The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International Series Eoi
June -, l0O1--Christ
Crucided.

Jesus 1rucifX Iun..............M Matt. - I'D
Jesus Cruci:iN on....-.........M Mark lo..l-t!
Jesus crurlHNiun. .....Luke 1s;1t-4s
TIME Friday. April z A. ID 3d.
PLACE IA ril just outside the city OF
Jerusalem. called Golgotha tCaivary)
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
They bring Him unto the place Col.
gotha:" j, was the common place Of
execution. The exact spot Is not known.
nor is the location Of Gethsemane
though both are pointed out to-day Il
Is possible however. that the location
just outside the city wall on the north
I IS correct. The place Of q skull" So
called because OF It's resemblance to
! skull our word calvary is from the
I Latin calvaria, skull Wine mingled
I with myrrh:" Sometimes supposed to
have been a drink prepared to deaden
the pain of the sufferer, but neither the
priests nor the executioners seem TO
have been anxious 10 spare Him pain
Compare Matt PISA. whore He tastes II
and then rejects II. II had simply been
Z another attempt 10 torture Him in His
intense thirst by offering Him some
thing which looked like refreshing drink |
but was not They cruelty Him" By |
mailing Him 70 the cross while IL lay |
upon the ground and then raising II and I
dropping il into the socket prepared for /
II Crucifxion was then what hanging Is
today. the most disgraceful death a
man could die and at the same time the
most painful. The suffering Of the vic
tim grew steadily worse till death came
net from a mortal wound but from the
maddening pain and from hunger and
thirst. The last hours Of execution we're
the worst. and these. owing to His early
Death Jesus was mercifully spared. IT
was the third hour" Nine O'Clock in
! the morning The superscription OF
His accusation" II was common to put
: a placare above the head Of a crucised
}. nan stating his crime PLATE could not
2 resist the temptation to make the
D placard read so as 20 hurt the pride o.
: the Jews all be could. On this point
5 read John 1892.
n n studying this section compare the
: attitude Of the crowd. even Of the IDLE
q Dassers-by. with their ridicule and
s1eers. with that OF the dying man upon
h the cross. Jesus spoke seven times dur
d ing the ordeal Study His spirit from
: tho-e utterances The first word from
70 the cross was: Father forgive them;
for they know not what they DO" luke
- o3.3D. the second: verify | say unto
n thee To-Csy shalt thou be with me In
lie Paradise" duke 23:43): TIE third
rs woman. behold. thy son. Be
e hold. thy mcther." CJohn 1920.
ID when the sixth hour was come
Twelve o'clock. high noon. There was
as darkness over the whole land TIL tn
ip ninth hour" Luke's expression, IN
" SUMS light falling cannot mean al
n eclipse since an eclipse al PassoVe
We time. that IS. ct full moon. is an impos
n sibuity. The conjecture that cens
ne clouds hid tie sun is common and Is a
IN suitable as any ether Whatever IN
cause the evarrelists saw In X tokel
I'm ~ natures ave at the death Of the Sol
he ~ Cod. Prof Rush Rhees. AT IN
an ninth hour" Three o'clock in the after
OF noon. The fourth word from the eros
re- was. "AIy God. my GOD why hast Tho
Pr foreaFen Me2" The WORDS OF Ps =;
N. twas altogether NEURAL that Jesus WI
an had lived in the atmosphere Of the Ht
ne brow scriptures al His he should -
"a prcss the feeling Of dcsolation and lone
liNESs Wllil rNflN wv AhtN IN
ne words III the precious Psalm. y wa
ies only feeiire however, truly huma
IN CIV ard Jesus dit not for moment %
'pe rave that God had fCrsaFen Hin. IN
18th word was: II thirst John l9.2sl
ap- .The sole expression Of bodily sure
tea ing The sixth: 1T Is finished Jon
re- 10. cor and the last Father. into IN
She hands commend My spirit" Lul
ord o9.ss). He knows that the Father h
rot forsaken Him And 30. with II
m thought still for others in the very ho'
'ne ~ His death. Jesus finished His missit
aad and attained rest The spectacle OF =
the death improsses us almost more th'
His life with His divinity, and we
All stincfiyaly worship The veil OF Z
we'd ter,ple was rent in two" The great Gu
old tain - feet long ard - broad ?
use, tween the Holy place and the Holy
bay T4olies. "The old mystery surroundn
inc Israevs God had vanished the age
boy tvpes had passed: the Holy q Holes "
IS onered 10 every believer. On !
his word az the centurion. read the K
up margin which IS undoubtedly correct
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