The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-11-27
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 2.

What sight this was to make angels
wonder aud weep, the Holy Son Of
God arrested as u malefactOr and
bounded from one human tribunal to
another. with no sembance of justice,
no one to plead His cause and subject
ed to every possible cruel indignity, and
all by those who professed to be the
chosen people of God! We might feel
like saying that such thing could not
happen anywhere on earth in this en-
l!ghteAed 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, 1906: "a Russian to hate q
Jew. Think of it. On the walls Of his
vast cathe.lrals he carves the figures
of the twelve apostles and every one
Of them Il jew. lie enters and pros
trateS himself before the picture of a
He rev child in the arms of Hebrew
mother. lie mutters a creed that de-
clares Il 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 ls a Jew" 1t Is said that
within two years more than 100000
Jews. Poles. Firms 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 IL 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 Il John v. 10 and is just
as beastly in the twentieth century as
in the first century. when Christ was
crucitied. 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. If
we are now identified with Him. II
ciOus blood we must he willing to fol,
low in His steps.
Note how they lied against Him and
laid to Ills charge things He knew not
(verScs >. -. but this was foreseen and
fUretpld in rs Xxxv. II. See Plate $
Testimony to His innocence In verses
1. II. -. and compare the testimony OF
Judas lscariot anu Of Pilates wife in
Matt. XVII. 1. ~ Then hear the testi.
mOuy of God the Father, This IL My
Beloved Son, In whom am well pleas
ell" Matt. Ill. Il: xvii. -. and add the
Spirits word through Peter concern.
iHg Him. "A Lamb without blemish
! and without spot. fOreordained before
the / ,un,lation of the world. but mani
fest iu these last times for us" Il Pet. l.
-. -. Gather few texts around the
phrase This man Of verse IL. such
as Heb. X. II: Acts xiii. -. 30: Luke
XIV. /. =. aud elIphasize to all that
there Is Oaly one Man with whom VIC
have - do. but we must each for him,
self have 20 do with Him and answer
Pilates question. What shall do with
Jesus" Matt. xvii. d. The first
thing is To receive Him. and the next is
10 let Him have the right Of way In
your life and the full control OF II
John |. L.: Rom. vi. II. 49,.
Piiate found no fault in Him. and
yet H. :,lys. Il VIII chastisr Him" oh
the cruelty and injustice VI II all! Ye,
the word for ia Is. DO well and suffer
for it 0aL take il patiently Il Pet. H.
10: walk a. He walked II John II. o..
II br4uZ custom Ia release prison
or at las feast. plate put before them
notable prisoner. who was also d
murderer thinking that they would
surely choo>e 10 have Jesus released
rather than such one. but the multi
tudr. being persuaded by the chief
| priests aud elders. demanded the re
/ lease Of Barablms and that Jesus
shpulI hr cruclipi. We need not think
/ il strange II In our day the multitude
! chJ0se II bad man rather than good
! on" for Snm" important office. for the
! devil IL unchanged and b. Is generally
bacS II the crowd. pushing them on.
+ ~" how the voices of the multitude
AMI Of the chief priests prevailed
Verse 81 and observe the source Of tbs
motto that the voice Of the people Il
the voice Of God. SO the murderer wa,
set free and the Holy One was deIlv
cred to their will VERSE 81 10 lie re
vila1. Knocked. crowned with thorns
smItt"n. spit upon, CruCiied. Thus W.
see sinful mans treatment of the onl,
Living and True God. How can any
one doubt the truth of the testlmon,
Of the Spirit In Rom. viii. I. THE car
nal mind Is enmity against God" How
fearful the curse which the Jew
brought upon their pOsterIty when the!
cried. Ills blood bp oII us and on OH
chi!9ren'' Matt. xvii. 81. Can ~,
doubt but that even "a this day thcl
suffer hecauSe of IN II would seen
from 0ur Lords own words In Matt
xiv. q. 20. 30. that the worst suffer
lnga Of Israel will he IN their own Ian,
AMI Immediately preceding tile c0ninI
~ christ in glory for their deliverance
500 alsp Ipch. xiv, 10. Consider r.
iaie'S words IT. John xix. q. ~. "IIc
I)'I the man." "Behold your king.
and compare Zerh xiii. Z: ix, .. M!
shepherd. tie man that ls my fellow.
Bel III. the king comcth unto thee
Back II alI the sin Of man and In spit
Of the wrath of man aud Of the dew
and hls demons IL In most restful anl
uplifting to sec G0d working out HI
eternal purpose acts ". 2G-2SD.
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