The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-11-17

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Golden Text-''rhe Son of man is be
trayed inao the hends OF sinners. Matt.
me--Between mid night and o'clock,
Friday morning. April Z. The morning Of
the day OF the Crucihxion.
Piace-fhe gerdsn OF Gethsemane, on
the lower slope Of the Mount Of Olives,
opposite Jerusalem.
This lesson is full OF sweet solsm-
nifty When we enter the garden Of
0ethsemane we hear the voice that
came to Moses at the burning bush,
Put of thy shoes from of thy feet;
for the place whereon thou standest
is holy ground"
We trace the walk Of Jesus from
the upper room to Gethsemane, the
route Of the officers and soldiers from
Castle Antonia. and the return with
Jesus as a captive.
The word "Gethsemane" signifies
'an oil press" Of which there were
certain to be several In locality then
covered. as Mount Olivet was, with
olive trees. John calls It a garden.
AN eastern garden differs from ours,
In that It Is chiefly filled with fruit
trees and fragrant shrubs, rather than
with flower BEDS and shade, not or
der or bright colors, is what is chiefly
studied In It's construction" The gar
den was nearer the Kidron, which ran
between Jerusalem and the Mount OF
Olives.
From the fact that Jesus ofttimes
resorted thither with his disciples"
John 1922, II Is probable that II was
suburban pleasure ground, or be-
longed to some friend OF Jesus who
gave him the free use OF II during his
stay.
He took with him Peter and the two
sons OF Zebedee, James and John.
Those were the three who had seen
his glory on the Mount OF Transfigura-
ton, and we're best prepared to sym
pathize with him. These were TO
watch and pray. They we're to watch
with him. in sympathy with him, and
against the same temptations.
In this hour Jesus needed human
sympathy. even while he must tread
the winepress alone" Three times he
went to them during this season OF
prayer. The more loving the heart,
the more helpful is fellowship and
sympathy. Every wise person accepts
OF all the sympathy and help he can
get To throw this away is to reject
one OF the best aids God has given US.
Jesus was In the prime OF man.
hood; life was Just opening before
him; his soul was eager for work. and
conscious OF rare capability TO per-
form It; his death was the end OF all
human hope Of achievement" His
earthly career. In this dark hour, may
have seemed to be failure. II the fu-
ture was yelled from his vision. Only
a few disciples, instead OF a glorious
kingdom. and these few about to for
sake himl Where we're the fruits of
his life? II was his hour OF dark
ness, with the future yelled from hts
eyes with its resurrection and ascen.
sion. and himself King OF Kings and
Lord OF Lords. This required the ut.
most heroism of faith.
Nevertheless not as will. Not as
seems desirable now But as thou
wilt What in your loving wisdom you
soc TO be wise and best. This is my
prayer and desire. do not merely
submit to your will, but desire II, pray
for II. Underneath that awful agony
there lay. millions Of fathoms deep,
unmoved and immovable, the Intense
deshe that his Fathers wish and will
should be done."- Morrison. This
prayer Thy will be done" contains
the essence OF faith: faith that ex.
peets an answer.
Thy will be done" means far more
than merely enduring The suffering
God sends. II means doing his will
In our business, In our homes: every
where living according to Gods laws
and principles. II means CARRYING ont
his pltns for the redemption OF men.
The prayer was answered through
the strength given him TO drink the
cup, and change It into a cup OF bless
in8 II was answered In the same way
thes God answers our PRAYERS, as God
answered Paul's prayer that the thorn
In his flesh might be removed.
God answered Jesus prayer by Civ.
Ing In better form than the one In
which the petition was stated, the
sonl OF his prayer, the things that In
hia deepest heart he wanted. II clear
ly before the vision of Jesus there had
appeared two choices, the one of es-
cape from the cross, but with that
also the failure OF his mission, the
triumph Of evil, the loss of unnum.
bered souls, no crown, no glory, no
abiding on the right hand OF God and
the other choice, that OF the cross and
its agony, but with II also the redemp.
tion of the world, the inefrable glory
Of God, the Joys OF millions Of the
saved, the GROWN OF triumph over
evfl--who doubts which would have
been his real, innermost prayer, His
prayer was answered, for the cross
was changed to a crown, Gethsemane
into paradise, death into immortal
glory.
Inhau ona % A.