The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-11-09
THE LESSON

LESSON TEXT-Matt. 26;S6-5O. Mem
DRY verses, 49, SO.
thine, be done Luke 22:42
TIME.-Between midnight ana one
O'Clock Friday morning, April Z. "A, ID. 81.
The morning of the day of crucifXion.
PLACE.-The garden of Gsthsemane, on
the lower slope of Mount of olives, OPP
posite Jerusalem.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
V. &C. Then" About midnight.
"Cometh Jesus with them" Jesus with
the eleven apostles, Judas having left
the company. "Gethsemane. APP
parently this garden was owned by
some friend of Jesus, since we read
that Jesus ofttimes resorted thither
with his disciples. Saith Sit
We here" Jesus left eight of his
friends near the garden gate, that
they might watch against surprise by
the enemy. while l go and pray"
Prayer was the very atmosphere OF
Jesus life.
V. 81. Peter and the two sons OF
Zebedee." These three-Peter, James
and John-best understood Jesus, and
had been his chosen companions on
two earlier occasions. Began to be
sorrowful" Sore amazed Mark. 1t
was as If he were stunned by extreme
amazement.
" 49, MY soul is exceedingly sor-
rowful." A proverbial expression of
severe suffering. Even unto death"
| That is, he feared the spiritual agony
would be too great for the physical
nature to endure "Tarry we here
| Jesus wished to be alone with his Fa-
| Their, yet was so truly human that he
| longed for human sympathy. Watch
with me-" He would have them keep
awake from sympathy with him, watch
against any intrusion upon his com
munion with his Father, and also
watch against the danger which
threatened them as we'll as him
self
V. 49, went a little further" Luke
says he went about a stones cast.
Fell on his face and prayed.
! Kneeled to pray; then in anguish of
spirit, utterly Frustrated himself Say
ing" Compare the three records
Mark 1876; Luke, %: AZ, and the Les
son Text 20 my Father" He ad
dressed God as my Father" and
therein shows us the meaning and
the power of prayer. IF it be pos
siAle" If mans redemption can be
accomplished in any other way. This
cup" A common figurative expression
to denote the lot or portion assigned
one by God. Not as / will, but
as thou wilt He was not merely
willing to submit to Gods will, but
prayed for it; heartily desired thai
the all-wise, ALLOWING will be &C
compllshed at any cost.
V. 40. "Cometh unto the disciples.
Came to the three whom he had taker
with him into the garden. "Findetl
them sleeping. Though they loved
him dearly they could not enter into
his feelings sufficiently to overcome
drowsiness. Saith unto Peter" HI
singled out the one who had beer
spokesman when recently they all de
clared themselves ready to die will
their Master. Matt. &c: 1880. "CoulC
We not watch with me one hour?
merely because they were so cole
toward him, but because of the peri
. into which they had drifted by yield
|. ing to their drowsiness.
V. Al. Watch and pray" They, AM
we, should watch because the grea
adversary of souls is very wise an,
crafty, and should pray because II
: our own strength we are powerless t
resist him. Eye enter not into temp
a tation." Juest before the disciple
was the great temptation to deny an
desert Jesus.
v. -. Prayed saying" etc. TIL
slight change in the words he uttere
i. in his second prayer is noteworthy