The Jones County news., 1914-10-15

dOiAg AoibelAuA Oh hlAuS%iA anu Ills
approaching sufrerings, In way that
We cannot understand, He comforted
that little band with the Incompatible
words OF John xiv. Nv, xvi and pray
ed the prayer OF John xvii, such a
prayer as was never prayed on earth
before or since. Then they sang q
hymn and went out into the mount of
Olives Verse 26). he went forth over
the brook Cedron. because His 500
Israel had turned against Him and
would not have Him (Ex- ~, n: Pa
lxxn, III. We cannot but think OF
His father David going forth over the
same brook because bis son rebelied
against him QI Sam. Nv. 2s). but as
truly as David returned and reigned
when the rebellion was over. so shall
the Son Of David return and reign
when Israel's rebellion Is over.
Having entered garden in Geth-
semane (Iohn xviii u, he said to His
disciples. ''Sit ye here while shall
pray" and. leaving eight OF them, He
took Peter and James and John and
went little farther and began to be
sorrowful and very heavy (verse 33;
Matt. XVI. SD. Putting the three rec
ords together as well as we can, 1t
seems TO have been like this: He was
withdrawn from the three favored dis
ciples about stones cast, saying to
them, 'My soul is exceeding sorrow
full unto death Tarry ye here and
watch with me-" Then He went for
ward a little and kneeled down and
fell on His face on the ground and
prayed, saying, 30 my Father, If 1t be
possible let this cup pass from me;
nevertheless, not my Will but Thine be
done" And there appeared an angel
unto Him from heaven, Strengthening
Him And. being In an agony, He
prayed more earnestly, and His sweat
was as 1t were great drops OF blood
falling down to the ground. (Aiatt
XVI, 37-39; Mark xiv, 1896: Luke xxi,
4144.)
Then He came to the three and found
them asleep and saith unto Peter: ''Si-
mon, sleepest thoui Couldest thou not
watch with me one hour7 Watch ye
and pray lest ye enter into temptation
The spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh Is weak He went away the sec
ond time and prayed the same words,
and returned and found them asleep
again, and they did not know what to
answer Him
He went away and prayed the third
time, saying the same words. Then
He came the third time to the three
and said. sleep on now, and take your
rest 1t Is enough, the hour is come,
behold, the Son OF Man il betrayed
into the hands OF sfnners.- Then Hc
also sleeping for sorrow, and said:
"Why sleep ye2 Rise and pray lest
ye enter into temptation" This at
tempt at conservative story Of that
awful night ia the garden may not be
quite correct In every detail, but it Is
helpful even to try to do It Do it for
yourself, and You win be blessed In
doing 1t
1t is clear that He prayed three
times, that He found them three times
sleeping. that He sweat. as it were,
drops of blood. that an angel strength
ened Him, that after His agony He
was able to rise mp and go TO meet
His enemies.
What shall we say Of the favored
three who were also with Him at the
raising Of the rulers daughter and on
the mount of TRANSPORTATION and two
of them honored to bring to Him the
ass colt and to prepare the Passoverf
What about their sleeping at His
TRANSPORTATION duke TX, 32), as well
as in the garden. and the fact that
neither glory nor suffering can keep
such mortals as we are awake7 What
about the boasting of Peter and then
his not being able to watch one hour?
Oh, the loneliness Of 1t all on His
side. ''No man knoweth the Son save
the Father" How can He continue
TO love such as we are and ever hope
to make anything out Of us7 May His
patience with us make US more pa
ient with each other.
AS to His own experience In the
garden we may be quite certain that
He was not shrinking from death on
the cross, nor was He asking to be de-
hvered from that We know that the
devil tried to kill Him as a babe In
Bethlehem and by His own townsmen
at Nazareth and possibly in the storm
on the lake, but he could not, for the
time had not come. My own convic-
ton concerning His agony and bloody
sweat in Gethsemane Is that ii was an
other attempt of the devil to kill Him
before the time and thus prevent His
great sacrifice for sin on Calvary. The
key to it Is found In Heb. v. Z. +Hs
offered up prayers and supplications
with strong crying and tears unto
Him that was able to save Him from
death and was heard 1t is the rec
ord Of His third weeping. He prayed
10 be saved from death, and BE was
beard and therefore saved from death,
the death in the garden which seem
I'd imminent An angel came to Him
and strengthened Him that he might
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