prayer. Failing to watch and pray, men are overcome and swept away by the power of some mighty wave of temp- tation. The Devil watches and at the critical time he comes in like a flood. Praying without watching is hypocrisy; watch- ing without praying is presumption. Let us put on the whole armour of God, take the Sword of the Spirit and watcn unto prayer (Eph. 6:13-18). Keep all the facts clearly in view. istered? Where are the eleven apostles whom He had chosen? Where is Peter who had sworn to stand by Him and John who had reclined on His bosom? Where is the tnrong which had hailed ±j.im with hosannas and crowned .Him as thejr ,M'eSsia"h? What a pathetic picture! See the divine Man with hands bound behind Him, head bowed, surrounded by a mob and led by His erstwhile follow- ers to the palaec of the priest! How perfectly human He is now! Contrast Christ and Peter; one with the .consciousness of innocence, doing His Father's will, the other with a troubled conscience, following afar off. Love for the Lord led Peter to fol- low; fear of impending danger, in which he might be involved, kept him in the background. Through fear of death he forsook Him who was the fountain of life and had raised from the dead. As Jesus passed through the sheep gate, where the animals designed for Slaughter were led, the words of Isaiah might have been repeated: " H e is brought as a lamb to the slaughter'' (Isa. 53:7). (2) THE SEARCH FOR FALSE WIT- NESSES. " So u g ht false witnesses against Jesus. " This was an informal gather- ing of the Sanhedrists, hastily called. It was not held in their hall, but in a room belonging to the palace of the High Priest, Caiaphas.
now; yonder are the torches of the band whose leader is the traitor Judas. Danger now threatens them. What a splendid opportunity to show their faith and faithfulness I But they were unprepared; they had failed to pray and now they all forsake Him and flee. What emphasis should be placed on that injunction of the Lord, " w a t ch and pray lest ye enter into t emp t a t i o n" (Mark 14:38, 1 Pet. 4:7). Many times We fall into sin because we have not bulwarked our lives with T. C. Horton. The trial of Jesus.— Matt. 26:57, 58... Outline. (1) The Solitary Prisoner. Vs. 57, 58. (2) The Search for False Witnesses. Vs. 59-62. (3) The Silent Prisoner. Vs. 63. (4) The Sacriligious Court. Vs. 63-65. (5) The Slanderous Sentence. Vs. 66-68. This lesson is one of character study. What motives actuated the Rulers? What motives controlled Jesus! What does it teach concerning cul- tured religious human nature? What about the perfect human and divine nature of ..esus? (1) THE SOLITARY PRISONER. 'They led Him awa y ." The preced- ing verse tells us that they all forsook Him and fled. He stood alone. They then laid hands upon Him, bound Him and led Him away. What a picture of the Christ! What a fulfillment of the saying, " M y kinsfolk have failed me and my familiar friends have forgot- ten m e " (Job.-19:14). Where now is the multitude whom He fed? Where are the sick whom He healed; the distressed whom He had delivered? Where are the disciples whom He loved and to whom He min-
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR NOV. 27, 1910.
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