SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOB NOV. 20, 1910.
9:2) and in the power of the resurrec- tion of Jairus' daughter? (Luke 8:51.) Are they to be merely witnesses of this most sacred, scene? Does the humanity of Jesus crave fellowship in the hour oi temptation that lies just before Him? Is this lesson to be a certificate of His perfect humanity, manifest in His deep desire for the presence of these loved men who had for so long a time shared His earthly ministry? Does He long for the conscious touch with humanity as He enters the awful gloom of that dreadful, dark trial? He began to be sorrowful and very heavy and tenderly said to them,. ' f. Tarry ye here and watch with Me . '' The wine press is before Him (Rev. 19:15). He must enter it alone; but, here are three faithful ones, men who love him; their presence will comofrt Him. (2) THE SUPPLICATING SAVIOR. " A n d fell on His face and p r a y e d" (Luke 22:41). Here is one of the most striking pictures in the whole Bible; sad, sacred, solemn. We stand ift awe as we behold it. This is a holy place. Alone, in the deep recesses of the gar- den, in the dead oi night, a man goes to battle, not for Himself, not for His country, but for a lost world. Prostrate upon His face, pleading with His Fath- er, lies the beautiful form of the be- loved Son of God. Issuing from His lips comes the strange cry, " Qh, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from m e . " Is God torturing His Son? Does the Savior shrink from death? Other men have met it calmy; would He shrink from the suffering of the Cross? He had already said, " I have power to lay my life down, and I have power to take it up a g a i n ." What is the meaning of this prayer? In the wilderness temptation, : when Tesus had mastered Satan, we are told that Satan left Him for a season (Luke 4-13). In His words, just uttered in the upper room He had- said, " T h e Prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in m e " (Jno. 14:30); and now he comes, marshalling all the powers of darkness and sweeps down upon the
By T. C. Horton. Jesus in Gethsemane. Matt. 26:36-56. Theme—The Cup of Sorrow. Outline. (1) The sorrowing Saviour. "Vs. 36-38. (2) The supplicating Saviour. Ys. 39-44. (3) The sleeping saints. Vs. 40-43. (4) The solemn statement. Vs. 45, 46. The Passover Feast and the Lord's Supper were over; the Lord had girded Himself with an apron and washed the disciples' feet; He had warned Peter of his coming denial; He spoke those wonderful words found in the 14th, 15th and 16th of John's gospel, and offered that marvelous prayer recorded in the 17th chapter; which is the real Lord's Prayer; they had sung a hymn, the last He sang with them and they went out. (1) THE SORROWING SAVIOR. " M y soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto d e a t h ." Gethsemane was about half a mile east from the walls of Jerusalem, beyond the brook Kedron, and at the foot of the Mt. of Olives. Here was a place or a farm where, prob- ably, oil was made from the olives of the adjoining hill. .Attached to it was a garden. This was a favorite resort for Christ and His disciples, where they might find grateful quiet and shelter from the burning sun. It is night when Jesus leads the little company into the' quiet of that sacred spot. Leaving the eight near the en- trance, He takes Peter, Tames and Tohn with Him into the deep recesses of the wood. I t is the oicture of Abraham leaving the servant behind and ascending, alone with his son, into the mount so near this place. (Gen. 22:5.) For what purpose does He select these three men who had ben with Him in the glory of the transfiguration (Mk.
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