Evening star., 1925-01-17

Our Lord selected a supper as His
| m memorial. He waited until He was
about to die, when He erected His
unique memorial that would recall
His death whenever His followers
would be gathered together through
out all lands and in all the coming
! centuries. He did not erect His
memorial upon some lofty mountain
heights. although His followers have
since erected one to the Prince of
Peace and placed 1T upon the crest of
the Andes to witness to the fact that
| remembering their Lord had estab-
lished peace. Christ did not select
any great capital or crowded metro
polls to place His memorial, although
He established it first in Jerusalem
at the last passover, the one He
greatly desired" to eat with His
| disciples. He erected where all could
see it and where time could not
destroy its testimony.
No memorial has equaled it in its
universally and permanence. 1t has
| been erected in every continent. 1t
has found its way into remote VIII
lagos in all lands. Priests have
erected it by the bedside of the sick
and dying. Saints have maintained it
| in the caves and catacombs where
| they took refuge and awaited a
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upon all seas and erected on the isles
; OF every sea. Wherever two or three
have met in His name in pagan or
| Mohammedan lands, they have re
membered the death of their Re
| deemer by observing the Lord s
| Supper. 1t will continue to be a
| memorial that will fill the hearts Of
all who observe it with hope until
| He comes again. In establishing ii
| hnnT n
| our Lord erected in the upper room"
memorial of His coming triumph
| that ought to encourage every de-
| spondent disciple with courage to
risk all for His glory
| The Supper Established.
When "the hour was come" to par
| take of the passover, Jesus sat down
| 10 eat the passover with His apostles.
| The Master had intrusted Peter and
! John with the preparations that were
| carried out in detail in accordance
! with the regular Jewish custom. His
1 directions to them prevented Judas.
VINO had entered into a conspiracy
! with the Lords enemies to betray
! Him, from interfering with Christ's
program They also revealed an
| unknown friend, who was not afraid
/ TO share his home with Jesus in the
| hour of danger. They found him at
! the public fountain OF Jerusalem per-
! forming the woman's task, carrying e
| a pitcher of water. There was no
! sign of recognition between the three.
| The man recognized the disciples
when they approached. He had been
looking for them, so he arose and
| moved toward his home.
! Ihe apostles followed him in ST.
lence, until they reached his home.
They did not speak until he turned
ana faced them. whereupon they ad-
vanced and gave him the password
| The Master saith unto thee where
! IS the guest chamber. where / shall
eat the passover with my disciples -
| Matthew adds that the password con-
tanned an additional phrase, NY time
IS at hand" 1t is evident that the
apostles did not understand the mys-
! tertous meaning. which spoke of
Christ's coming death, although the
unknown friend, who may have been
the father of John Mark. probably
| understood, so that he could make
ample precautions TO protect the
| Master.
The apostles were quarreling dur
ing the supper over positions. pres
tige and power, while the unknown
friend, who had given the Lord his
choice guest room, was eating the
patriotic memorial feast of his ma
and the Il perfect seclusion. In an
effort to remove the cause of differ
/ enCe among them the Master had
washed their feet SO as to impress
upon them the value of service and
humility. 1t is one of the bitterest
! ironies of Christian history that not
only the II failed to catch its mean
ing, but His followers throughout
the centuries have revealed the spirit
! of af 40
| Christ. We know of six who took
part in the discussion around the ta-
BILE. Their words revealed their
characters. They were typical men
Ia false disciple. a faulty disciple, a
skeptical disciple. practical disci-
pie, n narrow disciple, a mystical
disciple; yet Christ had place and
use for each of them. He loved them
and up to the end tried to change
Judas, so that he would not betray
| Him.
Judas Last Chance.
Judas reclined at the table beside
the Lord, who saw the great possibili-
! ties wrapped up in his personality.
He tried to develop Judas. whose fail
ure ought to make us realize our own
| weaknesses and avoid the pitfalls
around us. His ability was recog-
nzed by his appointment to the Of
flee of treasurer, because of his thrift
and business sagacity. He had the
greatest possibilities among the u.
If he had kept loyal until the end,
possibly his name would have headed
the list of the IL instead of being
recorded as a traitor. In all proba-
bility there was as good material in
the man of Kerioth as in any of the
men called from Galilee to be apos-
| ties.
The tragedy and crime in his fall
! had their roots in very common soil.
He was overcome by his lust after
| secular power. Like all the disciples,
he had followed Christ with the ex-
pectation of sharing in an earthly
| kingdom. AS he listened to Christs s
warnings against the cares of the
world, lusting after high places with
lcontempt for lowly service, Judas
| commenced to be embittered against
| his Lord. Then came the next step
/ in his downfall. for as he deserted the
/ lofty standards of the Nazarene with
the fading away of his day dreams of
afTfuence and power, he laid himself
| open to all the baser motives latent
| in his heart. The break came, when
Jesus condemned him for his criticism
| of the noble Mary, claiming that she
had wasted her precious ointment.
He then entered into combination
with the leaders of the nation to
betray Him for 80 pieces of silver.
| Jesus warnings to Judas, that He
knew of the traitors plot, was
Christ's final effort to prevent Judas
from betraying the Master, who loved
His disciples unto the end. Judas
withdrawal gave relief to the sense
of gloom. which had oppressed them
l.all. and a feeling of harmony was
renewed" The institution of the
Lords supper is frequently thought
of. as taking place after the passover;
but Lul<e's reference to the Master S