The Cedarville Herald, Volume 44, Numbers 1-26

LESSON FORMARCH 2 Q JC*U t ON THR dfcOfiS, T » CT-.M%U..«[ «-». GOLDEN XBIXT—God carnmendefh Hl» us I t tHftt we were yet *t**j**~fr ChrUi <J!ed X*r v^-Rom «:*, X+ pg WAL-Matt. «:Jl; y *Ni i John 12r«-SJ: I £or. 1:11-25; t;ti Gxt f^tillCAJtY TOPIC—jutv» Dyinx let pc. fESZ25 ’TPf^C-Jecu* Crucified, • wt » r H* piatb and senior topic -Tb* (nprine Sacrifice, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC ~>Thc Croc* It# Meaning Today. ThB grand climax of the slxmimthV Ievaon* j« reached in this one. If one nice the significance pf the crucifixion, < ", all the preceding lesson* are value- tes$. I t is not a mfitter of learning the lessons taught by a great teacher. , or Imitating the examples of a great A Ifad good man, but of apprehending the atonement 'made by.tbg worlds Redeemed '* l,~Tb* Place of Crucifixion (w , 33. ■ m ’ ' , > They ted him away to Golgotha. a hill north of Jerusalem resembling a . skull, He pros npt crucified within .the ■■city, for he wpg to suiter without the gate (Heb, 13:12), At first .they pom ’ petled him to bear his own 'Cross, hut when physfqal wealth'xs. made it nec­ essary that some, other should bear it for Him, they compelled Simon th<* ’ Cyreplan to bear I t ,In order that He might not succumb to death before He was nailed to the cross, the soldiers offered Him a stimulant of vinegar mixed*with gall. He refused this, Os He would consciously drink the cup of . sin to Its,hitter dregs, H- Gambling for the Clothing of the Lord (vv. 35 38). , I f was the custom‘for the soldiers who had charge mf the crucifixion to receive the'garments of-the one cruel- - •fied. Hers* we have the' fulfillment o f Psalm 22:18, “They ^parted my gnv- ' meats among them, and upon my ves­ ture faey did cast lots," If they hod hut eyes to see they could' hake befield a robe of righteousness being provided In His deatji to cover their sinful ' nakedness. * * III. The Accusation <v. 87). <lt was customary to .place over the" * victim of the crow the name and * crime pf the offender. This super- 1 scriptlon was placed over Je*us by Pllfjte to rex the Jew* He was their Klhg, They bad lopg looked for Him., -and now when He had come this is the " kind of treatment they gave Him. , IV. Two Thltvek Crucified With Mlm.fv. 88). r . T^ts was another fulfillment of •Scripture (Isa, 53:12), "He was num­ bered with the transgressors." In these three crosses we h»Ve set forth „u spiritual "history of the iwhole world. ; " - ' *; ’ V* The Dying- Savior Rsvilad, <vv; &44>,. , • . * ’ t ‘ ' /T h is reviling was engaged‘ In by the passerby, the chief priests, scribes and elders, and the thieves .who were crucified with him. In their mockery they unwittingly spake groat truths. 1. “He saved others, himself he can* ndt save" (V. 42), This jest ..was meant to show tl)e absurdity Of Jesus" claims, but*' It demonstrated them , and showed the reason for His, suffer,- , ing*< >He could not save Himself and - others, so He chose to give Himself to save others, 2„ “If he he the. king pf Israel, let him now comic down from th eBcrosa"' (v. 42). His refusal to abandon the cross established His royal claims. The t e r / f a c t that He did not abandon the ' cross proves, that He was what H e , claimed to be for it was unto the cross that He came. . 3. "He trusted in God, let him de- ' liver him now fv, 43). His refusal to abandon the cross, proved God's fall ■delight and satisfaction in His Son. His ' obedience Unto death was the sacrifice which met God's full approval, y i. Tha Death of Christ <w. 45-50). So shocking was this crime that na­ ture threw around the Son of God a shroud that the Godtesk company <muld not gase upon Him, Darkness was upon the land at noon-day. Upon" the termination of the darkness He cried with a loud voice. "My God. my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" * Thii darkness was the outer sign of that which hung over the Lord. He became sin for the world, and the sin hid God's face from Him, God for- took Him; tamed from Him who had taken the sinner's place. „ When the price «'«% paid He cried out with a loud Voice, showing that He still had vlt*iUy~that His death was not from exhaustion.' but by His Sovereign Will, Be yielded up the ghost, sent His spirit away. He died of His soveneign will. He died like no ether msn fh all the world's history H* did not die o f a broken heart. , M 4 tend* have' to Y e t.. ■“per new and new, arid aver, new, : The golden had within the bine; And every morning seems to say, •There’s aomethlng happy on the way, And God seodsalova to yonI'" Methers Mold th# Ufa, If you would reform the world from tta erfar* and vices, begin by enlist­ ing the methsr».~-Q. Simmons. * . A* Gaod as It frothing is as good as it aearns be- fer*h*ad.-*George Pilot. «ftfa* ffossd' * ' ■ ftine Hose is a popular name for a smtiva ad Hove gchtis. Matibarids, In “fiftM glided gives the following so. _ crimt o f Its origin: ’“ Tray, s ir/ said ««« t f tay fellow passengers, *®sn yon tsti jm why the Hev* Scotiaia are natfett H int Hoseaf I t Is the hftme 0 t « potato,' said I, 'which the / pro- dhme In the greatest perfection, and boast to be the beet in the world, - Americans h a te in eonaedaenr# t&m the nickname Tfine ’ 4 ■ dinpHlSRH*? a spot on my back, about the stse ..of a postage Stamp, that has been itcblpg all day,” said, the retired merchant, "and it lias caused me more grief than the last attack of rheumatism. I can’t reach it with -either ■ hand,* and I have been backing up against every tefa phone pore and gatepost# rubbing like a horse with- tlie, mange. A Wan of my isnclal and -commercial standing .doesn't l o o k dignified while thus „ en­ gaged, but' when a man’s back itches, ho has to defy th e cottveo-. lions, and get relief the best way he fan ” “I can understand just hew it- lina worried you,” sold the hotelkeeper, “The fact that you- couldn't yeaeli wound and' claw the itching place with your fingers kept the matter- fresh in your memory and got On your * Jftves, The pursuit of die unnf:.,,« J ihle always is Wore interesting to us ' :han the easier work close‘fo’ hand. ?0U had your whole person to .scratch, rod-might have,bought a currycomb $ r a quartet-, and hnd a good time, hr* rou couldn’t b$ happy ufitti you hafi reached the one-inaccessible spot/ * ,“A while ago T Imagined jr had mart "disease, and ufent nnd saw the”! factor. 'H e knows, I ,have .money In he hank,, npd am, considered goOd, pay, , jo he confirmed^ my worst; fears,vnnd i , nade up his mind to have me for h i s , ! |tar patient, nntllvone.of us petered: raf. He threw an awful scare fn|o me. io that I went home sweating ice cold * •Ircus lemonade. - - t “He gave me some medicines and n j ot 6t Instrnctlons. Among them ,wns' me to the effect-that-when I went to - ied I should always sleep on my riglit- tlde. .He cautloned rae over and 1over { .gain against laying on my -left side, * nd left the impression'that If, I dis-j iheyed him. I’d wake up Bom’s "morn-J ng to find myself a candidate for a i loral horseshoe. „ 1 / > “That matter looked easy^ a t th e , ime, and I ’assured the doctor I’d fol-, ow’ hfa bylaws to the letter. \Vhen; f went to bed that night, I stretched» tut on my right,side, and fa tea -min- < ties-1 was fust suffering to roll oyer, ‘ don't - believe I ever had such a 1 tankerfng for anything. I t seemed"to ne the height of human happiness-, vould tie to sleeping on one’s left side.; I followed instructions fo r two ^nights, ifid then I decided that life wasn’t, vortli such sacrifices, and I tolled over, md slept On my left side, and nothing mppened. 1-was feeling better than isuat next morning when I gpt up. “Of course this experience lessened, ny confidence. In the doctor’s tnstruc- -fans, and I concluded th a t: if T- was - jolng to sidestep the' instructions I night aS well sidestep the medicines. :oo, for they tasted like low life In a, Chinese alley, nnd I threw the whole* ot out of the window. .Thus thevsaw- jones fast his most promising patient because he handed out a rule that wasn’t strictly necessary. “^peaking of the unattainable, do. rou know what's the matter with Spas Furbelow? He has. everything a man .‘ould ask,' a stranger fa the town would say, •He has a. beautiful home fad a wife who would be considered a luccgss anywhere, and he has festoons i t money where It -will’ do the most ;ood. “Yet he has a secret sorrow. I :hlnk he’S*the most melancholy man X, ;yer saw, and his. trouble is that he lan’t raise a good Stand of whfsktirs.. Nowadays, when whiskers are consid­ ered an infirmity, it seems strange Shot any mail should grieve over such i matter. * “He sends all over the tJnlted States for hair growers, and half the time his face is blistered Or swollen, ind'still the whiskers won't grow on rim. If some miracle happened, and he woke up some morning to find his iountenance all covered with whiskers, he’d probably have then- shaved off within a week; but because they won’t grow, he won't be happy till he gets ■hem.*' W«ary of Whirlwind* “You don’t seem to like the idea of I whirlwind campaign," *T hate the mere mention of it," replied Farmer Oonitossel, “Maybe you'd find it hard to understand, nev­ er havin' lived, as 1 did, In a part of the country where every ^once in twhlie you have to get out and tun for a .cyclone cellar”. Plenty ef Time, Teacher—What, Bobby, yOU say you. don’t want to be president* of the United States? Bright Dnd-yHot just now, thanks, tf It's all the 'same to yoja I ’d rather wait until after.a couple of more elec­ tions.—'American Legion Weekly. • ' His Weik Shd."*** . “Reggie is going to the country on Saturday,” “For a week-end/* “Yes; his head’s been bothering hlm.”—B08ton Transcript. Osaian. Osslan, a mythical Gaelic hero and bard, Is said’to have lived fa the third century, and f a have been the Son of Ffagai, a Caledonian prince and hero, whom be accompanied on various ex­ pedition*. The story goes that osaian was earned away by hi* faify hind- toother to the “isle of the ever young," but he returned later, and then old, blind and alone, “Osaian after the Fetifa," he told ’the story o f th* heroes fa St. Patrick, • In 1750-63 James Mepticrson piiniiiv • 1 r* "o'ce, Which he claimed to tie tranelatfau* from Osssiuns poCms, Si* ' f ' Sway customer urho cornea to tut is entitled tot ^ sOiifaction; if you don’t w t it, we’UmakeW - I ■4' ■■-‘A , : :■ , — — ------------ w r-~ ^ W AM •■SnrPffnVffcSMfMtverpsr >r ■rti ' l rxy . 4 ,? .• > 1 get year ■*:*>’•* now *w*‘Y’*1 .’"tKrf , , *“ • go '** V. " ■■ , r *4, H«L ...^ ii* ‘ \ ' \ . - t Unusual strong Values in suits and ' overcoats at these prices . $ari $ a c '. $ ,]*s y $65 »% :■ . - ■ .■■■■ ; ^ • ■ -■ ■. ■ — ' ; ' ’ '■ / These prices are very attractive; but you Know better thanito buy anything just for a pricey it’s quality that makes a real bargain. T h e quality is so fine^in the clothes w e offer that they're the least expensive you*D find. i i - New Styles for young men The loosely draped coafs with lower openings are the thing; square should" ers; simple lines. We'll show you a big variety of new thirigs. For business men We have*abeautifulVariety of rich worsteds and othey good fabrics that give business men the wear and service they need. Sizes and models for every figure. * > a d e r 1 C o m p a n y ■ S r n U i t i r i D u / i v n i U m