The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-31
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON v, FouRTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 4.

NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 4.
TEXT OF the Lesson, EaSt- xSH, 1880.
Memory ye-ses, 2e, 2Z-Gof6en Text, q
Cor. II, documentary Prepared
b, Rev. D. n. Stesrns.
rCopyright, 1905. by American Press Association
When the first Passover was kept
Pharaoh was depressing the people Of
God and seeking to destroy them or at
least prevent them from multiplying,
being the devils agent to that end.
At the time Of this last Passover, for
here it really ended, being fulfilled in
Christ, the devils agents are Judas
Iscariot and the chief priests and
scribes, not avowed enemies, Ike Pha-
csoh, but professedly believers in the
only living and true God. The object
Of hatred is now not the people OF
God, but God himself, God manifest
IN the flesh. This age Will end with the
kings Of the earth and their armies
gathered together to make war with
the same person (ReV. xviii, "A; XIX, ls-
21.) Notwithstanding all the hatred Of
the devil and the raging Of the nations.
God quietly works out His eternal
purpose and fulflls His word Cps. II;
Isa. xiv, 24). Knowing all that was
before Him, our Lord continued from
day to day teaching insthe temple and
at night went out and abode In the
Mount Of Olives Duke xxi, 80. In due
time came the day Of unleaVeoed
bread, when the passover must be kill
ed, and He sent Peter and John, say
ing, Go and prepare US the passover
Duke xii, Z, s.. We are not told the
names OF the two whom He@sen to
bring the colt (Matt. XXI, y, but they
may have been the same. Contrast
those who delight to do His will with
His enemies, who want to kill Him,
and remember that He said, He that
ia not with Ne is against Me- tMatt.
XII, 3O. The disciples being sent DO
not start OF as II they knew every
thing, but ask neekly, *Where wilt,
Thou that. we prepare?" Verse I'D
Those who truly desire guidance Will
very often ask the questions, Where
wilt Thou?" What wilt Thou?" (Acts
*, s.. a good question is found in Jer.
Kilt, 3, "Shew Us the way wherein we
may walk and the thing that we may
do" but in that case the questioners
were not honest. To those whosdesire
it sure guidance IS Touchsafed IN suchs
passages as Ps. x2xil, 8; lsa. Xxx, Il
Both Mark and Luke give our Lords
reply more fully than Matthew. BE
makes the way very plain for them.
The way to the city they knew; then
the man bearing the pitcher OF water
would be easily recognized, and by
him the house is reached; then they
have only to ask for the guest cham
Der, and the rest they knew how to do.
At his birth there was no room IN the
inn or guest chamber (the word is the
same and only used in>these two con
nections); now there is a place for Him
and His. The disciples found as he
had said Ozark xiv, 16; Luke xxi. l3).
So it was when they went for the colt,
and so it always has been and Will be
In reference to all that he has said.
We may depend upon it that all Scrip
ture shall be fulfilled exactly as it IS
written, and to all eternity it shall be,
all shall be, just as He=has said.
AS he sat down with the twelve IN
the evening at the feast Hessaid that.
He had greatly desired: this but would
not any more eat Of it till it should be
fulfilled in the kingdom OF God duke
xx.i, 1873. AS at the first Passover
Israel was delivered from Egypt, when
the kingdom comes Israel shall be de-
livered from all nations and placed IN
their own land, never to be pulled up
or scattered any more.
Some time during the Passover Je-
ssus rose from supper, and. taking
basin Of water and q towel, he
washed and wiped the disciples feet.
The full account Of this is found
In John xiii, LII. with the lessons BE
sought to teach them. How he was
enabled to do this menial act is,
think, found In the words, knowing
that the Father, had given all Things.
into his hands and that He was come
from God and went to God" Why He
did it is seen In the words, Il have
given you an example that ye should
do as have done to you" If. redeem
ed by His blood we are to follow BIS
steps in all love and humility, believing
that all things are ours in Him and
that He has given Us the glory which
the Father gave to Him (John xvii,
%, q: Rom. Wit, s2). Only as>we be-
lteve that we are what he says we are
by virtue Of His great sacrifice will
we hold ourselves ready for any man
ner Of service, however lowly, that he
may be glortfed.
Some time during the evening, either
before He Instituted the supper which
we call the Lords supper. or the COM
munion, or else after BE had given
the bread and before he tooksthe wine,
He sorrowfully announced that one OF
them would betray Him. Each one
asked, "Lord, Is it Il" John, leaning
upon Jesus bosom, asked at Peters
suggestion who it was, and then Jesus
by a simple act, which would neces-
sarily be observed by all pointed out
Judas Iscariot, and, saying to-. him,
THAT thou doest do quickly" Judas
went Immediately out, and it was
night John xiii, 1880. It was the last