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 LESSON


 By E. O. SELLERS, Director Sunday
 School Course. Moody Bible Institute.
 Chicago)
 LESSON FOR OCTOBER 1e IN THE GARDEN OF ozTHsEMANE.
 LESSON rExr-Mark N:aa-l2. See also
 GOLDEN TExT-watch and pray. that lye enter not into temptation. Matt 26;4l R. "
 The account of Peters boast ~. 29-30). . common but highly signifi- cant story, forms the connecting link, in Marks Gospel between this and last Sundays lesson. After singing the hymn V. 5 (the Hallelu5ah) :. tJesus and his disciples left the up- per room.
 l. Into the oarden, w. 32-36. No other passage in history 90 moves the human heart with revereutial ave. Somewhere outside Jesus 1eft eight disciples. He took three. his closest friends, and resolutely entered the darkness. Our record tells us that he was amazed and sore troubled" and there Is hint of his humanity sug- gested by the fact that he should con- fess the same to the disciples. These three had been with him on the Mount of Transfguration there to behold his glory. Now they are to see the depths of Divine self-abnegation. He trod the winepress alone, however, for he went forward little" lv 36),
 The Master's Prayer.
 II. Praying, w. 36-3s. The Mas ter's prayer was in reality . prayer of triumph; . prayer which enables us to apprehend, in part at least, his suffering and a suggestion of his com ing glory. It is easier to appreci- ate and to understand his prayer than 1t is to comprehend his glory. The resolute abandonment of himself to the will of his Father is one of the awe-inspiring facts of history.
 Jesus asked for this cup. drank 1t and passed on to Calvary. In the midst of his agony he Is strength Iened, Luke 22:43. Returning, he found the three disciples sleeping. Pc ter, who had made such boastful avow- als of fealty (vv. 29. 30) and who is about to undergo, and to fall, Is ad- dressed in tender reproach. Simon, ,sleepest thou. Couldest thou not watch one hour?" Then addressing the three, he said, watch. and pray that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak"
 Found No comforters.
 III. Again praying, W. 3s-42. Again he passes into the loneliness of that midnight hour. Again we hear his tri- umphant paean of prayer. This time he returns and finds the disciples heavy with deep sleep. This Is q .fulfillment of Ps. s69:20. T looked for comforters and found none" His gentle reproach goes unanswered. For .a third time he enters the trial and returning commands the disciples to
 
 There Is little doubt that between his permission sleep on and the declaration Tt is enough that the Savior. in wakeful loneliness, watched over the sleeping disciples. At last-,he reused them for the en- lenly. healed by Judas, were at hand. lTheir dearly bought sleep was short and we can imagine the confusion caused by the torch-bearing mob. The Man of sorrows Is calm Tn this hour after his victory in prayer. The dis sciples, not likewise strengthened. fiee away.
 Tho Supreme Value of this story lies in the effect 1t may produce upon each one who comes to know 1t. To one 1t does not speak at all. to an other, 1t melts the heart and brings tears to the eye.
 While he felt the 'sense Of all through which he was passing. yet he did not once hesitate. John 12:27. 26. never for one moment faltered in his co operation with the complete will of God. Again we are compelled to bow the head with reverence before his marvellous patience with the disci- Iples. Nowhere else have we found . xecord that will surpass this picture. |espeejally the latter end, as we see [him patiently waiting and watching while they slept. The words of the Psalmist are brought to mind:
 Like as father pitieth His children. 1So the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For He knowefh our frame.
 He remembereth thaQwe are dust. k Conscious of his approaching pas sion, conscious of the strain of the looming hours of that Hateful last day, fhalting on the pathway of his sorrows, he gives his disciples time for repose K While we contrast his self-sacrifice and their selflshness, yet. when we study our own lives. we hardly dare to criticize We are. however, im- pressed with the marvellous privilege they allowed to slip A6& them.
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