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Show 4, A Daily Lenten Thought ; . y OLIVIR 0. ttALTZLY, O. 0. Keuntaa Memeriel Ivengelieal Lutheran Church, Omaha, Nek. A Irua friend la a prlreleae pnaaaaalon. But a friend who daaarti you laavaa a laatltig wound, fturh waa Pater and hia denial af Jnt that night at dire dlatraaa. The phyalral world waa at full moon, but there nerer waa eurh a night of dark dead. All tha pew-era pew-era of evil were at thalr werat and daadllaat. In the aoul angulah of Jeaua la Uetheemena, aa appalling that It rauaad Him ta awaat hlood. wa aaa Kim "latl of Oo4 to meat by hlmaelf the whole aaaaalt of hell." carrrly had Ha rlaaa front that overwhelming and anguinag eiperlmoe, than new blowa fall fast and aevare. One of Hie awn dleciplaa "In whom He ha4 truaud, and who 414 eat ef Ilia bread. Ufted up hie heel agalnat lllm In that bldaoua betrayal: all Hla dleciplaa foreook lllm and left Him alone with eaemlee; and Hla t mated dleclpie Pater denied Him opra, twice and tbtire with cursing and awearlng. What a tragle ptrture la the palace ef the high priaat C'alaphaa a4mlnurtaring tbe moot eolemn of eaths to Jraus. "I adjure th by Ih living Ood that thou tall ua, whether thoa ara tha Christ." And Jesus, knowing full well that his answer would mean death, made the aavlng sonfeaeloa for all men, "I am." And Peter, laea thaa faat away, naked only If be waa a follower, curalng and awearlng that he did not know lllm. How rould euch a thing occur? Peter went Into a place that waa hostile lo ail that wma prerloue to klro a fatal rouraa ta Innumerable hoe is. He tried to conceal Me Identity, pertloua policy tor any Christina, lla Imagined hlmeelf ta be In danger be-eauae be-eauae of hla hasty and near fatal blow with hla aword In tlethsemane. And he neglected the warning of Jeaua. fuck la tha record of bumen Mfex. Ita pathway path-way la strewn wlih spiritual and physical wreck wke have neglected warnings sgslnst godleee companions, com-panions, queeifonehle euatoma and pleaeurea. Improper Im-proper relattonahlpa, unwise pro pose la and the Ilka And Peter wept bitterly. What tear because we wtu net beer aad herd I (Copyright, lilt), NEA Service, Inc.) I |