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i ^wr^ ,l1' moon iia 1 ris''r- ?irt'ii(,>'
when Jesus prepared to go
to the Mount of Olives,
whore he had spent all his
B V^$I> last nlKhts. Hut he tarried.
'or Bome inexplicable rea- ??
bod, and the disciples, iVvj
S^\ ready to start, were hurry11/
lng him then he said sudYO
"He that hath a purse. J
\ let him take it, and like- f
B wise his script; and he that tjj
^ hath no sword, let him sell fjgj
his garment and buy one. Mh
Por I say unto you that this that is writ- fflj
ten must yet bo accomplished in me. Jffp
And he was reckoned among the trans- JKftK
pressors." mf\
*?he disciples were surprised and look- mylju
?d at one another in confusion. Peter t^S
replies; |W^|
"Lord, we have two Bwords here."
He looked searchingly into their kind ltt-rSj
faces, lowered his head, and said softly: V' ' '
"It is enough."
The steps of the disciples resounded KftS
loudly in the narrow streets, and the RflvS
disciples were frightened by the sounds
of their own footsteps; on the white wall, 5nE
Illumined by the moon, their black
shadows appeared?and they were fright- ' &
ened by their own shadows. Thus they
passed in Bilence through Jerusalem,
which was absorbed in sleep, and now
they came out of the gates of the city,
and In the valley, full of fantastic, motionless
shadows, the stream of Kedron
appeared before them. Now they were j
frightened by everything From time to *
time they looked back at Jerusalem, all
white in the moonlight, and they spoke
to one another about the fear that had
passed; and those who walked In the
rear heard. In fragments, the soft words H9HNB
of Jesus. He spoke about their forsaking
him.
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In the garden they pnused soon after they hnd
entered It. The majority of them remained there,
and, speaking softly, began to make ready for
their sleep, outspreading their cloaks over the
transparent embroidery of the shadows nnd the
moonlight. Jesus, tormented with uneasiness, and
four of his disciples went further into the depth
1 of the garden. There they seated themselves on
I the ground, which had not yet cooled ofT from the
I hent of tho day. nnd while Jesus was silent, Peter
I and John lazily exchanged words almost devoid of
any meaning. Suddenly Jesus rose quickly.
"My soul, ie exceedingly sorrowful, even unto
I death; tarry ye here and watch with me," he said
and departed hastily to the grove and soon disapH
penred amid its motionless shades and light.
"Where did he go?" said John, lifting himself
his elbow. Peter turned his head in the diof
Jesus und answered fatiguedly:
^^H^^^HH^Hhfronot know."
and The others
thefr' motionless bodies
r t > t
w^^^^Through his heavy slumber Peter saw vaguely
something white bending over, some one's voice
j resounded and died away, leaving no tracu in his
i dimmed consciousness
, "Simon, are you sleeping?"
' And he slept again, und again some soft voice
reached his ear and died away without leaving
any truce.
"You could not watch with me even one hour?"
"Oh. Master! if you only knew how sleepy 1
am," ho thought In his slumber, but it seemed t-?
him that he said it aloud. And he slept again
And u long time seemed to have passed, when
suddenly the figure of Jesus appeared near him.
and a loud, jrouslng voice Instantly awakened him
and the otfiors: ^
I J'iiFffu are still sleeping and resting? It is ended.
L ^(tho bout" bnH come?the Son of Man is betrayed
| into the hands of the sinners "
i The disciples quickly sprang to their feet, conL
usedly seizing their cloaks and trembling from
^ h? cold of the sudden awakening. Through the
ticket of the trees a multitude of warriors und
mple servants was seen approaching, noisily,
umlnutlng their way with torches. And from
> other side the diHciples came running, quiverI
with cold, their sleepy faces frightened; and
* yet understanding what was going on. they
pd hastily:
Vhat Is it? Who are these people with
?ies?"
otnas, pale fuce?l, his mustaches in disorder.
W?eth chattering from chilliness. Bald to l'eter:
"ey have evidently come after us"
N- a multitude of warriors surrounded them,
nd 10 smoky, qutverlng light of the torches
drovivvay somewhere the soft light of the moon
In flit of- the warriors walked quickly Judas
Iscari and sharply turning his quick eye, he
was spchlng for Jesus. He found him, rested
for anjstant his look upon his tail, slender figure,
anqulckly whispered"to the priests:
"WhOgoever I shall kiss, that same is he.
Take hy and lead him coutiously. Lead him
cautious, do you hear?"
- Then 1 quickly moved to Jesus, who waited
for him k silence, and he directed his straight,
harp loot like a knife, into his calm, darkened
yes
"Hail, Ikster!" he said loudly, charging his
words or Ujal greet?nt with a strange and stern
meaning.
Hut Jesuawns silent, and the disciples looked
at the traito with horror, not understanding how
the soul of man could contain so much evil.
Iscariot threi a rapid glance at their confused
ranks, notlcet their quiver, which was about to
torn into a kud. trembling fear, noticed their
pallor, their Baseless smileB, the drowsy movements
of their lands, which seemed a* though fettered
In Iron at the shoulders?and a mortal tor\
row began to b?rn in his heart, akin tP the sorrow
Christ had experienced before.. Outstretching
himself Into a Umdred ringing, sobbing Strings,
he rushed over to Jesus and kissed hid cold
cheek tenderly. Hs klsaed It so softly, so tenderly.
with such painful lore and sorrow, th*t if>
Jesus had been a flower upon a thin stalk
would not have stuken from this kiss and
Aot have dropped |lhe pearly dew froni^^^^^^J
"Judas," said Jesus, with
his look he Illumined that
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shadows which was Iscarlot's soul. bul. ho could
not. penetrate into the bottomless depth. "Judas!
Is it with a kiss you betray the Son of Man?"
And he saw bow that monstrous chaos trembled
and stirred. Speechless and stern, like death in
Us haughty majesty, stood Judas Iscariot. and
within him a thousand Impetuous and llery voices
groaned and roared.
"Yes! We betray thee with the kiss of love!
With the kiss of love we betray tl.ee to outrage,
to torture, to death! With the \oice of love we
call together the hangmen from t'neir dark holes,
and we pluce a cross?and high over the top of
the earth we lift lover, crusillcd by love upon a
cross."
Thus stood Judas, siient and cold, like death,
and the shouting and the noise about Jesus answered
the cry of his soul. With the rude irresoluteness
of armed force, with the awkwardness
of a vaguely understood purpose, the soldiers
seized him and dragged hlin somewhere?their
irresoluteness they mistook for resistance, their
fear they mistook for derision and mockery over
them. Kike a herd of frightened lambs, the disciples
stood huddled together, not interfering with
anything, yet disturbing everybody and even
themselves. Only a few of them resolved to walk
and act separately. Jostled from nil sides. Peter
drew out the sword from its sheath with dllticulty,
as though he had lost his strength, and faintly
lowered it upon the ho; d of one of the priests?
without causing him any harm. Jesus, .who noticed
it, ordered him to throw down the unnecessary
sword, and. clanking faintly, the sword fell
to the ground.
Thus it remained there, until many days later
children at play found it and made a toy of it.
?
When Jesus was led away Peter, who
had hiddpn himself behind the trees, came out and
f.lllnwi?fl hl.{ \lnutar Iti .1 lu* .. ??
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other man In front of him. who walked silently,
he ."bought that it was John, and he called him
softl> :
"John, is that you?"
"And is that von, Peter?" answered the other,
pausing, and by the voice Peter recognized the
Traitor. "Peter, why did you not run away together
with the others?"
Peter stopped and said with contempt:
"Leave me, Satan!"
Judas began to laugh, and paying no further attention
to Peter, he went farther, there where the
torches were Hashing dimly and where the clanking
of the wenpons mingled with the footsteps
Peter followed him cautiously, and thus they entered
the court of the nigh priest almost simultaneously
and mingled in tho crowd of the priests
who were warming themselves at the bonfires.
Judas warmed his bony hards morosely at the
bonfire and heard how Pete, said loudly somewhere
behind hlin:
"No, 1 do not know him."
Hut It was evident that they vere Insisting
there that he was one of the dlsclp'es of Jesus,
for Peter repeated still louder. "But 1 do not understand
what you are saying."
Without turning around, and smiling involuntarily,
Judas shook his head affirmatively and
muttered:
"That's right, Peter! Do1 not give up your place
near Jesus to anybody."
And he did not see how the frightened Peter
walked away from the courtyard Ar.d from thnt
night Until the verv death of Jesus .Turin* rilri nni
see a single onn of the disciples of Jesus near
him. and amid all that multitude there were only
two. inseparable until death, strangely bound together
by sufferings?he who had been betrayed
to abuse and torture and he who had betrayed
him. Like brother, they both, the betrayed and
the traitor, drank out of the same cup of sufTer
ings. and the fiery liquid burnt equally the pure
and the Impure lips
He saw how the soldiers led Jesus away. Night
was passing, the bonfires w ve dying out and were
becoming covered with ashes, and from the sentry
b ..use came dull cries, laughter and abuses They
were beating Jesus. As though lost, lacariot was
running around the deserted 7ard. now stopping,
lifting his head and then starting to run again.
Ees and the walls. Then
the sentry house, and.
to the windows, to the
I looked greedily to see
In. He saw a narrow,
e sentry houses in the
ind walls. And he saw
ty beat hint on the face,
ilm like a soft bale from
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ry of (klwy
Ml one corner of the room to the other;
Ml ' and as he did not cry out and did not
resist, it seemed at times that It was
not a live man, but a soft doll with
bones and without blood.
IpjT . And suddenly all became si
J&Q I "wnat is this? Why are they slPPa
lent? (lave they guessed suddenly?"
In an instunt Judas' head was filled
\ with the roar and shout of thousands
. lj | of infuriated thoughts Have they
^ guessed? Do they understand now
'tJ t'lat is the very best of men? It
is so simple, so clear. What are they
doing there now? They kneel before
him and weep softly, kissing his feet.
cJwv'ra3 Now he will come out here, and they
will follow him meekly, crawling after
V&IJhI him, here?to Judas?he will come out
||||Wl victorious, a ?.Ian, a Master of Truth, a
jfejgy^ "Who is deceiving Judas? Who is
ftp*? Hut no. The noise and the shouting
were resumed. They were beating him
-ta again. They did not guess, they did
fSfiaj not understand, and they beat him
JjSSWf more harshly, more painfully. And the
jFt bonfires were burning to the end. covered
with ashes, and the smoke was
By just as transparently blue as the air,
$3 and the sky just as bright as the moon.
By Day was setting in.
If "What is day?" asked Hildas.
\j Now everything became bright. t>ej
Ban to flash, grow young and the
I smoke was no longer blue but pink.
' The sun wus rising.
"What is the sun?" asked Judas
. . When the hammer was raised
to nail the left hand of Jesus to the
wood. Judt.s closed his" eyes?he did
not breath a, he did not see anything.
B9SSHHBH he did not live?lie only listened Then
the iron .'.truck the iron with a thud,
and then followed dull, short, low blows?he heard
how the sharp nail was entering the soft
wood.
One hand. It was not too lata yet.
The other hand. It wan still not too late yet.
One foot, the other foot?la It possible that all
was ended? He opened his eyes Irresolutely and
saw how the cross was lifted and placed In a
hole. He how how the hands of Jesus contracted
convulsively, and how they relaxed painfully, and
how the wounds were growing larger. .
The hands were stretching, stretching, they became
thin, white, dislocated at the shoulders, and
the wounds under the nails turnsd redder?it
seemed as though the hands would tfar soon
But everything stopped Only ribs were moving.
lifted by quick, deep breathing.
On the top of the' earth stood toe cross, and
upon it Jesus, crucified.
The horror and the dreams of Isearlot had been
realized?he rose and looked about him with a
cold glance. And suddenly Iscariot saw as clearly
as his terrible victory, also its ominous uncertainty.
What if the people should suddenly understand?
It was not too late as yet. Jesus was
still alive. There he wan calling with his sorrowful
eyes. . .
What was It that prevented the ihln covering
obstructing the eyes of the people from bursting?
And suddenly they would understand. Suddenly
they would all move forward, in a stern mass of
men, women and children?silently, without any
outcries, and they would wipe out the soldiers,
sink them in their own blood, tear out of the earth
the accursed cross, and the hands of those who
would remain among the living would lift high
over the crown of the eurth the free Jesus! Hosannali!
Hosannah!
Hosannah? No, Judas would rather lie down
on the ground and gnashing his teeth like n dog,
ha would watch and wait until the people would
rise. But what has happened with Time? Now
It almost stopped, so that he felt like pushing It
with his hands, striking it with his feet, as a luzy
ass; now it rushed madly as though from a mountain.
taking his breath away, and his hands
sought some support In vain. There Mary of
Magdala was crying. There the mother of Jesus
was crying. Let her cry. What mattered her
tears now, the tears of all mothers, of all women
on earth!
Jesus was dying Is It possible? Yes. Jesus
was dying. His pale hands were motionless, but
quick convulsions ran over his face, his chest
uiin ins reel. Yes, he was dying. His breathing
grew fainter. Then it stopped. No. there came
another sigh?Jesus was still on earth. And then
another one? No. No. No. Jesus died.
It was all over. Hosannah! Hosannah! . . .
Judas stopped and surveyed with cold eyes the
new, small enrth. It had become small, and he
felt as thought It was all under his feet; he looked
at the small mountains, quietly reddening in the
last rays of the sun, and he felt tho mountains
were under his feet; he looked at the sky, which
opened Its blue mouth wide; he looked at the
round little sun, which was vainly trying to scorch
and to blind?and he felt the sky and the sun under
his feet. . . .
. . Judas had long selected a place where
he would kill himself after the death of Jesus. It
was on a mountain, high above Jerusalem, and
there stood only one tr*?e, .bent, half decayed and
tossed by the wind, which tore it on all sides.
One of its crooked branches was outstrnfohoH
ward Jerusalem, as if blessing or threatening it,
and JudaH chose thnt branch for fastening the
noose upon It. . . . Within two days Jesus of
Nazareth and Judas Iscariot. the Traitor, left the
earth. x.
All night Judas was dangling upon the tree like
some monstrous fruit over Jerusalem; and the
wind turned his face now toward the city, now toward
the desert, as though it wanted to show
Judas both to the city and to the desert. . . .
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
"The doctor says I must quit smoking. One
lung is nearly gone."
"Oh, dear, John. Can't you hold out until we
get enough coupons for that dining-room rug?"
PRUDENT ENJOYMENT, ,
"Have yon had any trouble with your automobile
rides, Mrs. Jones?"
"No. Indeed; we make It a point to keep always
near enough to a trolley line to get bon>a"
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WILSON TO PROBE
BURLESQUE DINNER
TRAVESTIES AND SONGS SHOW
OPPOSITION TO POLICY, HE
THINKS.
RAPS BOTH ARMY AND NAVY
Secretaries Daniels and Garrison Indignant
Over Pranks Played and
Will Carry the Probe to the Very
Bottom.?A Big Sensation.
Washington.?President Wilson formally
withdrew his recent acceptance
of honorary membership in the military
order on the Carabao, composed
of regular and volunteer officers of
the Army and Navy who served in the
Philippine Islands during the four
years succeeding the Spanish-American
War. Earlier in the day the Pros
ident had ordered an investigation of
various satires and travesties 011 the
Administration's policy towards the
Philippines as portrayed at a banquet
of Carabaos in Washington recently.
The affair was attended by Secretaries
Uedliehl, Daniels and Postmaster General
Burleson. Justices M Keana and
Vandeventer of the United States Supreme
Court, many members of Congress
and hundreds of Army and Navy
officers. The demand for an investigation.
together with intimations from
thf? Whito llmivsn flint r*n?rl innrtiiU
j and severe reprimands would not be
! surprising as a result, caused a sensation
In Army and Navy circles.
The inrldent llrst came to the President's
uttentlon when be read accounts
of it in the newspapers.
Through his secretary he communicated
with various members of the Cabinet
expressing his indignation that offleers
of ilie Army and Navy should
sing songs containing profane epithets
toward a people whom the United
States was endeavoring to assist
to self-government and civilization.
No effort, according to White House
official, had been made to keep the
banquet a private affair, copies of the
songs and descriptions of the travesties
showing opposition to t.lie Administration's
Philippine policy being given
to the press generally in advance.
It was made plain at the White House
that while a general burlesque of the
Administration's peace policies and
thrusts at Secretary Uryan and others
were deeply resented because they
came from Army and Navy officers,
the chief objection was to }he spirit
of hostility shown to Philippines independence
as being worked out by
the Administration.
Secretaries Daniels and Garrison
conferred at length on the subject
and called on Hear Admiral Thomas
T. Howard. U. S. N.t and MaJ. Gen.
Jnmes Aleshire, lT. S. A., the two highest
officers of the Carabaos, for an
explanation. They promised to give
all the information desired
Redfield Presents Plans.
Washington. ? Resides disclosing
plans for an extensive investigation
into the economic features of the trust
problem. Secretary Redfield. of the
Department of Commerce, in his first
annual report, recommends legislation
to presume that all restraints of
trade are unreasonable and to place
the burden of establishing the reasonableness
of the restraint upon the person
alleging it, to prohibit "watering"
of stocks; and to prohibit corporations
and persons front owning stocks in or
controlling competing companies.
Second only in interest to .Mr. Redfield's
views on the trust question,
are his plans for developing trade of
the United States abroad by a reorganization
of the Bureau of Foreign
ana uoniesuc Commerce.
Put Blame on Barber Shops.
New York.?The New York commit*
toe on the prevention of hlindness
sounds an alarm by the report that
more than half of the cases of eye
weakness among men of this city may
be traced to barber shops. It is alleged
that bay rum and other face lotions
used in some shops contain wood alcohol
and that inhalation of the fui^es
or drops of the liquid in the eye causes
serious trouble.
Mexican Congress Adjourns.
Mexico City.?From now until April
12, President Huerta will be obliged
to conduct the Government without
Congress as that organization was adjourned.
The most important acts
during the session were the ratification
of the President's assumption of
power over the various departments
of the Government after disolving the
preceding Congress and regranting to
the President this same power, which
gives General Huerta until Congress
convenes again practically the sway
of a dictator.
Cotton Consumed. ^
Wouhln otAn ^' * 4
.. ?v uiiuu tmisumea (luring
November amounted to 482,594
running bales In November last year,
the census bureau announced. Cotton
on hand in manufacturing establishment;.
on November 30 aggregated 1.
474,590 bales compared with 1,341,012
hales last year and in independent
warehouses 3,284,807 bales compared
with 3,370,715 bales last year. Imports
during November were 8,033
equivalent 500 pound bales as compared
with 9,452 bales last year. tSxports
were 1.501.124.
SHl ^
lesson m
(By E. O. SKL/LERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute*
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 21
DIVISION OF THE LAND.
LESSON TEXT?Joshua 14:1-14.
j GOLDEN TEXT?' Seek ye first the
.(Ingdotn of God and his righteousness;
and all theso things shall be added unto
you."?Matt. 6:33.
Fbllowing the defeat at A1 we see
Joshua building an altar at Eb&l (ch. 8)
and reading again "all that MoeeB ^
commanded" (v. 35), to the Israelites
and the strangers as well. Then roK
lows an account of his campaigns.
military critic has classed Joshua with
the Alexanders. Caesars. Napoleons,
Wellingtons and Grants of all ages.
Hie dealing with the Glbeonites and
its after effects was one error in his
campaign for he failed 'to take counsel
of Jehovah. > At the close of the
war (ch. 11) Joshua is ready to" divide
the long-promised inheritance, chaj>;
ters 12-21. %
I. Those left behind, vv. 1-5. I^Ad
carefully Numbers ch. 32 to recal^^^^^Mflflj^J
who. like Lot
saw good grazing land and chos^mfl^^^^J^H
preference to on the farthe^|HHH^^^^|
of Jordan, that possessed by the
dxen of Amtk." Subsequent
i reveals the foolishness of their
for were the first to fa^
the enemies of Israel whe/ the
dom was broken up. The Levite^H^H^^^H
v. 4) were not to have a portion
rather they were to dwell </ selected
cities with suburban property.
Caleb Not an . ^H
II. Caleb claims InheritatH^^^^^J^^H
vv. 6-12. Joshua wus old aud stric^^^^B^^^B
in years (13:1) and now Israel is
fore him. each of the remaining nine
and one-half tribes, to have apportioned
unto them a permanent dwel- ^
Hnor nlnrn nff or (liu loner i?nra of wil.
derness wandering, and the more recent
campaign of subjugation. Before
Joshua casts the lot, however, Caleb \
recalls the promise Mosee had made
to him 45 years before (v. 10). Prom
a comparison of v. 6 R. V., Gen. 15:19
and Josh. 15:13 It appears that Caleb
was not an Israelite by birth, but nevertheless
he claims an inheritance
among them, based upon the promise
of Moeos. "the man of God," because
he had "wholly followed the Lord my
God" v. 9. His name literally means
"a dog"?yet this dog of a Gentile got
more than the crumbs that fell from
the master's table, Matt. 15:26. Caleb
rested upon the sure word of God. and
to remember this promise was not an
act of selfishness. How those event*
in the valley of Eschel must have
stood out in the memory of Caleb and
Joshua. They remembered how their
companions caused the hearts of the
people "to melt" Num. 14:37. That
| day's work was one of serious result*
and so shall it be for their imitator*
of the present day. To see the giant*
and not. as Caleb, to see God had
brought death. In his heart, however,
Caleb treasured God's word and now
at eighty-five he has not alone been
"kept alive," but he is as strong as
on that day, when in the prime of his
manhood. Moses had sent him forth
with the twelve.
Remembered God's Promise.
III. A promise fulfilled vv. 13-15.
Joshua at once tecognizes the justness
and validity of Caleb's claim. He remembered
God's promise, Num. 14:2430;
Deut. 1:36-38. therefore he at once
| grants the request and adds to it ht9
blessing. Hebron, means "joining,"
I "union," "fellowship." Thus we see
Caleb entering into all the rights, jfl
privileges and blessings ol any of the
l descendants of Jacob. Is this not l
! typical of our privilege in Christ Jo- !
sus? John 15:5; 14:20; I. John 1:3.
See also Matt. 8:11, 12. The only con'
dltion is that of faith In God and in
hie Word, Gal. 3:7, 26. 29. "Thus faith
: in the case of Caleb Is revealed as the
principle which follows fully, waits pa:
tiently, asks for new opportunities for
its exercise, and gains finally a victory."?G.
Campbell Morgan.
The Golden Text. The essential
value of this lesson is expressed in
these words of our Lord. To seek the
kingdom of God and hlu righteousness
ilrst, is the matter of supreme importance.
and Involves following the Lord
fully. Frequently, constantly, this
i means a long postponement of the
day of our visible vindication. Yet
such postponement is not the result
of the capriciousness of God, nor is
it delayed beyond the hour necessary
for thn Uffirlrlnff nut (Ko nl?n"
Jehovah, in accordance with the very
bent means. As Caleb waited those
45 yeara hia strength waxed not, and
all things needful were supplied. The
point is not so much that he at last
gained the inheritance, but that during
the period of waiting his sustenance
and his raiment were provided.
All through the year we have been
hearing of promises which were conditional
upon loyalty to God and obedience
to his will. Today we see a
fulfillment of the promise made over
and over again that Israel should poejjess
the Promised Land. Dr. J. Wilbur
Chapman asked Gen. William
Booth for the secret of his success in
the Salvation Army and his reply was,
"God has had all there was of me."
Caleb's was a vigorous, happy old
age; he had not wasted anxious
thought on the morrow; he kept alive
his tuterest in the ever-throbblug presI
ent