The Dermott news., 1917-06-07
INTERNATIONAL SUNDASQlOOL
 LESSON (By F. O. SELLERS. Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of tEs Moody Bible Institute)
 (Copyright. 1917, Western Newsparr- Union)
LESSON FOR JUNE 10
JESUS CRUCIFIED.

knee0 SuDSeFSlpnCe 10 custom ana the cry of the politician Is one of the black est pages in history. His Scourging of the man whom he, himself, declared innocent, Is practically without paral- Tel. After the mocking and the scourg. ing Pilate said unto the people, Be. hold the man" (v. ). and later in sar- CaSm he said to the same people. Be hold your king" (v. 14). Teachers should emphasize at the beginning and all through this lesson that Jesus suffered and died for the sins of all men, ours as well as those of his own day.
 |. The Crucifixion of Jesus (vv. 16-22). It was about nine o'clock in the morning when Pilate gave his infa- nous order that Jesus should be cru- cified. II was indeed Il Sorrowful pro- CeSSion which moved itself along the "Via polorosa" Uhe Sorrowful Way), consisting of the Roman soldiers. the tottering physically exhausted man ot Galilee. and. Luke adds, "sorrowing women" They took him to the place of skull, hill about sixty feet high. at the foot of which was the rock hewn sepulcher in which his body was later laid. The place was called in Hebrew "Goleotha, the Aramaic for skull. Calvary is the Latin for the same On either side of him were cruCffcd the robbers. which was ah evident effort to add to his shame is well aS a Salutary warning to the Pass over pilgrims. over che cross Pilate wrote a title on n wooden tablet. Fol lowing the usual custom. this was nailed nt the head of Jesus. setting forth his crime. The words it bore were. Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" us though Pilate would take malicious revenge upon the mob which had made him perform n deed he had sought to avoid. Literally this sign meant This man Is the kinsiiest of all Jews, and see what they have done to him." In response to Pilates ques. tioning, Jesus said, Il am the King of the Jews" Pilate knew that hc was innocent, and sought to let him 20 free, but. rather than incur the hatred of the JtN lSii dullhlitltN, aA'ihf1 {' AAi'4A demand for his blood, and became n party to the murder of the Son of God. Men today take part in his cruel. tixion rather than surrender wholly to him, and pay the price of open con fession. They crucificd him" How these words laid the pride of men in the dust Human nature Is the same today as II was two thousand years ago when the worlds bittercst hate was wrecked not upon bad man but upon the best man. the perfect man, the Goldman. The pain Jesus suf' terea on Calvary was no imagination. He suffered 1t all for us Gsa. 53;0, most severe agony he bore CPS. 69 20; ; Matt. 27 :4G). The crucifiNion of Jesus wus part of the eternal purposes of Gods love and redemption.
 IT, The Worlds Darkest Hour tvv. 23-3o) Each of the Gospel writers re- fers to the part the soldiers took in casting lots for his garments. They were unconSciouSly fulfilling the prophecy of Psalm 22 :lS, and it was from their number that one of the su. preme testimonies to the character of Christ came (See Matt. 27 :aD. The first three evanseliStS tell us of the throng of pilgrims who passed along the highway from the north, close at hand. and who wagged their heads in imitation and moellery of the agony of the one who was being cruciied. But there were others who were spec tatorS uf this event, n group of Christ lovers (v. 25l.
 It Is finished" These are remark. able words He had finished his suf' ferinc he had finished thnt for which he came into the world when he be- gan his ministry: he had finished tho mission for which his father had sent him into the world; he had finished and fulfilled the prophecies concern Ing his suffering and death; he had completed the work of the redemption. !. tNe atonement was finished. and Sa tan's power was finished: the Mosaic law was finished as far us its claims upon the believer were concerned (Rom. 1o:4: Col. 2 ID: Eph. 2:i5 and 16). Outwardly 1t seemed 10 be Sa tnn's supreme hour. IL was the worlds darkest hour.
 The seven last words. These would he an interesting study for any class. CD Father forgive them for they know not what they do;" @ To-day thou shalt be with me in Paradise"
 (3) "Wouian, behold thy son; ti) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mef" (5) I thirst" t6) Tt Is fin ished :" tT) Father into thy hands l commit my spirit" Christ had power to lay down his life. He had power to take it(up again, but he laid 1t down. submAlng to burial in the tomb. At tlESt moment note the effect upon the Ilefactor upon the centurion up- on q :, clements of cloud and sky, up- on be veil of the temple, upon the people and upon his friends. What Is e/eFect of this story upon yourself,