The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-27

There many people have sold the Christ for
Some have sold Him for little political job for
position church board some in order to make their
business success There plenty of Judases.
Destruction Invited By HUI Dsobedience.
Did you know that the word Judas" a lovely
was born His mother said 'Now will praise the Lord
The name Judas is lovely Judas Iscariot did
not go to the devil in week. in month"; neither do YOU
Do you know that twelve months before this day Christ
told Judas that he would betray Him? Christ wanted to
him. Do remember how Jesus the last time He
spoke to the hardheard Jews who had rejected Him. was
ready to receive them under His protection hen If
they would only to Him? They would not do it. He
ready at the table to win Judas back Judas would not
respond, but watched his opportunity to oetray Him.
A Scenes: Christ he all.
said to Him. Where wilt Thou that we prepare for You to
eat the Passover He sad eco into the city to such
and say unto him. the Master saith My time is at hand
That sign. The moment that man heard the
words My time is at hand, he knew what meant and
his house for Jesus and His Apostles spent nearly
all of their last hours together There is where Of the
most wonderful words that Jesus spoke uttered There
where Jesus took towel and basin of water and washed
His Disciples feet. tell you believe in washing feet
not but that feet washing is good thing for
the Church. if there nothing else that will teach the lesson
of humility When man will get down and wash his bro
theirs feet there is humility That is the time for
Citation.
Then the Savior in order to humble the Disciples still
more, it is written when He sat down with
the Twelve, and they did eatI believe it quiet
that could have heard pin dropJesus said lone
picture of their faces at that moment Judas did not
word Peter did not say I it that fellow there?' or
said along with the rest cts it T?' Judas did not say
word. Now, notice what the Savior said: The Son Of
Man foe as written dd Of Him. Hin have Every head
Yes The Son of Man goeth it is wrtten but there is
nothing in Gods plan incompatible with the free will of
Man free moral agent Judas did not have to
betray Christ "But unto that by whom the Son
of Man is betrayed 1t were good for that man If ne had
never been BORN
"Offences must needs come but unto that by
whom the offence cometh.' gets his schooling
traning-under God ofentmes when his heart is break
ing because one whom he loved is the occasion of the
offence 1t would been better for that who be-
trayed the Christ if he had been born Jesus said
Then Judas spoke up It seems to me when he said that
MASTER it II? he have been the personcation of
the devil himself do not believe Judas asked that in
gentle voice. with tear in his eye and sadness in his face
believe that Judas asked that question with devlish
grin, adding sin to sin. He did it with grim determine
ton master, is it r.? He was full Of the devil He
of Cod Jesus simply repeated in His reply what was in
Judas heart "Thou hast sad That is all He said to him.
A Living sacrihce-Loves call Supreme.
AS approach Gethsemane and the Cross the pas
that want to with during the weeks that
shall intervene between this and the next Communion
vice is, "He saved others, Himself He could not save
The that want to nst into your minds and hearts
today this that the Savior all the way from His home in
Glory down through the cradle in the at Bethlehem
along the weary journey of His this earth unto
Gethsemane and the Cross that of sefdenal and self
sacrifice Oh that God would help today to learn that
except die he cannot live, and the who will not
die to himself and to the world will live in the hearts
of mankind Never
Did you read the story of the large steamer Queen
Lake Erie beautiful day when all at person
FASTENED to the side of the captain and whispered The
ship is fire. Three hundred passengers board
The word passed quickly to every and they
asking the Captain, SIS there any hope and he said
No hope except to run the shore Guiding that ship
John Maynard obeyng the Captain he stayed at his
post steering the ship for the Shore until at last his left
hand burnt dropped to his side Then the Captain shouted
Zone minute more!' Grasping the wheel tighter than
ever he guided ship until it began to CRATE upon the
sand and gravel and three hundred saved
but John Maynard sank to the deck dead Through his
sacrifice three hundred lives saved.
On September 6, 1885, of the Farne Islands,
the ghthousekeeper looking out discovered people cngng
to the rocks He afraid to to the rescue but his
daughter fra girl born in 1876 begged her father to
saying g" will go with you At last she persuaded him to
CO. Out of ffythree passengers thiryegh had already
been drowned among them the captain and his wife.
Grace Darling, with her father, faced the storm and
reached the surviving passengers and brought nine of them
safely shore In few days purse of hundred
fifty pounds sent to the heroine Her is known
throughout the civilized world result of her heroic deed
of love-