Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-11-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON TX, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 2.

bounded from one human tribunal Il
another, with no semblance Of justice
no one to plead His cause and subject
ed to every possible cruel indignity, and
all by those who protested to be the
chosen people of God! We might feel
like saying that such thing could not
happen anywhere on earth in this en-
lightened twentieth century. But lis
ten to this from the speech Of Judge
Stafford at the mass meeting on behalf
of the Jews held at Washington on
Jan. 81, 1909; "a Russian to hate
Jew, Think of it, On the walls Of bis
vast cathedrals be carves the figures
Of the twelve apostles and every one
of them q Jew. He enters and pros
trates himself before the picture Of a
Hebrew child In the arms Of Hebrew
mother He mutters creed that de-
clares a Jew to be the Son Of God, the
Saviour of the world, then he goes out
and kills the first Jew he meets be-
cause he is a Jew" 1t is said that
within two years more than 100000
Jews. Poles, Films and Armenians,
helpless and defenseless men, women
and children, have been barbarously
murdered and butchered to make a
Russian holiday. There has been moth
ing like it in all the history Of the
world (William Sulzer). Why do /
quote from these speeches. Simply to
show that the whole world lieth in the
wicked one q John V, 19) and Is just
as beastly in the twentieth century as
in the first century, when Christ was
crucified, and there Is no hope but in
the return of this same Jesus Christ to
break in pieces the nations and take
the government of earth into His own
hands and reign in righteousness. II
we are now identified with Him, If
we have been redeemed by His pre-
cious blood we must be willing to fol-
low In His steps.
Note how they lied against Him and
laid to His charge things He knew not
oversees 2, 81, but this was foreseen and
foretold In Ps. xxxv. IA. See Pilates
testimony to His innocence In verses
A, IA, %, and compare the testimony of
Judas Iscariot and of Pilates wife in
Matt. xvii, 4, 10. Then hear the testi-
mony Of God the Father, This is My
Beloved Son, in whom am well pleas
ed" (Matt. Iii, II; xvii. D.. and add the
Spirits word through Peter concern
ing Him. "a Lamb without blemish
and without spot, foreordained before
the foundation of the world, but mani
fest In these last times for us" Il Pet. ],
10, 20) Gather few texts around the
phrase This man" of verse IA, such
as Heb. x, IL; Acts xiii, 3S. 80; Luke
XIV, /, 2, and emphasize to all that
there is only one Man with whom we
have to do, but we must each for him
self have to do with Him and answer
Pilates question, what shall do with
Jesus?" Matt. xvii, 22) The first
thing is to receive Him, and the next is
to let Him have the right of way In
your life and the full control Of 1t
PLATE found no fault in Him, and
yet he says, Il will chastise Him" oh,
the cruelty and injustice of 1t all! Yet
the word for us is, Do well and suffer
for it and take it patiently Il Pet. II,
20); walk as He walked q John II, O..
1t being a custom to release prison
er at this feast, PLATE put before them
a notable prisoner, who was also a
murderer, thinking that they would
surely choose to have Jesus released
rather than such one but the multi.
tude, being persuaded by the chief
priests and elders. demanded the re-
ease of Barabbas and that Jesus
should be crucified. We need not think
II strange if in our day the multitude
choose a bad man rather than a good
one for some important office, for the
devil is unchanged and he Is generally
back of the crowd, pushing them on.
See how the voices of the multitude
and of the chief priests prevailed
Verse 23) and observe the source Of the
motto that the voice OF the people is
the voice of God So the murderer was
set free and the Holy One was dellv-
cred to their will Verse 25) to be re-
viled, Knocked, crowned with thorns,
spit upon, crucifed. Thus we
zee sinful mans treatment Of the only
Living and True God. How can any
)ne doubt the truth Of the testimony
If the Spirit in Rom. viii. Z, 1.-THE car
lal mind Is enmity against Cod" How
fearful the curse which the Jews
brought upon their posterty when they
,ried, His blood he on us and on our
children" Matt xvii, 25). Can we
lOubt but that even to this day they
suffer because of it2 1t would seem
rom our Lords own words in Matt.
xiv, q, 90 80, that the worst suffer
ngs of Israel will be In their own land
Ind Immediately preceding the coming
If Christ in glory for their deliverance.
See also Zech. xiv, 10. Consider Pr
ate's words in John xix, 6. 10, "Be-
hold the man." Behold your king"
Ind compare Zech xiii, 7; tx, 8, my
the man that is my fellow"
Behold, the king cometh unto thee"
Back Of all the sin of man and In spite
II the wrath Of man and of the devil
Ind his demons it Is most restful and
to see God working out His
eternal purpose acts iv, 26-2S).
1t is for each one who hears the
gospel to say whether he will receive
Christ Jesus as his Saviour and Lord
md share His sufferings now and glo-
Y hereafter or, rejecting Him, as the
Jews and PLATE and Herod did, have
o hear Hirn say in that day, Depart
rom me. We cursed, into everlasting
Ire prepared for the devil and his an
,els" Matt. XIV. AZ.
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