...repeatedly and earnestly prays, " O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me." — *' Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." ! ! ! In allusion to the skull, it is read,§ " And when they were come unto a place...

...repeatedly and earnestly prays, " O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me." — " Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." ! ! ! In allusion to the skull, it is read,§ "And when they were come unto a place...

...the second in the 42d verse, " He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, tby will be done:" and of the third in the 44th verse, "And he left them, and went away again, and...

...Divine decree should be changed. Hence that prayer of Christ to the Father, Matth. xxvi. 42, Father, if this cup may not pass from me except I drink it, thy u-ill be done. The event shewed it could not: not because it was absolutely VOL. I. R impossible, but...

...to drink of, according to the will of God : in humble resignation thus expressing himself, " Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." This is the acceptable state wherein no choice is found, no desire arises but what is...

...let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt:" and again, " O my Father, y sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore" will be done." This was no imaginary fear, no unreal anguish, but the true expression of his perfect...

...returned in all its bitterness, for he prayed a second time, using almost the same words : 0 my Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, thy will be done A And when he returned, he found them asleep again ; for their eyes were heavy, neither...

...to gainsay, or decline. There can be offered no proper reason why those words of acquiescence —" If this cup may not pass from me except " I drink it, Thy will be done," addressed by Jesus to His Father, should not equally be our words, in time of danger...

...prayer. Above all, let nothing destroy the order of my thoughts, or weaken the strength of my trust. If this cup may not pass from me except I drink it, thy will be done. Prepare me for the solemn hour, and be with me in it. Let not my faith waver, nor my...

...David's Son, and his Lord, long after, and almost in the very same spot, exclaimed, " O my Father, if this cup may not pass from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." I have been thinking what helped to produce this disposition in David. Now there were...