The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-25
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Second Quarter. Lesson W. John xiii, I-14, April 28, 1SO6
 JESUS TEACHES HUMILITY.

Second Quarter. Lesson W. John
 xiii, I-14, April 28, 1908.
 JESUS TEACHES HUMILITY.
 The sadness of the Last Supper has been. empha asized out of proportion Jesus as host would certainly not allow the occasion to wholly lose its festive character The room was spac.ous. The walls had been freshly Whiteneu and it's tile floor scoureda. AsThe low, gaily painted table was ips position with the couches. forming Mree sides of a hollow square about M sDishes' basins, and water jars were all' m po+ sition. It was a goodly scene the we'll trimmed lamps sh one down upon. The fresh turbans of blue. crimson, and yell low; the animated faces, the table coV- cred with damask and we'll supplied all made a study for painter
 The presence of Judas was one ugly spot on this feast of love. Jesus, With out explicitly designating the traitor. announced that one of the twelve would betray him. He did this for their sakes, that they might know he was perfectly aware of his impending fate, and not taken by surprise He did 1t for Judass sake also. It was the last appeal to the traitor. He gave Judas a prominent place at the table, and gave him his portion lovingly and with his own hand. He let him know, how  and only when it was clearly of no avail. he bade him do quickly his wick ed deed.
 The other blot upon the otherwise fascinating picture was the unseemly dispute a to precedence at table. The disciples scrambled for the most eligt- ble places. It was Tn part to rebuke e this that Jesus acted a significant par able before them. He performed the most menia1 task of the scullery drugde. one that with their Oriental ideas they would hardly have perform d for the Master himself. Peters strong protest indicates the depth of the ap- parent degredation. But Jesus. with full consciousness of his origin and destiny, could still do this lowly ser vice. Etiquette of court could neither make nor unmake this King of men Who came from God and went to God. There must be an end of caste, of place. and precedence, wh en the Lord and Master washes the disciples feet. Henceforth they must cherish such a feeling toward one another as would make them willing to perform ser vice as lowly as that of washing the feet of another.
 Jesus by his own interpretation of his acted parable. leads to a more sub tie and universal meaning than that wh ich appears upon the service. He teaches humility and the spirit or ser wee, but he teaches more than that. To Peter, the protester, he affirmed that there was a washing without which a man continued an alien and stranger, having no part nor lot in the kingdom. Peter grasps the symbolical meaning at once, when he cries. Not my feet only, but hands and head" Peters ex- travagance gives Jesus another oppor- tunity for subtle but practical discr.m- ination. It Is a if Jesus has said. One who has had q bath does not need to bathe again to be rid of the dirt that adheres to the feet on walking from the bath to the table. Washing the feet is sufficient. So one who has had the washing of regeneration does not need to have it repeated in order to be cleansed from fresh guilt Daily for giveness for daily trespasses is suf- | ncient."
 The Teachers Lantern.
 The upper room. where the Last Supper was eaten. probably belonged to | some weH-to-do disciple. It may have been the scene of the appearance of | Jesus after his resurrection and of the | effuslon of the Spirit. If SO, 1t was the very cradle of the infant Church. The anchronisn of Leonardo de ! Vincrs lovely fresco of the Last Sup