are gathered Annas and Caiaphas and all he members of the l council except Joseph and Nicodemus | who had protested against the death of Christ and had consequently been ex- | cluded. They talk jubilantly of the down fall of Jesus of Nazareth but are inter rupted by the entrance of Judas who in his misery seeks to right the wrong he has done. He protests against the death of Him he has betrayed and fiinging away the blood money he has received demands that Christ be set free. curs- Ing himslf and the councillors in the bit terest words; but he is only laughed at. Judas leaves the room and the council lors after much discussion decide to buy place of burial for paupers with the thirty pieces of silver Judas has spurned and they accordingly buy from a potter field to be used for the required pur- pose.
 Shortly afterward Christ is brought in, His hands bound. He is questioned and says that He Is the Son of God and at thHaa n Is accused of blasphemy and messengers are sent to ask an audience of Pilate that sentence of death may be pronounced by him as the representative of the Caesar Christ Is led away and all leave the stage discussing the probable course to be pur- sued by Pilate.
 The next scene Is in the potter's field bought with the money first paid to Ju- das who stands beneath a tree talking alone of his shame and guilty. Near him is dead and blasted tree and to a bough of this he hangs himself by his girdie. After calling down upon himself and all the Jews the curses of Heaven and hell he swings himself into eternity and the curtain falls.
 The next act is begun with a tableau. Daniel, the Prophet, Is denounced before King Darius and is ordered to be thrown into the den of lions. The choir sings of the false accusation and how the Christ is likewise to be falsely condemned to death.
 The first scene of the act is in the street before the house of Pontius Pilate. Christ Is led in by the soldiers who scoff and jeer at Him. While Caiaphas is haranRu- ing the soldiers and the bystanders to in- sist upon the death of Christ Pilate ap- pears upon the balcony and he is asked to consent to the death of Jesus PiIate asks what accusation there is against the prisoner and there is a long and heated discussion between the Roman officer and the high priest of the Jews in which Pi- late refuses to condemn to death a man against whom there Is no proof of guilt. And notwithstanding the angry protests of the Jewish priests and soldiers Pilate stands firm.
 In the following scene Jesus Is brought before Pilate for trial Pilate is uues- tioning Christ when he received a mes sage from his wife warning him to have naught to do with the death of that Just man."
 As Pilate and his followers are talking the Jews, with the soldiers, the traders and a mob enters and demand that Pilate shall pronounce sentence of death but he resolutely refuses and all rush from the scene declaring angrily that Christ must die.
 pr. Matrau will continue his lectures next Sunday evening.