The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-05-12
The Death of
John the Baptist
Sunday School Lesson for May ". 1910
spseIaIIy ArrsnEed i0r ThIs Pap.r

/ DRY verses. lu-l2
| GOLDEN TENT.-"ITe that Is slow TO
anger Is better than the mighty: and he
| that ruIeth his spirit than he that taketh
/ a city."-Prov i6.2..
| TIAE-John probably was beheaded In
| March 4. ID. %. after spending year in
prison.
! PLACE-Iohn was Imprisoned ~
/ Machaerus. Herods palace-fortrcss on the
east Of the Dead Sea
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
/ Herod: a Scoundrei on a Throne
Who was the Herod that imprisoned
John the Baptist7 Four Herods are
mentioned In the New Testament, ana
II IS necessary to keep them distinct.
J. Herod the Great. king OF Judea
| from 81 u. G. to 4 A. d. the Herod
| who ruled when Christ was born, and
massacrsd the babies Of bethlehem.
/ He was a cruel tyrant He married
ten wives and had many children. one
OF whom was
? Herod the Tetrarch, called Ierod
/ Antipas. the ruler OF Galilee and
Peraea from A. n. 20 80 A. d.. or
| during our Lords ministry. He was
the Herod to whom plato sent Christ
during his trial. and Il was he who i'm
/ prisoned John the Baptist.
3 Herod Agrippa l.. grandson OF
Herod the Great. hts father being
Aristobulus. was king OF judea A. ID.
iii4. having a realm equal 10 that OF
| Herod the Great II was he that slew
James the brother Of John. imprisoned
/ Peter, accepted divine honor. and was
/ niserably eaten up OF worms.
T. Herod Agrippa H.. son OF the fore
going. was therefore great-grandson
OF Herod the Great When Paul made
his famous plea before Festus this
/ Herod was present. with hts sister
wife Bernice.
What was the character OF Herod
Antipas? lie was weak. sensual.
and treacherous man Our Lord spoke
OF him as that Tor"
John: a Hero In Dungeon. VS. 3-5.
How did John the Baptist get into
I "the foxes dem Josephus SAYS that
Herod imprisoned him because he
feared that Johns vast audiences
might be used TO foment a revolution.
That may have been assigned in pub
lie as a pretext. but the reason given
by Matthew Is certainly the real one
that John had openly rebuked Herod
for his unholy connection With his
brothers wife
Herodias: an Unnatural Mother
VS. 6-S. Who was Herodias. who was
plotting against the prophet she
was the niece OF Herod and OF his
brother Philip.
What opportunity did Herodias end
FOR gaining her desire against John.
Herod's birthday was kept with a bril-
liant feast ito his lords. and the high
captains. and the chief men OF Cali
lee" MARK. a luxurious feast OF
the period was not regarded az com.
plete unless II closed with some gross
pantomimic representation: and
doubtless Herod had adopted the civil
fashion Of his day Hut he had not
anticipated for his guests the rare lux.
ury OF seeing a princess-his own
niece. a granddaughter OF Hcrod the
Great and OF Marianne. descendant
therefore OF Simon the high priest and
the great line Of Maccabaean princes
the wife Of a tetrarch and the mother
OF a king Farm.
Who was this degraded girlg Her
name was Salome. and she was the
daughter OF Horodias and her frat
husband, Philip
What are we TO think Of Harod'a
promise. whatsoever she would ask,
II shows that. weak and foolish as he
was. his wits were infamed and con-
fused by wine.
Why did Salome go out and ask her
mother what to ask MARK? This
feature OF the story does not look like
plot. or as II Herodias had not dared
to conhde the whole OF II 60 her
daughter Should she ask for Jewels,
beautiful clothes. a palace? Prof.
Stalker puts these words into the
mothers mouth: Little fool, you
know not what you ask: what would
all these things be to you and me un.
queened and outcast as We may be any
day II John the Baptist lives?" So
the girl went back "straightway with
haste MARK and exclaimed MY
wish Is that you give me here. immedI-
ately. on dish. the head OF John the
Baptist" Her indecent haste. her
hideous petition, show that she shared
the furies OF her race"-Farrar.
The Transient Triumph OF Wrong
VS. 9-l2. How did Salome's request
affect Herod? The king was sorry"
MARX; exceedingly sorry"D. This
was not genuine repentance, or Herod
would have withdrawn his promise;
since falsehood. though always a sin.
is far less sin than murder.
What was the close OF the tragedyy
The noble head was placed upon a
charger-a broad. fat platter wont TO
contain meat for the table; and in
deed the sight was meat 10 the ven.
geance-hungry Ilerodias. The young
dancing girl received II, and, now
irightful as Megaera. carried the
hideous burden to her mother.
The Voice OF Conscience. we have
all Of us evils enough in these charnel
houses OF our memory to make us
dread the awakening OF conscience.
Some trine touches the hidden snrino