The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-03
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
 LESSON
Fourth Quarter. Lesson s' xvi. 17.3O, NoN ember 4, 10O6.
 Th> IOrd,a SuDDer.

rourth Qua-ter. Lesson V. Matt.
 xvi, 17-30, November 4, 1oOS'
 The Lords Supper.
 All the singing pilgrim caravans nau come to a halt with the high grace. note of the last song of degrees, "Our feet shall stand within thy gates, Q Jerusalem!" Green booths anu showy tents dotted all the valleys anu slopes around the city and three hl,i. lion worshipers made ready TOT lns morrow. Over two on hunareu and tn marked lambs had been purchased ana mar nso .so for sacrifice, and all the details or the Joyous festival were being attenoeo to. ,d
 Jesus tarried yet in the sweet ana restful seclusion of Bethany; put HIS disciples knew very well that 1le "to to had said. Thus it becometh Me to fulfill ali righteousness" would not iS- nore the great Pascha. The question was not if He would eat it. but where He would do so. Two of the disciples are at once commissioned to make the necessary preparations. They are sent hack with sealed orders. no doubt. to keen the traitor off their track. Not one of the remaining ten could possibly divine the place until they arrived there in the evening. A man ooing d woman's work (carrying water) would be novelty enough to serve them as a sign. Jesus bade the messengers to
 
 He will fain make the circuit. As He spent His first night on earth in "a lodging" so He would fain spend His last one. He knows beforehand. how ever, that His nameless but we'll do disciple, John Marks father, perhaps. will give Him the best his stately ma nor affords.
 The disciples were off at once upon their errand. They find it as Jesus had said. The proprietor of the house glad ly places at their disposal spacious room, capable of holding a hundred or more. But they will not be asked to share it with other paschal parties. They shall have it in completest pri- vacy. It Is the second story. which will add to their seclusion. It's walls have been freshly whitened. and tile floor secured for this very occasion. The low, gaily-painted table is already . fin position, with the couches forming three sides of a hollow square about it. The hanging lamps. dishes. basins and water-jars, all are in position. The disciples view the place with grateful satisfaction, and then hurry out to make the necessary purchases-the wine, the cakes of unleavened 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 sacriticial knife sticking in its fleece or tied to its horns. At o'clock in the afternoon, at sound of trumpet blast, with all others who had been similarly com ,nssioned. they went into the inner court of the temple. At three blasts, they. with thousands of others. struck the death-bl to their victim while the priest caught the blood in q golden vessel and passed it up to the high altar As the disciples held the lamb upon a stick that rested upon their shoulders. 1t was quickly f1ayed. The ,parts devoted to God were separated; then, wrapping the victim in it's own skin, they started for the house where they were to celebrate the feast. The carcass, trussed upon skewers of pome- granate in shape of a cross, was baked In the household oven. s:..
 At sundown, Jesus, with the Ten, approached the city, knowing well where He would find the waiting dis ciples and the supper-room. They en- ter. and the Master views the prepa rations with evident satisfaction. The three first stars arc shining now, and the silver trumpets signal the feast to begin. Shame, shame. The unseemly dispute as to precedence breaks out once more as the disciples scramble for the most eligible places. Jesus re- bukes them in an acted parable. per forming for them the menial task of d scullery drudge. Now the paschal ban ouet begins. The ritual is used, the trubrics observed. The cup is passed with thanksgiving. Bitter herbs. dp- ped in vinegar. arc eaten in rememb- rance of Egypt. The unleavened bread, with a bit of 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 significance of the feast. They break out in the joyous singing of the first part of the Hallel. (Psa. cxii-