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ÇUNDAY -5-!j-? 0 LESS0N Redwood Case Witness PiSBBn MCTiaKssersmffl llsson xii JOÏÎN'S PICTURE OF THE TRIAL AND CRUCHTXATION John 18:1 -- 19:42 Printed Text -- John 19:4-9 ; 14-18 25-39 Golden Text -- "Hereby know we toyev because lie laid down his life for us. -- 1 John, 3; 16. ÏHH LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time -- The arrest of Jesus took *we some time late on Thursday night, April 7th, A.D. 30. Christ was cnaclfjwi in the third hour of the next day, Friday (Mark 15:25), and lie ex- hired approximateiy six hours later, wMoh would be about three o'clock tiiat afternoon (Mark 15.33). Burial place that day. Place -- Christ was arested in the Garde» of Gethsema.ne, which was <'h Be lower slope of the Mount of Olives opposite and east of Jerusa- - loin. ' "Anfl Pilate \wn: out again, and he sait!» unto them, Behold, I bring him oiit fo you, that ye may know that 1 find no crime in him." if the charge had seemed reasonably, the governor would naturally have let the law take its iwrse. That he had not done so, but brought the accused out again, was a clear proof that he held the charge against him to be groundless. SHa words are an appeal at once, to the Sense of humanity, and to the sCiMfe of justice in Christ's accusers. "Jésus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment," We cannot help but think in reading these words, of a time yet to Chine when the Lord Jesus, will !>a Seen crowned with glory and horn otir (Bob. 2:7, 9) ; when upon his head there will be many crowns for- ever (Rev. 19:18); and he will be clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle" (Rev. 1:13). ,J AM Pilate smith unto thetn, Behold the. tnan!" Pilate spoke more truly thait he knew. His words were probably probably uttered in contempt, but they really arô an acknowledgment that the. Only perfect man was the one who stood before them. "When therefore the chief priests and tin), officers saw him, they cried offt,. saying. Crucify him, crucify him! White eaith unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify ' him; for I fin® su» crime in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God." It is Sometimes said that Christ never declared himself to be the Son of God M a way that no other men could be Sons of God, but such a conclusion fa CO indicted by such words as are found, in John 5:18 a id 10:30, 33, and by the. plain manner in which the Sew brought accusation against the OhBiSi;, which accusation our lord «unci 1 denied. "When Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more afraid." The foot that. Christ was said to have claimed a. divine origin naturally deepened the strange fear- which his presence inspired ; Pilate not only was afraid but he was more afraid. " "And lie entered into the Praetor- lujtt again." This word appeared pre- vtouÿy ia 18:28 (and also in Matt. $SÎ:$t and T ark 15:18). Here it pro- bafejy means the official residence of the. procurator, though where Pilate's I'esidemco was in Jerusalem during the. Sine of our Lord is not unite certain. certain. "Anal eaith unto Jesus, Whence art theti.7 But Jesus gave him no ans yoke of the Roman government, and whose true king must needs be of the line of Day id, so easily forgetting all their past history and their present present shame as.to say they would have no king but Caesar, as uncircumcised, uncircumcised, pagan, godless Gentile, "Then therefore he delivered him unto them to be crucified." in none of the Gospels does it appear that Pilate Pilate pronounced sentence on Jesus ; he perhaps purposely avoided doing so. But in delivering him over to the priests, he does not allow them to act for themselves -- he delivered the Lord to be crucified. "They took Jesus therefore; and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, himself, unto the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha : 18. Where they cuiicifed ' him and two others ,ou either side one, and Jesus in the midst." The picture of the Son of God walking out the Holy City, the city of Melehi- ssedek, the city of David, the city of the great line of prophets, his head and body bruised and bleeding, and carrying on his shoulder the crushing crushing weight of the wooden cross, and knowing in his heart that shortly he would himself be stretched upon it, is a scene calling more for méditatif méditatif n than exposition. "These things therefore the soldiers soldiers did. But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of CIO- pas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple. Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her unto his own home." The first cry iir-om -the cross was a prayer for God to forgive those who had crucified crucified him (Luke 23:31); the second utterance was to the thief crucified r with him (Luke 23: 8). the third cry ' was the one here given, words to Mary and to John (he Apostle. It is reco.ied only in John's Gospel. By making- provision for his mother's comfort. Jesus fulfilled the commandment, commandment, "Honor thy father and. thy mother" mother" (Ex. 20:12), and thus, from the pulpit of his cross preaches to all ages a sermon on the Fifth Commandment. Commandment. "After this Jes«s, : knowing that all things are now= Yipislied, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst. TImre was set there a vessel full of vinegar, so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, hyssop, and brought it to his mouth." The fourth cry front the cross is not recorded by John (see Matt. 27:46, 47): the fifth cry, '1 thirst," is recorded recorded in nohe of the Gospels except in John. This incident should be carefully carefully distinguished .from the one recorded recorded in Matt. 27:34; Mark 15:23; and Luke 23:36. The Holy Spirit led John to st. in this in 'dent a fullfill- ment of Psalm 69:21, Thé . vinegar was a sour wine drink made by the soldiers. The branch of hyssop was from a plant possibly one and one- half feet high on the end of which the sponge was placed. In his love lie suffered suffered men. and women to minister unto him and at the last received gently and humbly this solace from a foe. Ms* Wfe Matt. 7:6; 27:12-14). Pilate Pilate would not have understood our Lord had Christ answered his question, question, «ltd furthermore, thr question had nothing to do with Christ's guilt. As Pilate continued to. question the Lord Jesus and a- Christ quietly «Poke to him, more and more the Ro- «lim official became conscious of the greatness, as .well as of the innocence Of the one who stood before him, and lie sought again to deliver the Lord. But. the Jews very shrewdly reminded Witt that Christ had called" himself a King, that thus he was a rival of Cae- kflr, and that if Pilate should release a .man making such cairns, he would W>t be. Caesar's friend. Of one thing Mate, was certainly afraid -- off end- lit gthe,: powers in Rome by whom he foad been, give, nail the lucrative posi- tioiis; which he had held. "Now It. was the Preparation of the passAer; it was about the sixth hour and fee^saîth unto the Jews, Behold, ÿmir^Eünêt They therefore cried out, ÀWay- with him, away with him, and Cruelty him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall crucify your King? The chief |»i*te8 : ts'., apswered, We have no king, |#ui Caesar," About six o'clock bn B'ri- 9a y morning, piiate brought Jesus out, and, himself sitting down on the lùdgeinAfe seat, preheated' Christ to We; Jféws thèlr king. Tt Is strange fo lteaf-Jews',,who chafed under, the "When Jesus therefore had received received the viiKgar, he said, it is finished, finished, and he bowed his head, and gave 'UP his spirit." This is the sixth cry from the cross, and is found only in John's Gospel. So many men have come to the end of life conscious that they have not at all completed the Work they had expected to do. Victor Hugo said: 'Life is too short for a man- to carry out all that he has Planned.' Danton, about to be guillotined guillotined said : T leave it, all in a frightful frightful welter.' Tt is Christ's declaration that the final revelation of God has been given, that all alienation between between God and man has ended, that all other religious rites and ordinances ordinances are abrogated, and that henceforth there is only one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. HEW.SON---Elizabeth Cairns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad. Conrad. Hewson, Peetanguishine, Ontario, wishes to announce the gift of a baby brother (Conrad Wiliam) ai; the Penetanguishine General Hospital, on Tuesday, February 2, 1987. Used to be that father and mother mother announced the births; we've even read that father, mother and baby were "all doing weli/' but here little sister comes «long to break the news to thé world, »-« Miss Evelyn Larson, blonde Union City, NX, beauty shop operator, who shared the confidence of R. Norman Redwood, slain chief of sandhogs" union, was questioned by Prosecutor about his last visit, to her a few hours before he was shot down in front of Teaneck N, J„ home. l \ iras*' SL B, VIRGINIA DALE $$ Actors are apt to be a pretty gloomy and pessimistic lot when you know them well. They are always always worrying because because the career of an actor is apt to be short, always pointing out men in the extra ranks who only a few years ago were stars. Now they have suddenly discovered that their worries were imaginary. Jack Holt, after twenty- four years in pictures, pictures, just signed a new contract with Columbia to make six Westerns Westerns a year. He is as popular as ever, maybe more so. Jack Moit For weeks Clark Gable has been completely mystified by receiving high offers for the decrepit old Ford Carole Lombard sent him as a valentine valentine last year. Now the truth. is out. A Mr. Brown of Richmond, Virginia, wants to buy it to exhibit at County Fairs. But Clark won't sell unless Carole gives him permis- Instead of raving about Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney in the gripping, tragic "You Only Live Once," Hollywootiians Come out of the theatre making up silly couplets. That is what the company gets for dispensing with grammar in the title. One of Henry's best friends said, " 'You Live Only Once' may be better grammar,- but 'You Only Live Once' ig elegant drammer," Another one, playing with the same idea, said, " 'You Live Only Once' may be more grammatical, but 'Yon Only Live Once' is very dramatical." Over at the Paramount studio you The FARMER'S CORNER Conducted by PROFESSOR HENRY G. BELL With the co-operation of the Various Departments of the Ontario Agricultural College 1. Question : ---- "Will you please tell me what can do for Cut Worm or Wire Worm H, H„ Yqrk County. Answer:--- Almost every Spring cutworms do considerable damage to corn, cabbage, tomatoes, tobacco and some other crops by cutting them off at the ground. The insects work n't night and hide by day just beneath the surface of the soil or under rubbish or any good covering. covering. They are stout, smooth caterpillars caterpillars and when at rest are usually curled up into a circle. To control them use a poison bait. There are several formulae for this but the following is about as good as any:--- Bran 25-lbs. Paris green or fine white arsenic 1 lb. Cheap molasses 1 qt„ Water enough to moisten, a août 3 gals. Bran 5 lbs. Paris green or fine white arsenic 3 ozs Cheap Molasses ......... y 2 qt. Water enough to moisten, aboil* % gai. Mix the bran and Paris green thoroughly until the green can be seen everywhere through the bran. Add the molasses to the water, stir, then pour the sweetened liquid over the poisoned bran and mix until all is moistened and will fall almost like sawdust through the fingers. It the plants have been set out and are being attacked, drop a small quantity of the bait--one- quarter of a teaspoonful--alongside each plant. Do this late in .the evening so that it will be fresh when the worms begin to feed. If the plants have not yet been set out and cutworms are known to be in the soil, prepare the ground well and then an evening or two before setting setting out' the plants, scatter the bait thinly, as one would do in sowing- grain, over the plot or field. The cutworms will feed upon this and be killed before they can do any damage. One application is usually sufficient sufficient to control any ordinary outbreak outbreak and when scattered thinly, the large? quantity will cover about one acre. CAUTION: Do not inhale the dust from the poison when mixing, and beware that cattle or other domes tic animals do not get access to, the bait. WIRE WORMS The chief methods to keep fre< of wireworms is by practising x short rotation of crops. This rj- raoVes the main breeding places ; namely, the old pastures and meadows. meadows. When breaking up such a field, a good practice to follow is either to plough it early, work it. up and sow wheat the same fail or, it this cannot be done, plough it later in the fall and next spring sow oats or barley. In either case, put in red or sweet clover inCthe spring. Next year take off the clover, Plough early and put in wheat, adding adding a clover again the following spying; or oats or barley with a clover may again be used. After this crop of clover has been harvested harvested or ploughed under, usually any crop may follow. Peas, buckwheat and flax, being ■like clover, very little attacked by wire-worms may also ho used in the rotation until the soil is free from the worms. Alfalfa, too, is seldom injured hut does not work well into a rotation. Corn and potatoes being very susceptible susceptible should never be planted in any soil which 'is known to contain Wireworms. It has been observed that wire- worms are usually worse in poorly drained soil, hence tile draining will probably also be of value, at least in assisting plant growth. The more rapidly the plants grov especially in spring, the less Iikei. they are to be killed by wireworms, hence before planting the field, pre- par the soil well and, if poor, arîàv commercial fertilizer and lime where needed Baits may sometimes be used on a small scale, especially in gardens, and green houses, to capture the ~ wireworms. Potatoes may be placed about three inches deep in the soil apt! 10 feet apart. Stick a short wire painted into each potato to mark its position Examine the potatoes potatoes once a week and destroy the wireworms present. Replace the potatoes and repeat. This may be done for three weeks in succession and would result in getting rid of many of the wireworms. it should be begun in spring as soon as the ground ,s warm and the wireworms have come up, as can be determined with a shovel. are just a wallflower if you don't know your American history. Directors, Directors, players, authors and any visitors who happen to be around swap storieg about pioneer days, and anyone brash enough to mention current events, like who won the second race at Santa Anita, or what happened last night at a cafe, is quickly squelched. To the great success- of "The Plainsman" goes the credit---or the blame--for all this pride in the past. The company i s so enthusiastic enthusiastic over that picture, and the forthcoming forthcoming "Maid of Salem" that they are delving into history for their ùext big production, 'T, James Lewis, - ' the story of the early days of the Wells-Fargo express. Gift To R.C.M.P, Mystifies Many Legacy of $75,000 Cannot Be Explained By Relatives " LONDON.--Relatives of Miss Audrey Audrey Garden, of Knightsbridge, London, are. unable to explain a bequest cl $7t>,000 to the Royal Canadian IMonn ted Police, revealed in her will. Sir James MacBrien, commissioner of the R.C.M.P. in Ottawa, last week announced an Edinburgh lawyer had advised him of the bequest but had not informed him of the reason the money was left. N, S. Sargeaunt, ol Ashby, Hants, uncle of Miss Carden, is equally in the dark, he discloses in a letter to the Canadian Press. Sargeaunt wrote that Miss Carden was the only daughter of Sir John Craven Carden, Bart., of Templemoro Abbey, County Tipperary, Her mother mother was a daughter of Sir Valentine Baker. It is understood that during the Great War Miss Carden drove an ambulance and in her will included legacies to two women who were with her at that time. She is also believed believed to have left a sum of money to a fire brigade. Her next-ofirin is believed to be a 10-year-old boy, the present baronet and a son of her only brother who w..s killed in a plane crash in Kent last year, Busy Boston Bees Bat group Of Boston Bees rookies line up for batting practice at the Waterfront " „rk, St. Petersburg Fla, 1 169 Wring; training season gets under way with cries of "batter up."