The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-05
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH.
Part One.

THAT YOU may know what the People meant when they
said Cruelty him must tell you that in those times,
which very cruel times indeed et thank God and
Jesus Christ that they past it the custom to
'l people who sentenced to Death. by mailing them
ground and leaving them there exposed to the sun and
wind and day and night until they died of pain and thirst
II the too to make them walk to the place of
eecon carrying piece of wood to which their
hands be afterwards nailed that their shame and
suffering might be the greater.
Bearing his upon his shoulder like the
est and most wicked criminal blessed Saviour Jesus
Christ surrounded by the prosecuting crowd went out Of
fotha: that is the place of scu* And being to
hill called Mount Calvary. they hammered cruel nails
through his hands and feet and nailed him the Cross
between two other crosses on each of which. common
thief was nailed in Over His head they fastened
This writing Jesus of Nazareth the King of the
IN three languages in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.
MEANTIME, guard of four soldiers sitting on, the
ground, divided His clothes (whchthey had taken of
four parcels for themselves and cast lots His coat
and sat there gambling and talking while He suffered
They offered him vinegar drink mixed with GALL and
wine, mixed with myrrh; but he took And the
wicked people WHO passed that Knocked him. and said
IF Thou be the Son of God down from the CrossP
The Chief Priests also Knocked Him. and said HE To
Sinners Let him himselfp One Of the thieves
Christ, save thysef and u.s. But the other Thief who
was penent said Lord! Remember me when Thou COM
est into Thy Kingdom!" And Jesus answered, Today
thou shalt be with me in Paradise" -.
None were there, to take pity ON Him. but one dis
cipe and four God blessed those for their
true and tender hears They were the mother of Jesus
his mothers sister Mary, the wife of Ceophas and Mary
Magdeiene who had twice dried his feet her hair.
The disciple was he whom Jesus loyed-John, who had
leaned upon his breast and asked him which was the
Betrayer When Jesus them standing at the foot of
the Cross, He said to his mother that John would be
her son. to comfort her when He dead and from that
hour John was as son to her. and loved her. 80
about the sixth hour deep and terrible darkness
all the land, and lasted until the ninth hour
when Jesus cried out with loud voice. my God NV God
why has Thou forsaken mel" The soldiers hearing him
dipped in vinegar that was standing there
and fastening it to long reed put it up His Mouth
When he had received it, He said cit is finished And
crying. Father Into thy hands, commend my Spiritw
died.
Then there dreadful earthquake; and the great
wall OF the Temple cracked and the rocks rent as
der The guard terrified at these sights said to each
other Surely this the Son of Godg-And the People
VINO mad been watching the from distance (among
whom were many women) smote upon their breasts and
went fearfully and sadly, home
Inc next day, being the Sabbath the Jews were
anxious that the Bodies should be taken down once and
made that request to Plate Therefore soldiers came
and broke the legs of the two criminals kill them; but
coming TO Jesus and finding Him already dead they only
pierced his side with spear From the wound there came
out blood and water.
lHEkE was good man named Joseph Of Arimathea q
Jewish cfy-Who believed in Christ and going to Plate