The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-04
Observation-Disclosures OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Copyright, Davis W. Clarke


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tcrogeneous throng from every quar-
ter. there appeared at the portal OF his
palace q mob headed by the high priest,
religious frenzy. 1t was aggravating
to the last degree. Yet fear OF another
appeal to Rome. whose fixed policy was
a ni efn at this juncturs thas these i%
perious petitioners should not be driv-
en- unheard from the judgment-seat.
his first concession. The jews viii not not
enter the Judgment hall for fear of
ceremonial defilement. So the procur-
him. with hands bound, stands the OBJ
ject of this religious fury. The accu-
sation is demanded. Pilates answer is.
ESur AND RSniss Sr him sSs
fession that power to infiict capital
punishment was no longer theirs The
charge is that Jesus is deceiver. en-
eourages the Withholding of tribute.
and calls himself king. Plate
beckons Jesus, and both retire into the
eomparative quiet Of the Judgment hall.
peasant. king of the Jews?s Jesus
puts the counter question: DO you
ASK me whether I am king In the Ro-
PLATE retorts: Am I a Jew" Jesus
| replies: In the Roman sense / am
no king. In the mistaken Hebrew
is unlike any earthly or Political y shs soTn
ereignty. II 1 were, would have
trained my followers to arms" Are
SGge Eng Ths a in aey i sense asks Ne
o realm trn, Is truth my subjects the lovers
se rs 'h Of jesus nao
ri the air like flying. arrows. The ruse
OF transferring the Jurisdiction of He
ROD Antipas fails. What shall do
more protest. why cruelty an innoo
cent man? Let me scourge him only"
about the Gabbatha. Plate washes his
hands. The Jews accept the onus.
Direct from the scourging,
blood giving new tint to the NOTED
pavement Plate, as last appeal.
cries: Behold the mani Is not this
cr1efys Is hHd the onY aSEwer san
cruelty Him IL you will; but He is in
I n9cent of offense against any law of
MnSa am sas Ni6aed The R rssts
law. the penalty OF which is death. He
affirms Himself the Son of God" Pr
late la takes Jesus aside to ask Him the
beyond his comprehension. Jesus is
silent. Plate marvels. exclaiming: Il
nave nave power to cruelty, or acquit you"
because God permits you to use it. You
are guilty. because you condemn Me,
knowing Me to be innocent; but those
are more guilty who delivered me to
you, as they sin against greater light"
VIII they not prefer Jesus to
Barabnas as the object of clemency to
grace their festival according to Gus
tom?" With the collapse of this last
SHIFT comes the ominous warning of
Pilates wife. He is on the point, even
the prosecutor let's fly the last arrow in
his culver: Let this man go, and you
are are not Caesars friend" Behold your
but Caesarr they retort, "crucifyS
Shall 1 cruelty your king?' I'VE have
no king but Caesar" resounds once
in which the life of Jesus was at stake.
PLATE orders Him to the cross.
The Teachers Lantern.
PLATE is q conspicuous type of the
ness He thought truth an Indifferent
matter. His ruling motive was to
keep his place. To do this II neces-
sary, he was willing to condemn the
innocent
Yet to some degree he showed a Ro-
mans proverbial regard for law and
justice. He demanded the accusation
and evidence. He commended with the
Jews. making use of various expedi-
.tumult; then, however. he ignominous-
~ conceded to their demand.
Pilates time-serving brought him
small reward. He eked out his official
life few years; but. on the complaint
of these very Jews whom he sought to
placate by such a sacrifice of honor, he
was finally deposed and exiled. His
name will go down to the end of time
in deepest infamy. as 1t is repeated in
every land and language in the i'm
perishable creed "Crucifled under Pom
thus PLATE"
>, That oud-hooded mountain. up
whose somber heights one can look
from the balcony of the inn at Lucerne.
may not have been the actual scene of
Pilates suicide, as tradition saws It
was; but it seems a fitting memorial
OF one of the most odious characters
of history.
Take from the galleries of the Old
World the pictures. the themes of
which were suggested by the life of
Jesus. and art would be irretrievabIv
impoverished; and gospel narrative still
yields inspiration for the pencil of
genius: as Munkacsy's Christ Before
PLATE" shows.
Art thou King?" How unlikely, So
1t seemd to the procurator, proud OF
his power. and inclined to patronize
the despised claimant to royalty. Yet
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