The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

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leaving behind even his closes,
A'ieHos' the Master went irto the re-
uses or the woods alone. There i
- 'oofn Tor a companion In the ul,i-
~ experiences If life. One by one
race the great verisies. Even car
daIIrSt must stay the gate
- Tethsemane when we are summon-
20 |" enter. There. alone. he meath
u trees. Jesus underwent the real
CRISIS of his passion.
when Scaf- Insurance Faikra.
most OF US distrust the blatant
prfson loud word of seif-contdence
ad assurance OF power. When Jesus
th.ifnated that his disciples would
iaii MN that night. Peter impetuousIy
piotes,ea that he would stand fast
thouSh all men fell away. n very
D'fHtidineSS OF the uitere noes pre-
pdFes as Tor the subsequent events
me trouble with Peter was that he
wa LOO Self-reiiant: too sure ef Peter
u not enough on God.
No christian may count on himself
70 keep faithful. but only on Cod 10
keep faith with him.
me words of conStanc, were
scarcely cold pa the lips of the three
iHest loyal disciples befor. they were
overcome with sleep. They capia
not watch while Jesus prayed. Their
vas hot TnaSt@ffui enough To
drive sleep from their eyes in avep
their Leaders darkest hour Corn
semane will not have delivered its
1ufi message to Us. unless it humblas
our spiritual pride.
The Song and tho Sweat.
Two dramatic extremes are in
aH.s STORY II begins with a song.
"neh they had sung a hymn they
went out into the Mount Of Olives"
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forth from his last meal on the old
terms with his disciples: bearing in
MS heart the heavy tnsciottsness
'hat one OF his comrades was even at
'hat ihonafiat on al errand of trea-
son: Knowing that he was coina
forth to agony beyond words. Ia do
ser.ion by his dearest. to betrayal
anu uenial and to death itself-with
a song on his lips. Mark this. all,
ye shallow optimists: Here is the
worlds highest mountaIr peak of
courage, the singing SayiouS on tine
way to the Gethsemane and Calvary.
we near no tales from Europe's bat
tl&fiiedS like into his.
Inc other extreme of the story IS
the sweat OF blood. a physical phe-
nolnenon not unknown to maajcal
science, but marking the very u1ti-
mate OF human intensity OF suser-
tnS. The blood from ti4e punctures
OF the HOMEGROWN. and from the
spear thruSts of Calvary. were not
so significant as this crimson which
the agony of soul forced from the
pores OF the Sayiour's face. We must
ook upon this to know what saliva
ton costs.
Why the Agony.
What was 1.-The cup hat Jesus
PRAYED might pass from him? Was
1T the arrest, the shame. the buffet
lngs, the CrucifiXion? So we COM
monty sap: but others have pointed
out that this ould hardly be the
case, since it was for this very pur-
pose that Jesus had come into the
world; to miss this would be to fail
in his mission. Surely, our Lord
was not such a one as would pur-
chase immunity from pain at the
cost Of honor and duty.
Was it not rather. as has often
been suggested. hat the agony of
Jesus was caused by the fear that
he might MOI physically be able for
his task, and that he might die be-
fore his work was done? The hu-
man frame had reached its limit.
Nothing would please the adversary
better than the untimely death OF
Jesus There seems a reasonable
ness in this idea. that the agony was
from fear that Christ might not
ply SicdliN De dD16 TO 1u1tli has mis-
sion
What Make G~ethsemanee
That point is only incidental. The
great reality is that Jesus suffered
as man suffered, but in the
end triumphantly declared. They
Will be done Whatever the cause
of the wrenchings Of the soul Of the
Redeemer, hey eventuated III a com
plete and utter submission 10 the Fa-
Tiers will. That is what makes a
Gethsemane. A soul struggle hich
seeks first Of all dociii:y to God and
peace with his is the only
experience that is worthy Of this
great name Any misfortune. how
ever bitter. is not a Gethsemane. un-
less it has this spiritual purpose and
result.
The Garden Of Gethsemane is the
garden of remuneration of self and Of
content with God. The finest of all
poems touching this experience of
Christ is that one born of sydney
Lanier's dark hour. when be knew