The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-28
s~z fszsFssFsl INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Copyright, Davis W. Clark.) 

gayly painted table is already in position.
 with the couches forming three sides of a
 hollow square about It. The hanging lamps,
 dishes, basins and water-jars. all are in po-
 sition. The disciples view the place with
 grateful satisfaction, and then hurry out to
 make the necessary purchases--the wine.
 and cakes of unieavened bread; the vinegar.
 salt, and bitter herbs; the nuts. raisins.
 apples and almonds to make the compost
 of, reminder of the clay in the brickyards
 of Egypt; and most important of all. the
 year-old lamb. One of them carries the lamb on his shoulders. the sacrificial knife
 sticking in it's fleece or tied to It's horns.
 At two o'clock in the afternoon, at sound
 of trumpet-blast. with all others who had
 been similarly commissioned, they went into the inner court of the temple. At three blasts. they, with thousands of oth- CTS. struck the death-blow to their victim while the priest caught the blood in a gold en vessel. and passed it up to the high ai- tar. As the disciples held the lamb upon
 a stick that rested upon their shoulders, 1t was quickly fiayed. The parts devoted to God were separated; then. wrapping the victim in its own skin. they started for the house where they were to celebrate the feast The carcass. trussed upon skewers of pomegranate in the shape of a cross, was baked in the household oven.
 At sundown. Jesus. with the Ten, ap- ! preached the city. knowing well where He would find the waiting disciples and the supper room. They enter, and the Master views the preparations with evident sat.s- l faction. The three first stars are shining now, and the silver trumpets signal the I feast to begin shame shame! The un- seemly dispute as to procedure breaks out once more as the disciples scramble for | the most eligible places. Jesus rebukes | them in an acted parable, performing for them the menial task of @ scullery drudge | Now the paschal banquet begins. The ritual | is used. the rubrics observed The cup is | passed with thanksgiving. Bitter herbs I' dipped in vinegar, are eaten in remembrance | of Egypt. The unleavened bread, with bit of the roasted lamb upon it, is taken by each. Another cup is passed. There is the customary hand-washing. Jesus, as the symposiarch, discourses upon the signifi- canoe of the feast. They break out in the joyous singing of the first part of the Hallel (Psa. cxiii-civ.) The third and
 last cup goes from hand to hand. and then
 they sing the second part of the Hallel. (Psa. cxv-cxviiL)
 At times through the feast, Jesus gives ,ntimations. increasingly distinct, of His be- | trayal and betrayer. He suffers not His manner toward Judas to change. He prob ably let him take the chief place at the table. He certainly washed his feet, and gave him his portion with His own hand. But the devil in his heart, and the thirty pieces in his scrip An incubus was lifted when the apostate left the table. All that remained of the paschal ritual was the
 blessing of praise with which it was always closed. They were all expecting it. The
 innovation could not but be noticed by those
 who had followed program annually
 from the time when they were ten years
 old. Instead of lifting his hands in bene-
 dicticn Jesus reached over the dish of un-
 leavened bread upon the table, and, taking
 up a piece. he rose from the mat, and
 blessed 1t, and, as He passed from one to
 another. He broke 1t. giving each a morsel.
 saying. Take. eat; this is My body" Then
 He filled cup, and, again giving thanks,
 and passing it from one to another. He
 said, This is My blood of the new cove
 meant, which is shed for many for the re-
 mission of sins" Then followed His words
 of institution. This do in remembrance of
 Me"