The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VI, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. II.

pared by Rev. d. NJ. Stearns.
lCoryr;ght, 1906, by American Press Association
The ever memorable service in the
Passover room seems to have conclud-
ell hy the singing Of a hymn, after
which they went out over the brook
Cedron to the Mount Of Olives, re-
minding US Of David, who, prosecuted
by his son Absalom, fed across the
same brook, weeping as he went g
Sam. XIV, 30). Jesus, the Son Of David,
went forth because Of the hatred Of
His son Israel (Ex. iv, %, 23). AS they
walked He again foretold His death
and resurrection and said that on that
night they would all forsake Him, ac-
cording to Zech. Kill, I. Peter said
that the others might fail in their
faithfulness, but he never would, ana
even after our Lord said that Peter
would that night deny Him thrice Pc
ter said he would die with Him before
he would deny Him (yerses 30-35). Poor,
boastful, self reliant, deceitful and
desperately wicked human heaH thou
art worthy only Of vote Of mo conf
dence in the flesh" Phil. iii, 3, and the
only thing We can truly say Of the self
life in any of us is, Il know that in me
that is, in my tiesh-dwelleth no good
thing" (Rom. vii. 1S). So long as we
hatter self or think we'll Of self or
trust in self it is evident that we know
neither ourselves nor the Lord, for
when once we have seen the king our
cry will be. Woe is NE. loathe and
abhor myself! AL my comeliness is
turned to corruption! (lsa. vi. 5; Job
xiii, Sc; Dan. Y, s..
By comparing the account in the
four gospels we learn that, having en-
tered the garden, He said to the dIsci-
pies, Pray that ye enter not into temp
tatlon; sit ye here while go and pray
yonder (verse 3G; Luke xii, 40). Then
He took the favored three, Peter and
James and John, leaving the others,
and, saying to the three, My SOUL is
exceeding sorrowful, even unto death;
taTy ye here and watch with me- He
went little farther and kneeled down
and fell on His face on the ground and
prayed to His Father that If it were
poss.n.e this cup might pass from Hin,
yet yielding Himself absolutely to the
Fathers will, for it was His meat TO
do the Fathers will, and BE could al
ways and truly say, Il delight to do
Thy will, O my God' John iv, 81; Ps.
K, 2-S). Luke tells US that BE was in
an agony and prayed earnestly, and
that His sweat was as 1t were great
drops of blood falling down to the
ground duke xxi, 42-4A, and that an
angel from heaven strengthened Him.
The writer Of the epistle to the Be
brews says by the Spirit that He Of
fered up prayers and supplicatlons,
with strong crying and tears, unto
Him that was able to save Him from
death and was heard (Heb. V, ..
Matthew and Mark tell us that BE
prayed three times, returning to HIS
disciples after each prayer, only to md
them asleep, and to boastful Peter he
said: "What! Could ye not watch with
me one hour? Watch and pray that ye
enter not into temptation. The spirit,
indeed, is willing, but the flesh Is
weak" What a picture Of human
weakness even in the redeemed we
have in these three disciples, who IN
the presence Of His TRANSPORTATION
glory were heavy with sleep and In
the presence v1 his great agony actu-
ally slept! In Luke xii, As, perhaps
referring to the eight or possibly to all,
for Luke does not mention Bis taking
Peter, James and John apart from the
others, it is said that He found them
sleeping for sorrow. What comfort
it Is that He knoweth our frame ana
remem bereth that we are dust, and
that like as a father pitieth his chill
dren 50 the Lord pitieth them that
fear Him ops. Gill, 13, 14). he knoweth
our frame, for He had a mortal body,
like ours, sin excepted. BE knew hun
ger and thirst and WEAKNESS, for He
experienced them all. He could say,
.They laid to my charge things that
knew not; reproach hath broken my
heart" Cps. xxxr, II; 1Xxviii, II, IL;
Xix. 20, 21.) But much Of the power OF
the devil He knew which we can never
know, for He suffered in our stead that
which was due to us for sin that we
might never suffer it. He bore for us
the forsaking Of His Father that we
might never know what 1t meant US.
xii, y. And vino can tell the meaning
Of Gethsemaae? Does not Bis treat
ment of the disciples suggest stages IN
the experience Of the believer? Many
who were truly His were not with
Him at all in the garden that night.
Eight went part Of the way into the
garden, three went little farther, but
He left them and went alone. How far
can you go with Him? Do not attempt
to reply lest you might prove as IN
wise as Peter.
Concerning Gethsemane and Bis
prayer, venture to mention what
seems to me the best ever heard or
read about it. Physical suffering He
would not shrink from, for many OF
His redeemed have gone through most
aeonizing deaths for His sake. We
cannot think that He shrank from the
death On the cross as the sinners sub
stitute, for to that end He came and to
it He steadfastly set His face. But
there was a death, the possibility OF
which was seen In the sweat ike
drops Of blood, from which He prayed
to be saved, and BE was heard and
therefore answered Qdeb. V, Z; l John
V, Il, 15). If the devil, who sought to
kill Him at His birth and at other
times, could have killed Him in Geth-
semane His great work Of atonement,
on which His heart WAS set, would
have been unfinished within sight OF