The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-06-08

priest who entered the Holy OF
HOLES only once a year. MOI
such another death was ever so
meaningful to men.
CHRIST DIED FOR
OUR SINS
Oh The Crucified Christ and
His Suffering. When they were
come-he would not drink" Vol
UNFAIRLY with deliberate purpose
and after long anticipation Jesus
endured the cross" He was not
surprised and overpowered but
"gave himself" Nor would he
take the usual potion to mitigate
his sufferings.
(2) The Crucified Christ and
His Executioners. "They cruel
fled him-they parted his gar
ments-they sat and watched him
there" The cross on which Jesus
was transfixed was more than an
instrument of torture and the
machine of death. 1t was an al
tar of sacrifice. =,
~ The Crucified Christ and
His Accusation. "This is Jesus
the king of the Jews" The title
PLATE gave him, whatever its de-
sign, was not inapt. He was not
only the kingliest of all the Jews
but their rightful king and king
| of al 1.-The earth.
| (4) The Crucified Christ and
the Malefactors. "Then are there
crucified with him two robbers. "
The authorities may have had
sinister purpose in executing tht
robbers at the same time with
Jesus. But there could not be a
more graphic setting forth of the
identification of Jesus with sim
ners. Even so, he saved one of
them who exercised faith in him,
being thus snatched as a brand
from the burning.
| 90 The Crucified Christ and
the Passersby. "They that pass
ed by rallied on him." The in
different throng caught the popu-
lar attitude that prevailed at the
moment. So it was that to the
depth of humiliation he went
when they stripped him, nailed
him to the rough wood, uplifted
him to the gaze of the morbid
crowd. tainted him, saw him die,
CO. The Crucified Christ and
the Ecclesiastics. "Chief priests
mocking him with the scribes and
elders" The vinegar dripped
from bitter tongues into his dy,
ing ears. How cruel and unjust
were their challenges Silent he
heard it all.
GU The Crucified Christ anG
Nature. "There was darkness
over all the land" Nature fold
ed a canopy of black across the
face of the sun and darkness
prevailed for the three fiercest
hours of the day.
(S) The Crucified and the Fa-
Their. "My God. my God why
hast thou forsaken me?" When
he looked up into the black
heaven his cup of agony over
flowed in tina theartbreaking ut
terance of utter loneliness. Did
ever such a cry before or since
escape the lips of any human be-
ing? And certainly no other
voice like it came from the lips
of deity.
| co. The Crucified Christ and
the Bystanders. "Some of them
that stood there -one of them
ran-the rest said, Let be-" IA
part of the throng fingered about
the cross during the ominous
darkness. When in bitterness of
soul he quoted a line from one
of the Psalms they misunderstood
him. But one OF them more hi.
name or thoughtfaI than the 9TH
ers tried to give him relief. 9th
ers awe-struck or heartless stood
still awaiting some supernatural
display.
/ I0) The Crucified Christ and
His Spirit. "Jesus cried again
and yielded up his spirit" At
last treachery and trial. scourge
and thorn, nail and challenge did
their worst. There was the shout
of triumph over finished work
and the quiet commendation of
his spirit to the Father and then
the paroxysm of dissolution. The
head fell upon the breast and the
lifeless body of Jesus dangled
upon the cross.