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LESSON X1
Facing the Supreme Test of Ser-
vice—Mark 14: 32-46.
Golden Text—Not what Twill, but
what thou wilt. Mark 14; 36.
THE LESSON 1N ITS SETTING
Time. — Evening of Thursday,
April 6, A.D. 30.
Place. --The Garden of Geth-
semane at the base of the western
slope of the Mount of Olives.
The agony of Christ- in Geth-
semane is also recorded in Matt.
26: 36-46, and in Luke 22: 40-46.
Between verses 25 and 32 of our
chapter must be inserted all the
teaching of Christ recorded in
Sohn 15, 16 and 17. These won
derfeil discourses were given on
Thursday night of Passion Week.
33.. And they come unto a
placer The literal translation of
the Greek, as the margin tells us,
would read "an enclosed piece of
ground." Which was named Geth-
semane. The word "Gethsemane"
means oilpress, which would imply
that this garden was located in an
olive grove in the midst c.f Which
was a press for obtaining °here -
oil. It was on the eastern aide of
ti'c brook Ridron, at the base of
the Mount of Olives. As John re-
minds us, it had been a favorite
resort of Jesus.
The Lord now leaves eight of
the disciples on the outer edge of
the garden, while he takes what
is known as the innermost circle
of the apostolic group with hitn
deeper into the garden itself.
Bearing it Alone
33. And he taketh with him
Peter and Janice and John. These
are the ones whom the Lord took
with him up on the. mountain
where he was transfigured. And
began to be greatly amazed. The
word here translated "greatly
amazed" means to be thoroughly
alarmed, or eeen to be terrified.
And sore troubled. The verb in-
dicates a distress which follows a
great sih: ck. The weight of the
world's sin was here being borne
by him alone .
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38. Watch and pray, that ye .en-
ter not into temptation; the spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh is
weak, The spirit and the flesh
denote the two extremes of hu-
man nature, "spirit" being the
highest word used to describe the
spiritual part of man, our "flesh"
being used to denote everything
that belongs to the lower nature.
Jesus is not pleading this as an
excuse for his disciples' sleepful-
ness, but as a reason why they
should watch and pray. The spirit
is eager, ready to stand by me
even to death, as you have just
shown in your protestations; but
the flesh is weak, the lower na-
ture fears death and danger, and
exposes you to temptation.
Prayer Without Ceasing
39, And again he went away,
and prayed, saying the same
words. 40. And again he came,
and found them sleeping, for their
eyes were very heavy; and they
knew not what to answer him.
Our Lord himself is the perfect
example of persistent prayer, of
praying without ceasing.
41. And he cometh the third
time, and saith unto them, Sleep
on now, and take your rest. It is
enough. We do not quite know
whether this means that they had
slept enough, or whether the Lord
had prayed enough; probably the
reference is to the latter. He
prayed until he got his answer.
The hour is come.
The Betrayal
Behold the Son of pian is be-
trayed into the hands of sinners.
It is one thing for a criminal to
be betrayed into the hands of
those who keep the law and pre-
tend to enforce righteousness; but
it is the very opposite for the
righteous One to be betrayed into
the hands of lawless men.
42. Arise, let us be going; be-
hold, he that betrayeth me is at
hand. Now behold the glorious
conqueror! He emerges from the
horrible conflict in Gethsemane
as if steeled both in body and
soul. His whole bearing breathes
self-possession, manliness, and
sublime composure.
43. And straightway, while he
yet spake, cometh Judas, one of
the twelve, and with him a multi-
tude with swords and staves, from
the chief priests and the scribes
and the elders. The position of
Judas in this verse would seem to
indicate that he was the leader of
this crowd.
The .Arrest
44. Now he that betrayed him
had given them a token, saying,
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is
he; 'take him, and lead him away
safely. In the confusion there
was the possibility of escape, and
there was a desire to make every-
thing sure. This sign was the or-
dinary form of salute.
45. And when he was come,
straightway he came to him, and
saith, Rabbi; and kissed him. 46.
And they laid hands on him, and
took him.
34. And he saith unto them, My
soul is exceeding sorrowful even
unto death: abide ye here, and
watch. This phrase is also found
,in Matthew's account. The word
. here translated "exceeding sor-
rowful" means surrounded with
grief or sorrow on every bend.
We speak of "the Gethsemane
agony," and in Luke's account of
Christ's experience in Gethsemane
we have the very Greek word
agonia (luke 22: 44) from which
our word "agony" conies.
35, And he went forward a lit -
fie. Our Lord in seeking solitude
an the last night of his life on
earth immediately preceding his
crucifixion first departed from the
noisy, crowded city with his eleven
disciples to go out to a quiet gar-
den spot on a lovely hillside; now
to be absolutely along with God,
he separates himself from even
this inner group of three. And
fell to the ground. To fall on the
ground is an indication of utter
prostration before God. And
prayed. While the Lord always
was in communion with God and
always one with him, yet there
were definite times in his life,
undoubtedly definite times in
every day of his life when he
prayed to God, i.e., when he spoke
to him definitely about specific
'needs, either of his own or of
others. That, if it were "'possible,
the hour might pass away from
him. Of course the Lord Jesus
means by "the hour" the entire
period beginning now with his
agony in Gethsemane and termin-
ating with his death on the cross,
the entire time of his suffering
;and anguish.
The Bitter Cup
36. And he said, Abba, Father.
The • word abbe is the Aramaic
word meaning "father," and both
words were often used freely in
prayers to God. All things are
possible unto thee; remove this
' cup from me. This petition of
Christ was not a command. Jesus
did not ask anything that would
in the slightest way contradict the
Father's will. He does ask that
the cup be taken from him if pos-
r'tible. On the other hand, he does
not want the cup to be taken Away
if God wills it otherwise. What
.Jesus prayed to be delivered from
•in Gethsemane, was not death as a ,
.sacrifice voluntarily offered for
•the'salvation of mankind; but this
possible element in his death as a
sacrifice, the hiding of the Fath-
,er's face, and the withdrawing of
his Father's hand from him. How -
belt not what I will, but what thou
'wilt. It is the human will of Jesus
-that here 'speaks. The agony in
Gethsemane will always bear an
.element -of mystery for us, because
of the mystery in the union of
.Christ's two natures,
37. And he cometh, and findetb
them sleeping, and saith unto Pet-
,er, Simon, steepest thou? couldest
thou not watch one hour?
A--0
World's Largest
Canine Is Dead
Claimed to be the largest clog in
the world, Yocub, a St, Bernard,
has been killed by kindness. He
was "loved to death" at a Dayton,
Ohio, dog show, where he was
petted so much that he died in his
master's car on the way home af-
ter the show.
Yocub measured 7 ft., 2 ins.,
from the tip of his nose to the end
of his tail, weighing nearly 252
pounds, and stood 3 ft. 1 in. high
at the shoulder. His head was
133A inches from ear to ear.
Was Once a King
Crown Prince Michael is now
heir to the throne of Roumania.
The bcmedalled youth will be 17
in October.
Duchess Is Guest ata Nursery Tea
The Duchess of Gloucester opened a new garden estate at Somers Town built by the St. Pancras House
Improvement Society to replace slum dwellings. The estate consists of 230 flats and the Bishop of Oxford
blessed the last two blocks of flats which completed the estate. The Duchess visited the nursery school for
forty children at the top of one of the new blocks, and the picture shows her receiving tea from a tiny
member of the nursery.
By VIRGINIA DALE
Andrea Leeds has been stepping
right along since she did so well
in a minor role in "Stage Door."
She went on to do well in "Gold-
wyn Follies," is working now in the
picture "Letter of Introduction,"
and will play opposite Joel McCrea
in a picture called, so far, "Youth
Takes A Fling."
Which all goes to show that she
was right when she refused to go
on as just one more contract Play-
er. She felt that she wasn't getting
Andrea Leeds
anywhere, you'll remember, and got
out of her contract, and all Holly-
wood had said she was crazy, as
she had just one performance to
her credit at that time.
And then — "Stage Door" and
all the opportunity in the world!
The "Lone Ranger" craze is now
growing every day. The actor who
plays the "Ranger" in the screen
serial may go on a personal ap-
pearance tour. National Broadcast-
ing company has arranged for the
transcription rights of the radio
program for the South, Canada and
Australia — at present it's heard
on a 42 -station tie-up three times
a week. There's talk of a circus
stunt and of a cartoon strip for the
newspapers. And the country will
be flooded with books, cowboy sults
and chewing gran, and sweaters,
and all the other merchandise that
can be used in profitable tie-ups.
Charlie Chaplain's latest discov-
ery, Dorothy Cummingore, has been
given a contract by Warner Bro-
thers, and you'll see her first In
"Three Girls on Broadway."
Bing Crosby can continue with
his present radio sponsors for ten
years it he wants to.
`
11 It's said the adver-
tising agency ittvol-
ved would like him
to sign an agree-
ment for that length
of time, with the us-
ual year 'te year op-
tions. llis present
contract still has 8
months to run. Of
gill the Hollywood
tolls who have ne
Ring Crosby tit tits air, llittggohas
seen the most suc-
cessful and shows uo sign of dimin-
ishing pornlarity,
The picture business being a bit
slow at the moment, picture stars
are doing quite a bit of vacationing
Miriam Hopkins and her hus-
band, Anatole Litvak, the director,
are at her charming little house in
New York. Fredric March expected
to have to cut his New York vaca-
tion short, and then got word that
he might stay on indefinitely. Ma-
deleine Carroll and 'Wendy Barrie
are among the toasts of New York.
Benny Goodman recently gave
his second concert in Boston, be-
fore a packed house; as in Carne-
gie Hall, in New York, the first
things anybody knew the younger
set in the crowd was out in the
aisles beginning to "shag." An ush-
er hurried forward to stop them,
whereupon a conservative looking,
middle-aged gentleman stopped the
usher. Seems he'd decided to learn
the "shag" and thought that was as
good a place as any to begin.
ODDS AND END — Paul Muni
seems to be all set to do "The Life
of William Tell" When Frank
Lloyd directs "If I Were King,"
with Ronald Colman, Frank's own
daughter, Alma', will play "Colette"
Joe Penner's new picture, "Go
Chase yourself," is his best one
y6't " Walt Disney divided 00,-
000 among the people who helped
him make "Snow White" — Max
Baer is coaching Robert Taylor for
"Knock Out" The objection to
Shirley Temple's making personal
appearances has been that she was
too young to appear behind the
footlights But Mary Pickford
began when she was five, and it
didn't seem to hurt her any In
"Four Men and a Prayer" you'll
see Richard Greene, recently arriv-
ed from England, who, it is said,
will be groomed for stardom
Now it's announced that Maude
Adams' movie tests were so suc-
cessful that she will not appear in
"The Young in Heart," but in a
production giving more scope to
her talents.
Carefree Furnace
Needs Nr Stoking
For jaded furnace stokers,
science offers today a permanent
vacation.
Details of a coal burning heat-
ing plant that operates for a year
without_ stoking, damper settings
or ash removing were disclosed
last week by the Mellon Institute
of Industrial Research.
This vacation from furnace
tending was explained by E. T.
Selig, Jr., industrial fellow at the
institute,. who aided in the devel-
opment of the unit.
"Carefree heating," he said, "is
obtained by using Pennsylvania
anthracite coal, usually of buck-
wheat or rice size, which is con-
veyed from coal bin to the fire
through a small conveyor tube.
Completely Automatic
"After the anthracite is burned
the ash falls by gravity over the
edge of the burner into a dust -
tight storage pit beneath the
floor, which is large enough to
provide for several months' to a
year's operation. The entire sys-
tem is controlled by room thermo-
stat and is completely automatic
itt operation."
The size of the ash pit varies
with the heating unit. however,
Selig's charts show that a furnace
burning seven tons of coal during
a winter will need a pit appe'oxi-
neately five feet deep and four
feet wide.
For those who don't want even
the task of shoveling out the pit
once a year, a specially designed
can may be placed in the pit to
receive the ashes. It is removed
through a trap door.
Women Blamed
For epression
Toronto Professor Urges Them
To Wear More, Stop
Reducing
Take it from Prof. Norman W.
DeWitt, of Victoria College, Toron-
to, one of the main reasons for the
depression was _ because women
wanted to weigh less and wear less.
Prof. DeWitt told a service club
in an address that every time a
woman tried to reduce a pound,
threw away a petticoat or cut an-
other inch from a skirt length she
depressed the market in food and
dress stuffs.
"There are in America some 26,-
000,000 women who have reducing
in mind," he said. "If each of these
women lessens her food consump-
tion two pounds a week, there is a
direct loss in food sale of 62,000,-
000 pounds. Along with this cause
we must place the reduction in the
amount of clothing worn by women
with an. amazing reduction in the
total yardage in women's wear
goods. No wonder we had a de-
pression."
Big Ben Revered
By Whole Nation
Old London's Famous bell Is A
Household dame --Weighs
Thirteen Tons
Everybody who visits Old Lon•
don from distant places feels that
he has missed something if he re-
turns home without hearing "Big
Ben," the bell of the clock in the
tower of the parliament buildings
at Westminster, says the Toronto
Star Weekly. In British %countries
and in many other lands Big Ben
is a household name. The special
broadcasts by the King have been
featured by the sound of the toll- •
ing of Big 'Zen which has been
carried by means of radio to the
ends of the earth,
Seven Feet High
Big Ben tolls out the hours of
the day and night. It weighs
more than thirteen tons and stands
more than seven feet high. It was
made in Whitechapel and its re-
moval to Westminster was made
a great occasion. Sixteen horses
were used to draw it on a truck
through the streets of the metro-
polis. Multitudes of people gath-
ered from near and far to see it
go by surmounted by a Union
Jack.
' Wound Twice a Week
Four quarter-hour bells are as-
sociated with Big Ben, Together
they cost $30,000. The clock cost
$20,000, and the clock chamber
and clock faces $60,000. For
many years the clock was wound
by hand, a procedure requiring
five hours. Now two men climb
into the tower twice a week and
wind it by motor in half an hour.
When the bell needed repairs
shortly after it was installed a
group of members of parliament
objected to the noise of Big Ben
as a serious inconvenience to
which the House had been sub-
jected for the benefit of people
living in the county of Middle-
sex. They proposed that it should
not be permitted to toll again.
Such is the reverence with which
Big Ben is regardee. today, almost
, as a prized institution, that the
people might sweep out of office
a government that proposed to
silence the great bell. Supersti-
tious persons might feel that such
a development would be an omen
of doom to the empire.
It is claimed that mankind and
probably womankind will be en-
tirely bald by the year 2500, clue
to our custom of cutting the hair.
There is only one scaly -backed
ant -eater in captivity, called the
African Pangolin, and it is in the
London Zoo.
Symbol of His Country's Spirit and Strength
Symbolizing the spirit of his country, this Czech infantryman Is
getting ready to toss a nine -second hand grenade, during manoeuvres
of the army at Eger. _
CHARACTER FROM HANDWRITING
re Secrets From My Mailbag 1
By LAWRENCE HIBBERT
(Graphologist and Psychologist)
Mrs. "Perplexed" writes. "I am itt
my early thirties and have been
worried for some time because my
husband is neglectful. He is cool
towards me and I'm sure no longer
loves me. Recently I met a widow-
er who thinks a lot of nee and I am
afraid I have become very attached
to him. I am wondering ----"
I am glad that you sent speci-
mens .of all three handwritings. Be-
ware of your widower friend. You
say you do not know much about
hint, and judging from his writing
I am sure that you do not! Or you
would not want to know him any
longer! He is not to be trusted.
Your husband's writing suggests
that he is worrying about some-
thing; perhaps he is worrying
about YOU? Certainly he semis a
straightforward sort of span. Now
YOUR writing shows that you have
a liking for novelty, gaiety and ac.
Oen. You are inclined to be flight-
ty and, do you mind if i add, fiir-
tacious?
A girl of 19 writes: "I am in love
with a man, aged 28, who. wants
us to get married. Am I too
young?"
I gee nothing in either of yotatr
writings to make me discourage
you. On the contrary I think you
are well suited. The age difference
is not an insuperable barrier. jf
you are sure you love him, and fin-
ances are satisfactory, go' ahead,
and good luck.
Do YOU wiSh to know what your
handwriting reveals of your char-
acter and disposition? Have you a.
sweetheart or friends about whom
you would like to learn more? Send
specimens of the handwritings you
want analysed, enclosing 10c for
EACH specimen. Send with stamp-
ed addressed envelope to: L. Hib-
bert, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide
Et., Toronto, Ontario. All letters
are confidential.