Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29

before Plate, Luke xxiii:13-25 Who was
PLATE? Why did Jesus appear before him?
What did PLATE do to Jesus? What did he
find against Him? What did he propose?
What response did the Jews make? Who
was Barabbas? What other outcry did the
Jews make? How did Plate vindicate
Jesus? What clamor was then raised? By
whom? What did Plate finally do to Je-
sus? Whom did he release and why?
TENTH LESSON. December g. Je-
was Calvary? By what other namo was
it known? Who was crucified with
Jesus? What did Jesus say on the crossF
was he derided? What superscription
was written? What did one of the male
factors say? What did the other malcfac-
tor say s what prayer yer was Vase onered by me
What phenomena occurred at the sixth
and ninth hour?
ELEVENTH LESSON. December 10.
Jesus Risen from the Dead. Matt. xviii:
lilo. When did the Jewish Sabbath end?
Who came to the sepulcher Of Jesus on
the first day of the week? Why did they
come? What had occurred before icy
came? What had the keepers lonef
Whom did the women find? What did he
say to the women? What did he tell them
! to do? What did they do? Who met them?
had the watch told? What did the elders
propose? What unholy bargain was made
between the elders and the watch7
TWELFTH LESSON: December %.
beginning? What did he do? What was
| in him? What was he to men? Where
did the light shine? Who came from God?
Why did he come? What were the char
acteristics of the light? To whom lid the
! light come? What was given to those
| who received the light? How were men
made able TO- to reeeiye the N light? IT, What
| displayed in him? What did John say
of him? What distinction did john make
| between Moses and Christ? How did
Jesus stand related to God?
| FINAL WORDS. AS a further re-
view the student may give certain his
| torical outlines in his own language
| The amounting of Jesus, the establish
| Gethsemane, the trial before Cataphas
and PLATE, the crucifixion, the resurrec-
| ton. Afterward he may give the teach
ings of the lessons on these points--rhe
| nature and perpetuity of the law, the as
| poets of religious experience, the nature
and value of mans endowments and OPP
| portunities and the fact Of responsibility
and judgment.
Questions Answered.
| Any person may send any Biblical ques-
ton to DR.. Gilbert, 1903 R street north
west, this city, and receive an answer in
( The Star.
1874. Where was our Lord from the time
He was at the passover until He came to
| the river to be baptized by John? What
| did He do in the meantime?
| Answer. At twelve years Of age Jesus
went with Joseph. His foster-father, and
Mary, his mother, to the passover at Jeru-
salem duke i41-42), where He met the
| doctors in the temple. Subsequently He re-
turned to Nazareth duke ii:5D, where He
remained for eighteen years subject to the
discipline Of the home. No record was
made of His doings during that time until
| He appeared for baptism duke ii:2D.
!
1885, When Jesus was crucified what way
was He facing-north, east, south or west
| and what is the name of the tree His cross
was made of?
Answer. He faced west, as did all Grim
inals. The eastern facing, the direction of
| those who had honorable deaths, was de-
| MED to Him as malefactor. So says
Origen. No one knows, not this writer.
! anyhow, the name Of the tree of which His
cross was made.
1856. What change must have been
| wrought in people who cannot sin as stated
in l St. John, iii %.
Answer The meaning of this verse may
be grasped most easily by noting the
words commit sim Evidently this means
a voluntary transgression of Gods law or
command, a known and intentional trans
gresson or disobedience. Any one born of
God may fall into temptation or through
weakness may do wrong. Indeed. every
| one is liable to such declenSion and de-
parture from rectitude. but that is quite
| different from a medtated, calm and de-
termined act of sin. AS Adam, who was
perfect, fell in the garden under the snare
Of the serpent good men now are en-
snared but the seed of new life, being
planted within, prevents men from a pur-
poseful, unsolicited and therefore personal
pursuit of evil. The change that brings
men to this condition is wrought by the
power of the Holy Ghost and is generally
called the new birth or regeneration-that
is, a second generation. This is the sal
walton provided in Christ Matt, i:21.)