The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-10
SUBJECT; Christ crucided.- Mark IS 22-39.

BY Rev. j. p. Gilbert, y. D., Secretary .
CoNTEXT.-Pilate's last words sealed
the fate Of Jesus. Removing the robe in
which He had been arrayed and restoring I'M;
Ills own appa1 q, the soldiers led iii an
which He was TO be tcrucitied, but prop e
ably because Of Ills falling strength, 8,
mon, Cyrenian. Verse ~, supposed pos TO
mad. to assist Him. A great multitude
OF people followed, q among whom were
faithful women whc b b T1r nna la to
Weep Weep for n " yourselves, at the same time
predicting the calamltles that. would Pc
y Wsstw tbe wa nopf eb aas st s a. The
procession passed-,Jesus. the condem i1n,a
factors, the executioners. the Roman sol
u iers. the chief priests, the ra t,t' th me
woman Ills Ills mG ,aWed t the
GO GsooLG q sii Aust outside the city
Xix - the prpenssalonn n hn1Iyo l ar
stsensh s, 10 pe eali lice nil Its name Col
4 tGotha, being Hebrew tJohn, XIX; -, must aisr
Common comm nai among Christians The Word
signifies place of skull. some e., inns ,,a
usual place for the execution OF crm I'M
nails. It thereby. obtained its name oths
ers claim that ii had the appearance or
a skull round, bare and smooth. There he,
Is a tradition, by no means incredible,
that It was there Abraham built an altar
on which he, proposed to offer Isaac. ana
that there he had the vision to which
Jesus referred John. viii: 56ll 1t IS
impossible for us now to locate the spot.
Probably it lies buried beneath the rub.
hish of the ten times captured city, But
the names and the memories clustering
about it will live forever 80, -
die by the most horrid form-worse than
stnning. drowning, burning, strangulation,
poisoning. smothering or hanging. cru
eitixion, used by the Eyptlans' the Car
the Greeks and the Romans, was univer-
sally regarded with the profoundest dread.
The death upon the cross was, was not Z, only NY
worst criminals. but 1t was also en-
tremelly painful; The evangelists have
the Se whole h storm mere re
that genera tiosA Tor the brutal and revolt
Ing as Ss sn Con-
to displace the eagle, at the head OF the
70 be heid forsyer =, the emblem
endnre spt 5y JESUS wRoee BODY Was
stripped, then seo'irged, then fastened
e ana ns sn d sf h sneIHh os
hours upon the uplifted wood.
,DRlNKiaaIhere was one ,i act OF ply ,, IN
to mitigate the suffering Of the con-
demned the wealthy ladies' of Jerusalem
We're accustomed TO provide at their own
Of With sgms d pcMsTu Of p Tne
This they did regardless of any sympathy |
for the criminal. J. was ne result 10, Of
1 ia ons aush hs seyery liz od
harlan sentiments. "The effect OF the
a tq 10 d e aH TO
against some part Of the agonies of that
awful death" But when The cup was
drink; He desired to. retain the full forco
Of His powers, 70, be conscious to the
end, that He might suffer all that, He
Him, and at last yield up His spirit
(John X: 49,. This was an act of sublime
heroism.
no anger, extorted no scream of agony.
On the contrary the heart Of Jesus was
filed with Divine compaasionn He vas
for Himself While they were IN the very
act Of driving the cruel nails through His
lacerated flesh, He c-ied out, Father.
DO DO Luke xxiii; Si.) This was the IN
doubted truth, repeated in after years
as s's in 1 c Prophs s s y s l aSa snd
illustrated. His own teaching (Malt; v;
di-I5l lie did not intend that the sin OF
the chief priests should be pardoned UNI
uonditionaily. There Is but one way TO
forgiveness q Cor, IL D. He rather stayed
the vengeance of heaven, which might
have justly tnterfered IN His behalf, UNI
iii time and opportunity were offered for
repentance. (Acts iiB)
TITLE--OYer tho head OF the cross was
written tho olfensc for which Jesus died,
"I'he King of the jews" u was written
in Hebrew, the Language. Of the church;
latin, the Language o. the government
tJohn xix: 2O) All could therefore read
ii. In this no crime WAS alleged, but His
sovereignty owned il was therefore no
reproach 10 Jesus, but a severe rebuke
10 the Jews Probably PLATE intended
in this way to humble those who had
forced him 10 violate bis convictions and
10 announce also the complete overthrow
OF Jewish hope for q King dom xix! l6).
BESIDES, in q sense which no one UNDER
stood ii was true, He WAS the long,
promised Messiah, The king Of the spirit
iial Igrael whose reign should be per-
DefuaI ard universal iDan vi: 27l,.
! CtARMENTS,-ITh clothing of a crim,-
nal belonged to the executiorfrs as their
fee. While Jesus gaass upon the cross, IN
full view OF the multitude. the four (John,
Xix 90. who had done the wiil ~ Pr
divided l their booty. They made them,
selves merry with His misery, sitting at
their sport while He. was hanging in
pain. 10 each a portion was assigned,
cam ,ot they is f iRaew dice 3J6hn. xix H.
Little did these hardened men. accustomed