The Questions of Jesus; Or, the Great Physician Dealing with Souls, 52 Expositions. Or, the Great Physician Dealing with Souls, 52 Expositions (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1867. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... COULD YE NOT WATCH WITH ME ONE HOUR? Mat. xxvi. 40. And He cometh unto his disciples and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? It is "the hour and power of darkness" Accompanied by His disciples, Jesus calmly cometh to Gethsemane. Having entered the garden He taketh Peter, James and John, and separateth them from the rest in order that they might be near Him and watch and sympathize with Him in the time of His agony and bloody sweat. Then He began to be sore amazed and to be very heavy, and saith unto them, my soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death; tarry ye here, and watch with me, and He went a little further from them, about a stone's cast, and kneeled down and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt, and being in an agony He prayed more earnestly; and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. What words can express, ---what mind can understand the astonishment, anguish and distress that now filled the Redeemer's soul. The loftiest flight of imagination, here comes short of the reality. Compared with the load of our guilt, that crushed Him to the earth, and caused the sweat like drops of blood to ooze from every pore, the concentrated griefs of all the children of sorrow are small as the dust. And now behold the Son of man rising from the cold, damp earth, and coming back to His three chosen friends for sympathy. Does He obtain from them the comfort of which He stood so greatly in need? How are the disciples engaged when the heart broken Master returns? Are they watching or weeping? praying or sympathizing No, they are sleeping; "He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep." Strange and ...