The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

him. and part his garments among them.
casting lots upon them, what each should
take. C25 And It was the third hour,
and they crucified him. (26) And the su-
prescription of his accusation was writ
ten over. The King OF the Jews. CD And
with him they cruelty two robbers; one
on his right hand, and one on his left.
C29) And they that passed by rallied on
him, wagging their heads. and saying,
Ha! thou that destroyest the temple,
and buildest 1t in three days, 600 save
thyself. and come down from the cross.
C3D In like manner also the chief priests
mocking him among themselves with the
scribes said, He saved others: himself
he cannot save. C39 Let the Christ, the
King Of Israel now come down from the
cross, that we may see and believe. And
they that were crucified with him re-
preached him.
C35) And when the sixth hour was come.
there was darkness over the whole land
until the ninth hour. go And at the
! ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice.
Eloi. Eloi. lama sabachthani? which is,
being interpreted, My God, my God. why
hast thou forsaken me? C3S) And some
OF them that stood by, when they heard
II. said. Behold. he calleth Elijah. C36)
And one ran. and filling a sponge full OF
vinegar. put 1t on q reed and gave him
to drink. saying. Let be; let US see wheth-
er Elijah cometh to take him down. CD
And Jesus uttered a loud voice. and gave
up the ghost CSS) And the veil of the
temple was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom. CSS) And when the CEN
turion. which stood by over against him,
saw that he so gave up the ghost, he
said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
C4O) And there were also women behold
ing from afar: among whom were both
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother
of James the less and OF Joses, and Sa-
lone: I'D who. when he was in Galilee.
followed him, and ministered unto him:
and many other women which came up
with him unto Jerusalem.
C3s) And one Of the malefactors which
were hanged rallied on him, saying, Art
not thou the Christ? save thysen and
us. 90 But the other answered. and re-
buking him said. Dost thou not even fear
God. seeing thou art in the same con-
demnatIon? CD And we indeed Justly:
for we receive the due reward of our
deeds: but this man hath done nothing
amiss. C9 And he said. Jesus. remember
me when thou comest in thy kingdom.
(40 And he said unto him. Verify say
unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me
in Paradise
The Narrative.
Our lesson today brings US TO the CEN
trail event in the saving mission OF the
Son Of God It consists OF the account OF
the last stage OF the journey to Calvary,
the CrucihXion. the incidents connected
herewith, and the death.
The only way in which il is really pos
sible to study this lesson is that OF read
ing the narrative attenTIveIy. reverently.
humbly. It is impossible TO deal with IT.
fTN "a NO in N-hf hfRh
other events in the ministry Of our Lord
may be dealt with. In order to consecu- !
tive reading the paragraph from Luke |
should be introduced after verse thirty |
two in that Of Mark: the rest of Marks
account following that.
In such reading OF course our princi- |
pal concern should be that of keeping our
minds supremely occupied with the Lord
Himself. In doing so, however, there are
certain matters worthy of especial note. !
II Is almost impossible to read this |
story paturally without feeling that there
was a touch OF rough pity in the action
Of impressing Simon OF Cyrene for the |
work of carrying the Cross. and also in
that Of their offering Him a drug. The
Roman method of execution demanded !
that the victim should carry his cross. /
We learn from one Of the other evan
gelists that He fell beneath its load. and
it would seem that the soldiers took pity |
on Him in this degree. 1t is very sug-
gestive also that He accepted the help |
OF Simon, but refused that Of the drug.
The superscription which PLATE caused
to be placed over the Cross is remark |
able both for its truth and its falsity. 1t
was indeed true that He was the King /
Of the Jews, their rejected Messiah |
There can be no doubt that PLATE order /
ed this superscription in anger with the
leaders Of the nation: hut overruling the
anger of the Roman governor. God thus
proclaimed the truth concerning the One
for Whose blood they had clamored. The
falsity Of the superscription lies in the
fact that He was infinitely more than
KinS OF the Jews.
The robbers cruci1ed with Him, one
on either hand, are always present to
the eye OF the mind as 1t looks back
upon the tremendous scene. and thus
through all the ages the truth Of the
word Of Isaiah uttered long before, is
repeated that He was num-
bered with the transgressors. To all
those essential sufferingS concerning
which we can know so little, there was
added the reviling Of those who were
gathered about Him. The people. the
priests, and the robbers Joined in heap
ing scorn upon Him.
In the midst OF the terrible trials
through which He passed there was one
moment Of glorious triumph. It was that
In which one Of those crucifed with Him,
ceased his reviling. and, rebuking his