The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-05


 canal zone territory, after which brief visit will be made to San Juan, P R., November %, the return of the party to Washington being scheduled for Novem- Der 27 The Louisiana will be escorted by the armored cruisers Washington and Tennessee. The officers quarters of the Louisiana have undergone complete rearrangement and it is the intention of the navy department to make it poss- ble for the President to be in touch with Washington by wireless telegraphy every day he is at sea. One interesting feature of the Presidents visit to the canal zone will be his inspection of the Culebra Cut. { which is set for the 1Gth. On this tour of inspection he will be accompanied by
  rests Himself. II is more than a sur- render of Himself. He never appeared the Lord more than. when He was being bound, a Lord Ill cbains. He goes to the high priests court like q Lord led by His servants rather then the victim of the servants of tstther. He, and not Malchus, is in command Not only does He not try to escape but Himself cuts off or blocks every way of escape. Others are but subordinates, while He is the master. What wonder that His disciples who after refieeting on the scenes, con cluded that His own self bear our sins; that "IIe gave Himself for us" His death was from the very beginning His own choice. He presided over His own sui fering, and offered Himself willing sac rifice. He is the victim of no one, but the Master of every one; and will drink the cup His Father has given Him.
 He keeps back the twelve legions Of angels and sheathes the swords of His disciples that He may have the scene just as He wills it to be His is the all controlling personality in that com pany and is both master of Himself and of all others.
 The Standard of Direction. You will notice again that the stan dard by which He directs every movement is the Fathers will as set forth in the scriptures. He is conscious that at His bidding and subject to His call are the armies of the angels of the Father But He will not call them that the scriptures may be fulfilled. Nor does he permit { His disciples to defend Him, for how 1 else could the scriptures be fulfilled He suffers Himself to be needlessly bound as q thief and d robber that the scrip lures may be fulfilled. And of peculiar significance is the fact that He puts His own word on par with the scriptures on this occasion. and asks that His dis ciples may be let go in order that He might have fulfilled the word which He spake 'Of those whom thou has given Me have l lost not one" Both His word and the scriptures are conceived as of reguative authority for His conduct in order to drink the cup which the Father has given Him to drink. So He presides over the scenes to make every detail work together to accomplish the Fathers will, | " O Testament prophets and in His, own prophetic teach | ings. He is not an arbitrary Lord, but ! rather rules by the will of God. See how His view of the fatherliness of God i extends and gives direction to every de- 1 tail of every scene of earth; how the 1 Father has mixed every cup and how He will drink it as it comes to Him in His ! province. He is the Lord of life by the will and according to the will of the | Father.
 Thus the disciples learned that the Father was revealed in His Lordship.
 Jesus Care for Every Man.
 Notice also the care He takes for those ! who are to take part in the drama over which He presides. He takes care that Judas shall do his part, that the band of officers shall do theirs. that the dis ciples shall not be brought into danger. Ah, He saves others, though Himself He cannot save! He takes care that every man shall do his duty in the programme of life unto the fulfilling of the scrip lures and His own word as the Fathers S | will He even apologies for them and defends them in the discharge of their duty by religious arguments. His lang uage to Judas in the text, "Old com rade, do that for which thou art come" is fragrant with love and a desire to ex- pedite him in doing a disagreeable duty. l dare say He might have subsided under the rebuke, Judas, betrayest thou the ! son of man with kiss" had he not been thus re- emboldened. He forces Himself on the retreatng officers, and bids them do their duty; the wrong of which had knocked their feet from under them.
 He holds back Peter from death from the sword by his rash act, and saves him from trouble by healing the damage he had done to the officer How much Peters denial was due 10 the fact that he knew that he was subject to arrest for cutting off the cal. of Balchus we do not know, but 1t must have been a serious offence He sees that His disciples arc granted their freedom before He surren- ders Himself. What great care we find in Him for others fin this hour of dark ness"
 Christ Ruler of Drama of Life.
 Is He. as the Lord of heaven and earth, less subservient to the Fathers will or less careful of the lot of life for His peo- ple,' and even of His enemies? l have brought this scene to you that you may believe on Him as the Lord of life us did those who saw it with the torch lights in the midnight hour of the long ago. IIs4hand Is tstiil with us in all the events of life when we ourselves are on evil bent. He still rules in every drama of life as master of ceremonies, guiding even n- tended evil into an issue for good accord ing 10 li1e will of God, overruling evil that good may come We have, to thank Him not only for the good We do under His inspiration but that in our persuit of evil He has stretched forth the re- strainng hand. and pressed over the acts of His creatures turning them to the accomplishing of the will of God. The world may be unruly, but 1t is ruled none the less. and the ruling hand is one that effects the will of God and the salvation of men not only in spite of evil intent in men. but largely through their evil deeds, which under His guiding hand are thus turned to good.
 i OverruIing of Evil.
 ! The evil which has issued in the his- [ tory of the world has never been anything like that which men have designed, either in quality or in quantity, because of the