The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-04

| you. one Of YOU which eateth with me
shall hetray me. tAnd 80 he had
washed the feet of the man who should
| hetray him1
/ il VAS n time of sadness and fore
bodiug. The atmosphere was heavy
with Impending danger. The disciples
+ knew that they loved him. but possibly
; they did not perfectly trust them
! selves. They may have wondered II
i they had said ar done anything that
I had given his enemies any advantage
over him. Al any rate, they could
Only say. surely il Is not |. il IL %''
IT Is ore of The twelve" said Jesus.
that dippeth with me in the dish.
Tile answer was vasue-~they had all
dipped with him In the dish, Peter,
thinking IT nnwise to push the ques-
5in1 farther Openly. beckoned to John
that h. should ask who ii should he
az s hotn he spake. lie II Is" said
Jesus, Ia an undertone. TO whom |
saal gre 1t inarst1 when | have dip
ped IT Perhaps IT was at that mo-
: meBt that JtIdas asked, Is ii L. and
az the Master handed him the rnorsel
ie SAID quietly: '''rhou hast said.
" hat thou docst, do quickly" Instead
oi being moved to repentance. Judas
seems IA have given himself up utterly
tan Another moment, and he was
eotie. tNot. that in all proba bility
he Mas MOI present at the institution
of the Lord a Supper)
TIE supper was nov drawing To a
close II was their last Passover-the
last time they would celebrate the rite
~ the old Testament Church together
The chnrca 81 the new Covenant was
Law about 10 ne set up. and IL was
meet that the new ehourch should have
= rite answer. * 10 the Passover OF the
old. And as they did eat, Jesus took
bread and blessed and brake Ii, and
CAV. Ia them. During the feast he
had already hataied the bread saving
as he did 50, This is the bread Of
affection. Now. as he divided this last
cake among them. he said. This is
my body. No doubt every one at the
table understood lbs words just as they
h9a understood HIN when he had said
Il an the bread Il am the door
This represents MY body presently 10
Ire k1orsn for yeu
Aid he took tne cup, and when he
had given thanks given thanks for
TIE shedding NJ his own blood he
gave It 20 them saying. All Of gu
drink If IT, for this cup is the New
Covenant about ia be made in my blood
*8t TIT t'4F'tsF - Ltitf VIA ' L,
which was made IN Blood hy my
Father with yo4t fathers. this wine
represents my blood, which shed for
Hoe, ard for many. that mems sins
may be forgiven this do in refnenl-
hraHce OF nae And then he added.
] VIII drink n0 more of the sruit Of
tue vine with Soa uatl the DAY ot the
hnal triumph " my kingdom. when
We snail he gathered at the heavenly
feast Then all drink with you a
new Kind of VIE
After this 10 talked ia them. long
and terderlN, about the things t.lat lay
i heavily upoa his heart--taIked until
i nearly midnight and it was time to
Ga. And then theS all arose and sang
/ Il hymn-~proba the Psalms Uf5-
I ll6i with which the Passover closed :
ard making their way silently 10 the
street. they passed out of the city and
1 across the valley Of ketlrun To G;cthse-
/ name.
The Heart OF the Lesson
When JesHs gave the bread IL his
disciples he said. This is my body. y
/ NheH lie gave the Wine he "a ID This
I IL my blood. What did b.. mean For
/ one thing. he meant that he was offer.
. ins himself To them lie wanted them
Z To take him and use him. Here is the
truth We want to press home Ia our
hearts Jesus not only gave his life
/ tor me. hut he gives his life to ne He
! not only offers himself up TO die that
! might not die. but he offers his life
I To me that / may iIAe and have life
more ahundantlY II. has given me
: the privilege Of appropriatmg for my
own needs his life. his love, his pa
ti"nee. his truth his fath--so that
may live the life that he lived here
/ Oh earth. 50 THAI may keep his com
| isianduents; so that | MAY love and
/ trust and endure as he did, 40 that
MAJ overcome temptation as h.. did
! 80 that may have power to do good AS
| he did
Am | making use Of this o;lft
How can make use OF Christi How
can | appropriate him la meet my ST.
, preme needs
First. If | ann to appropriate him
! must believe that he really does i'm
! part his life to those who open their
/ hearts To him. Jesus does not call
us to him and then send us away
empty. he knew perfectly We'll that
/ fotEtNin1 us and cleansing our hearts
ana bidding Us 40 on our way in peace
! would never make us what he wanted
| us Ia be And SO he planned to put
! his Spirit into the hearts he had
cleansed that they might heHeefortf
4 live. not their own lives. but his life
/ How he does this We cannot under
stand. We need only To take him al
/ his word and believe that 10 long IA
we Keep our hearts open TO him. &c
| long as every channel OF our nature /.
! wide open to his spirit. 80 long AS We
| ar. wholly given ap TO him, he will
| supply US with the life that we need
| IN order to live as he lived Ii we
| would appropriate him thus II W.
| would feed on him in our hearts VIZ
must open our hearts to him and keet
| them open. Every part of our beins
/ must be subject to his Will
In the second place II We wouIc
| feed on him we must use the means
he has means OF grace. We
can then--to help us take hold OF hin
and appropriate him. One Of these
means OF grace is prayer. True
| prayer helps lis to take hold Of Christ
| and 10 take him to our hearts But
| often We make our prayers him
dranee rather than help For In
stance. when We ask him To make us
stronger. or TO help ua love him more
| OF 10 make us more patient, our prayer
does not help us to take hold Of him a,
all; it rather fixes our thoughts upon
our own little strength, or love, or pa
tience. Instead of asking him toInake
US stronger. or To- help us 10 love him
more, or 10 be more patient, we should
| rather plead his promise to impart Il
ns his strength. his love. his patience
Another means is the Lords Supper
so many ~ as partake Of the sacred