The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-16
International SundaySchool
 Lesson
Second Quarter. Lesson VII. Sohn
 xviii. I-14. May IT, lsOe. rESug BETRAYED AND DENIED.

.Esus RErTRAYED AND DENIED.
 IT is inconceivable that Jesus. in or sanizing the College or Apostles oeiio- eratelv selected a wicked man to pc q member of it. And. further. that he made this choice in order that HIS trayal might be accomplished II aa sier to believe that when first called gudss was not better or worse than the other disciples But he had a covetous nature. iust as Thomas had douotins one That was his "biological pun. IJa started in the discipleship ana mn istrv with zeal like the rest. ne was one who returning from an evanRei, istic tour. cried with joy; My Lora aven devils are subject 10 us
 first blush 1t would seem that 'esus ps him in the way of temptation py HaA ing him the apostolic treasurer. Hos a hit of if! That was the very pioooS snrla at which he must win or iose'
 Tohr Rusktn speaks of his own ooy hood as being "by protection innocent rather than virtuous by choice. .s..n undua sheltering leads to
 style of goodness that is or iNtIe
 coynt. Deliberate and continuous
 s,starca at the point where one IS con scioualv weak is what makes rouno- nsaa and solidity of character. Juuas
 mieht have conquered his covetousness, 7, he n,i1ht have done his Master gooo ssrvica by his very aptitude at accounts and his readiness with money ahs.eau of throttling his vice, he fondieo N' until it grew to be hideous anu etno
 ster demon. As Jesus oeEah SI,. 1oId tha unworldly character or HIS
 kin edom, founded as 1t was to pc on love and suffering. Judas was oisap. notnted. and resented 1t. When tnat great secession of disciples occurred on inc shore of Galiiee. Jesus may hnve had his eye upon Judas when ne saau. .. 'eWill we turn from me alsoT ~ may , have been then that he made tna eSl' choice. Resenting more and more ,ne n,rNsscrIAcinr character of disciple sbin as Jesus disclosed 1t. he began his naoulations upon the treasury, anu his vice grew apace and became nor. . md more tyrannical, until ne coulu endure with complacenec. anu even measure a suggestion that woulo nave nay filled him with horror at tne Oes
 ming of his dlscipleshfp; namely' se ing his Master for price. ,h,, going to be put to death anyway. Wny .., noe realize a little cash on the analr
 so ha argued. He had become so in- durated by harboring hts vice that 'e sns's st gentle words of protest coulo no more enter his heart than penetrate an armor plate. He kept seeking an opportunity in those days to oetray ms Master. And that for $1bI Price oI slave. "A goodly price," as the proph ct In irony called it, And so the case | forees ahead to its denouement o' blood and shame.
 | Gethsemane the olive-orchard' per hans the property of disciple was one of Jesus's trysting places ana as such well known to the traitor. Here | the arrest could be made without tu-
 mult or danger of attempted rescue
 For knowledge of this resort, the way
 to it, the hour when Jesus would likely be there. the chief priests were under great obligations to Judas.
 It was no insignificant band Of com sta ables. however. that came out to make this arrest. but a full cohort (eO0) of Roman soldiers. With these
 were the temple police and rabble
 armed with swords and sticks, clubs and torches George Herbert quaintly says: with lanterns did they seek | the sun" All this was to offset any counterplot of attempted rescue on the
 mart of the mercurial Galieans.
 Tn this dread crisis Jesus bore Him-
 sef with a sublime dignity and cour. aga which extorts the admiration of all He had just returned from His 1 third and last prayer in the depth of the garden. He had found His dis
 traught disciples overpowered again
 with sleep, and was considerably bid
 ding them continue their rest, when, | catching a glimpse of the approaching | lights and the murmur of the tnrong'