The Yale expositor., 1905-05-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 20.

Memory Verses, 25-27-GoIdcn Text,
Cor. Nv, documentary Prepared
by Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.
Copyright 1905, by American Press Association
The great mockery of trial is over,
the powers of darkness under the out
ward form OF zeal for God have pre-
vailed, and Jesus is delivered into the
hands of cruel men to be crucihed.
Seemingly the devil is the victor, as in
the death Of Abel and Zacharias (AIatt
in reference to the redeemed of the
Lord, as well as to the Lord Jesus
Himself, it is only what the hand and
counsel Of God determined before to
be done (Acts iv, 90. Our Lord said
to PLATE, "Thou couldst have no power
at all against Me except it were given
thee from above" and concerning all
His sufferings He said, "The cup which
My Father hath given Me, shall L not
drink it," John xix, Il; xviii, III
There is no perfect peace 20 us as
followers of Christ till we also learn
this great secret of not seeing any sec
ond causes, but God only. In Pilates
words, "Behold the Man." Behold your
King" xix, 5, IA, we may each hear
the Spirit saying TO us, 'See no man,
but Jesus only, and let Him be your
only King, your Lord and Mas,er as
we'll as your Saviour" In the cry of
the Jews, 1--WE have no king but Gaze
sar" Verse 15), they deliberately re-
jected Christ as King and accepted the
world rulers. under whom they still
suffer and will suffer until they see the
Lord Jesus coming in glory and receive
Him as their Messiah Matt. xiii, 80;
lisa. XIV, %.
Bearing Ills cross, lie went forth
(verse 10, and there is no other way
for His followers Matt. xvi, "a, %;
Heb. xiii, 12-1G. Unto Him without
the camp is the only way for the true
disciple, for the camp Of His professed
followers is almost wholly given up to
formality, unbelief and fellowship with
this present evil world, all Of which is
as empty as skull. Oh the indescrib-
able agony summed up in the three
words "They crucifed Him. Verse 49,
Since the Spirit thus sums it up and
does not enlarge upon it, should we do
otherwise? But think Of it and picture
it as we may, let us fail as we look
upon Him TO say: For me. For me,
in my stead bearing my sins, wounded
for my transgressions, bruised for my
iniquities, that by His stripes might
be healed"
See the title on His cross in the three
languages of the then known world,
"Jesus of Nazareth, the King Of the
Jews" for all the world shall yet see
Him as such, and Jerusalem shall be
the throne OF the Lord. and all the ma
tons shall be gathered unto it to the
name Of the Lord to Jerusalem. See
the literal fulfillment Of Scripture in
verses %, "a, and compare The predic-
ton in Ps. xxi, Is, and be assured that
all prophecy shall be just as literally
fulfilled in His time. That which has
been is the sure key to that which shall
be. We have in this lesson three oe
the seven sayings of our Lord from the
cross. The first three of the seven tell
us Of forgiveness now, glory hereafter
and all that is needed in between.
John are His second word and include
all the care in temporal things which
His mother might need.
If we are living in and doing His
will we are to Him as brother and sis
ter and mother Matt. xii. 50), and the
care He gave to Mary, His mother, is
vouchsafed to us. Is it not all included
in Rom. viii, 80; Matt. vi, SO; Phil. iv,
10, and similar sayings? We might
feel like saying, ooh, how gladly l
would minister to His mother or to
Himself, but my life is so common
placer forgetting His blessed 'inas-
much of Matt. XIV, 40 and the great
truth that we may always minister
unto Him and that not cup of cold
water given In His name shall lose its
reward Mark tx, Al. Ona of His pre-
cious words to my soul is III Chron.
xxx, IL, "The Lord hath chosen you
to stand before Him, to serve Him, and
that ye should minister unto Him and
offer sacrifice" May we ever worship
the Lord our God and serve Him only.
His second word in our lesson. II
thirst" Verse 2S), fulfilled another
Scripture, Ps. Xix, 81, but suggests
more than mere natural thirst even as
when He sat by the well in Samaria
and asked the woman for drink. The
sequel indicates that it was not meat
and drink for the body which were up
permost in His mind John iv, 81. 34).
When His Spirit fills us we shall think
more of righteousness and peace and
Joy in the Holy Ghost for ourselves
and others than any merely physical
necessities Rom. xiv, 10.
His third word in our lesson, which
is His last or next TO the last of the
seven, takes us back to Gen. ii, 1-3,
when He finished the restoration work
Of that time. and onward to Rev. XXI,
@, when He shall have finished the
new earth of that time, for, whether in
creation or restoration or redemption,