The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson VlIl.-Second Quarter,
For May "a, 1908.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson. John. xix, 17-42'
Memory Verses, SO, 4o-eolden Text
Cor. XIV, 3-Commentary Prepared
Nv Raw, D, M. Stearns.

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Memory Verses, SO, 4o-eolden Text,
| Cor. XIV, s-commsntary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
copyright, 1905. by American Press Association
The rulers of the Jews having reject
ed Jesus as their king. saying. I'VE
have no king but Caesar (verse lol.
and Insisting that Jesus be crucitied.
PLATE delivered Jesus to their will
| luke xiii. 25l II is not the will OF
God that any should perish Gil Pet. Iii,
o., but il is the will of man and the
devil that, If possible. God should be
dethroned aud ruled out of His uni
verse What rebel against God and
man the devil is. ami how wonderfully
patient and long suffering is our God.
| So they took Jesus and led Him away.
and He. bearing His cross. went forth.
two malefactors being led with Him.
| Think uf the condition of His back
after the Scourging and of His whole
being after that night of mental agony
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other had to bear His cross, 1t seem
I'd ii hard day for Simon. the Cyrenian.
| but ii was really the best day he ever
came to. All our crosses and disap-
pnlutmpnfs are the best things We have.
| but lpcallSe we see self aud not Jesus
we do not always think so. A COM
rany Of women bewailed aud lamented
| Ills ~ He passed out of the city. and
| lie could in some measure forget His
| 1wn sorrow In Ills sorrow for them
duke xiii. .I.3l, There Is no record
,: wonlan beng unkind to Hin per.
sonally The name Of the place where
they crucified Him. the place Of a skull.
HIS al least this suggestion-that all
TIE world has apart from the love Of
God In Christ Is us empty as skull
In the cross Of Christ alone is redemp
ton. and in Him alone are rest and sat.
| isGactIOn.
They crucifed Him" (lS - Just
three words: but. oh. the agony OF II.
anil The Shame md the farresching sig
uircance ~ II. and IL takes in even me
The Son Of God loved me and gave
Himself for me Gal II. 20l. We may
know ahout II aud talk about IL. but
uu.ess there is heart appropriation Of
Himself there Is no benefit. We can
not explain II or understand H. We
are not expected 70. but We can receive
| and hold fax. the very words Of Scrip
'ure. and the entrance Of the word win
give lIfe aud light. lie was wounded
for my transgres%ioms and bruised for
my iaiqUi:!es. Ills own self hare my
| sins in His own body lisa. Tiff. ): I Pet
| Il. 24t. This ] can believe and thank
Him ard rejoice that just God will
not ask me 10 bear what' He has horne
for me. having truly received Him
as mr. Saviour. Bishop Thornld has
said that to recognize what We cannot
explain ard TO consent that II should
not be explained Is the humility OF true
wisdom. and TO accept what we could
not otherwise have known on the au.
thority Of Gods revealed word Is the
obedience Of faith.
The crowd who passed hy and reyiled
Him. the chief priests and the rulers
who Knocked and deri9ed Him and the
soldiers who parted his garments
among them and east lots upon His
yesturp and the thieves whn also revilcd
Him give us q glimpse Of nearly every
possible phase Of human nature and
the attitude ~ the natural heart Of
man toward God So Ii was In the
days Of Noah when lie swept them
away by the dclugp and 10 II r. still.
yet He bears with man In his mad folly
and Is not willing that any should per.
| ish.
| The flTst three words from the cross.
Father. forgive them" To-day thou
shalt he with Ne In paradise Behold
| thy son: /" " behold ting mother" T.uke
xiii. 81. 80: John six. %. -. set bc
| fore Us the forgiveness Of sins. tire
home above and az needfui care and
| provision In thls present IIlc~gracc
here and glory hereafter and an that f.
Necessary In between. lie who spared
I H9t HIS Wv - tsttAs ht&# AE4AsHEEb GAA&W VIZ
for IL all how shall lie not with Him
aiEo freely give "a aiI thingst" lI.0m
viii. 81 As one has said. He gave HE
| son-anything after that Note the say.
| Ing In our lesson chapter that the
Scripture might he fuIlilied'' oversees
q. .. 81 81. and Ills own words.
''The Scripture cannot he broken" and
again. "All things must he fulfilled
which were written I'm the law of
Moses and in the prophets and In the
Psalms concerning Me" John X. 81:
luke xx'v. AZ. As truly and literally
as all were fulfilled concerning Ills SUI.
ferIngs. 50 truly aud literally shall all
the sayings he fulfilled concerning Ills
glory. and He who was born King Of
the Jews and was crucIhed as such
shall yet he seen and accepted by them
as nation as their Messiah aud shall
reign over them from the throne Of
; David, according 70 Isa. IL. O; xiv.
%: XIV. o: Luke 1. 20. 80.
II you believe II do tell II out and
give Him no rest about Il lisa. Ixii. O.
q, for many believers are too much like
the disciples who forsoOk Him and