The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-06
A GREAT
The International Sunday School Les
son for October II is 1.-THE Last
Supper."-Mark 14:12-25.
WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Suppcr."-Mar 14:12-25.
WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
Painter and oct and preacher
have drawn great pictures Of this lit
upper room for a Jewish feast, that
was later turned into a memorial sup
per for the leader who was about to
leave them.
No pen or brush OF voice has ever
been able-perhaps the task is i'm
possible-to picture that same Sup
per as it has been repeated countless
whole world, under conditions
scarcely to be imagined. This is one
Of the tremendous institutions OF civ
ilization. 1t is vitality associated with
the deepest experiences of the human
soul.
The Feast of all Races.
In my own limited experience / re-
call having kept this Memorial Feast
In many places and in many unusual
circumstances. I have knelt in the
early morning on a historic battle
field, with a company of men in uni
form, and received the bread and
wine from the regimental chaplain.
While q storm ragged at sea, / nave
knelt aboard ship-clutching g. sup
port the withdrawing in the same
Sacrament with travellers from many
lands.
In great assemblies, when leader
ship In learning, piety and wealth
from the whole nation were massed,
i have been thrilled by the Sacrament
of fellowship: but not more SO than
when l have partaken of it in crude
village churches. ] recall sacramento
services in remote Chinese chapels;
with dusky Indian disciples under
h shadow Of the Tai Mahal; with
4 great body of Egyptian students in
2 church far up the Nile; and with
fellow Japanese Christians in their
pewless churches. where the whole
wOrshipping company sat on the floor.
h common imagination has been
moved by the recent spectacle of
great masses of soldiers, who were
going into battle, gathered to partake
Of the communion. Similarly a strange
tration of the Sacrament on battle
ships before action. The long and
unreasonable professions of celebra-
tions Of the Lords Supper, by all
races and classes of people, in every
imaginable condition of stress and
need, met to partake with their Lord
OF this last Supper, which He insti-
tuted on the night before he went
forth to die, Is a tremendous theme
for contemplation.
He That Is About to DIE.
The setting Of this lesson could not
be more dramatic. It's remote back
ground Is the three years of public
ministry of Jesus, with all the antag-
Onisms which his utterances ha6
aroused. h near background was
the Jewish Passover. AS true Jews
Jesus and his disciples kept that feasr
in ceremonial fashion.
A large upper room in the home O.
some Jerusalem friend had been Sc
cured for the OCCASION; and the ten
derest imagination Of Christendon
often turns to that room, where Wer,
spoken those loving farewells O
Jesus. which have echoed as word
of comfort through all the c%enturie
since.
The full company Of twelve wer
present with their Master for tn
Passover. Then Judas withdrew t
do his dread deed Of avarice.
seemed as If a pail were lifted fron
the company when his discordan
personality was removed. Then
was that Jesus opened his heart an,
In ~tenderest, most human and com
rade-like fashion instituted the las
Supper, a feast which Judas neve
shared. The rite could hardly be sim
pier. The common fiat cakes @
bread, broken by the hand of tn
Host and the common wine share
by all, were the only elements use(
And as they were eating, he too
bread. and when he had blessed, h
brake it, and gave to them, and sait
Take We: this is my body. And h
took a cup, and when he had give
thanks, he gave to them: and the
all frank Of it. And he said unit
them. This is my blood Of the cove
nant. which is poured out for man,
Verify say unto you, l shall II
more drink of the fruit of the vim
until that day when I drink it ne
In the kingdom of Cod"
LEST We Forget"
Every gravestone the world over
token of the universal human d.
sire to be remembered after deaf
All the massive mausoleums that ha,
survived for ever a few decades, a.
eloquent with the same eagernes
h desire is instructive, and, right
expressed, may be an impulse to divi1
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