Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-05


We must omit 1t from the regular
course, especially because of the deep
spiritual lessons therein.
EXPLANATORY.
Time: A. D. SO.
Place: Jerusalem.
1t was the night before Jesus was to
be put to death because of the truth.
and in behalf of humanity; and the
Master well knew that the time was ut
hand. The great love which He had
for His own continued with Him, in
spite OF all He knew concerning what
| they would do in that trying time. His
love failed not, as is evident in what
followed. All things were now ready.
The Master was alone with His disci-
pies. one Of whom had become the tool
OF the adversary. and whose heart was
open to receive the diabolical design to
betray his Lord. Alas! that the Devil
should ever find access into the heart
of any man. and especially Of one who
had honorable position among the
avowed friends OF Jesus! Jesus knew,
yet Jesus loved! Judas protested, yet
Judas betrayed! The blacklist and
most despicable hate right in the pres
ence Of the tenderest and most con-
slant love!
Jesus knowing that the Father had
given all things into his hands,-This
is the same as Jesus meant when He
said to His disciples that all power Cor
authority, as the word means) in hea-
ven and earth was given unto Him;
and especially what Paul's words sig
nified when he said that Jesus was
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church. The Master had no question
or hesitancy regarding His position.
There is nothing like officious assump-
ton Of power. He knew who and what
He was--though He knew that the
time was at hand when He should be
betrayed and be crucified. With trea-
son and death just before Him, He had
no misgivings regarding the Divinity of
His person and relationship that he
was come from God,-As the great
Sent-One who had not presumptuously
come on His own motion; that He was
on a mission Of the Holy Trinity-and
wont to God;-That is, as expressed in
the first verse, that he should depart
out Of this world unto the Father.
There was no darkness sufficiently
black and dense to In the least shade
that conviction that He who had ac-
tually come from God was about to re-
turn to the bosom of the same Father.
Notice well the significance Of these
statements conceding the knowledge
by Jesus of His supreme greatness: 81. |
His sovereign position: everything Is |
put into His hands; 2. His divine orig |
in: He comes from God; 8. His di- |
vine destiny: He returns to God (the |
repetition of the word God is to be re-
marked).' With all this in full con-
seriousness, the divine Master humbles |
Himself, not only to the death of the |
cross, but as a servant of lowlicst of |
men. doing what no other with a sense |
Of high position and prerogatives has
ever done. Keep all this in mind while |
considering what follows. The ex-
ample becomes thus for His own de-
cisive. irresistible: the servant can not
remain with proud bearing when the
Master humbles Himself before him."
The example is inspiring and must be-
come contagious to the real disciple
He riseth from supper,-The last
supper He should ever eat with them
before the marriage supper of the
Lamb. 1t was the supper at which He
look bread and the fruit of the vine
md declared that the bread was as
His body broken for them, and the
vine as His blood poured out for them:
Ind enjoined that as He gave them to
Eat and drink so they should do this as
l memorial of Him: as Paul expresses
t, For as oft as ye eat this bread and
rink this cup, we do show the Lords :
ieath till He come" The supper was
low over; the New Testament sacra-
nent akin to the ordinance Of the Pass
'ver Feast. and to take it's place in the
hurch had been instituted-and laid
lside his garments;-His outward gar ,
nent or cloak; like our taking off our
oat to go to work-and took q towel,
md girded himself. The inner tunic
,as grit about the loins and bound WI,
towel which was to be used not sim
ly for a girdle, but for wiping, as we
hall see. Thus the Lord prepared Him
elf as an ordinary mental for the per-
ormance of service. He took upon
Himself the form OF a servant of men,
81 He was indeed the servant of God,
nishing the work that had been given :
lin to do.
After that he poureth water into
basin,-The piece of furniture gener-
lily in room where guests were en-
'rtained, that the feet might be wash
d: for it was as customary then and
lere to wash the feet on entering a
ouse, particularly to take a meal, to
athe the feet from which the sandals
ere removed upon entering. as it is
18th us to often battle the hands and
lce-and began to wash the disciples
'et.
Then cometh he to Simon Peter
e was taking the disciples one after
lie other. and now reached this one. =
here is no respect of persons with u
cd. What He does for one He will do
r all His own-and Peter saith unto
m, Lord, dost thou wash my fsst7
Jesus answered and said unto him,
hat do thou knowest not now;-
ere Jesus recognized and declared