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[Original.] Notes on the Gospel of Mark, With a Revision of the Common English Version. BY N. M. CRAWFORD. Chapter X. 32 And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them’: and they were amazed, and as they fol lowed they were afraid. And taking the twelve again with himself, he began to tell them what things would happen unto them, 33 saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man shall be delivered up unto the chief priests and unto the scribes; and they -will condemn 1 him to death and will deliver him up to the I Gentiles; 34 and they will mock him and scourge him, and spit upon him, and kill him : . and the third day he will rise again. 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, ' come unto him, saying, Teacher, we wish that < thou wouldst do for us whatsoever we shall ask < 36 And he said unto them, What wish ye that t I should do for you? 37 And they said unto , him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand and the other on thy left, in thy gio ry. 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not 1 what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink ? and be immersed with the immersion f with which lam immersed ? 39 And they said £ unto him. We can. And Jesus said unto them, * Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink; and with the immersion with which I am im- I mersed, shall ye be immersed : 40 But to sit on my right hand and»on my left, is not mine to € give except to them for whom it has been pre pared. 41 And the ten, hearing it, began to be * much displeased with James and John. 42 But 1 Jesus called them to him and saith unto them, < Ye know that they who are accounted rulers of the nations, lord it over them; and their great , ones exercise authority over them. 43 But so shall it not be among you; but whosoever would 1 become great among you shall be your servant. : 44 And whosoever of you would become first, i shall be a slave of all. 45 For even the Son of ] Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to ( give his life a ransom for many. 46 And they came to Jericho: and as he was I going out of Jericho with his disciples and a i great multitude, blind the son of , Timaeus, sat by the wayside, And hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began ( to cry but and say, Jesus, Son of David, have ' mercy on me. 48 And many charged him to be silent: but he cried out the more a great i deal, Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called: and they called the blind man, say- ' ing unto him, Be of good cheer, rise; hecalleth ! thee. 50 And he, casting away his garment, 1 rose and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answer-., ed and said unto him, What wilt thou that i should do for thee ? And the blind man said unto him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight. , 52 And Jesus said unto him, Go; thy faith hath 1 made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way. NOTES. 32. Going up to Jerusalem.— This was to be His last visit to Jerusalem, on which His predictions about His own death were to be fulfilled. Before them: being too busy with I [is own thoughts and too full of His great purpose to desire company. Amazed: doubtless at the supernatural appearance of the Saviour under the mighty impulse which animated Him. Something of the glory of the. transfiguration may have ' shone upon His person. Afraid: having ' dread of some undefined evil that might ! happen to them from from following Him. See John xi., 8. But still they followed. ■ The indwelling Spirit will draw the believ er after Jesus in spite of the natural pas sions which cause him to fear. Took the twelve: apart from the women and others ( who followed Him up to Jerusalem, xv., 40. Began to tell. — -This is the third time * that Jesus gives them instructions on this 1 subject. Now His teaching is more full and minute than on former occasions. 33, 34. Ncoi of Man : n. 2: 28, also 8: ' 31, 9:31, and notes. Delivered, dtv.— Formally He had told them He should be * delivered into the hands of men; now He specifies into whose hands, as first of the J chief priests and scribes, who represented ( the .Jewish nation, and secondly of the * Gentiles, as represented by the Romans. ' that thus the whole world might concur in [ rejecting Him. Formerly, He had an nounced simply that He was to be put to ( death; now He shows that His death is to ’ be accomplished under the forms of law — | fust, in being condemned by the Jewish tribunal, and second, in being executed un der sentence from the Gentiles. Formerly , He had merely stated that He should suf fer many things; now He specifics some of | them: as mock, in derision of His claims to royalty ; scourge, as a malefactor con denmed ; spit upon, in token of their eon I* tempt ot His person and abhorrence to Hi / character. To spit in the presence of any one is regarded in the Rast as an insult how much more to spit on one! Kill him. —Matthew alone points out the method by crucifying, xx., 19. 35. The request appears, from Matthew xx., 20, to have been presented through their mother, Salome, who ac<*ompanied Jesus on this last journey to Jerusalem, n. v. 32. The terms of the request seem toi indicate a fear that, if presented definitely,j it would not be granted. It is both unwise and wicked to entrap any one into promises ! which would not otherwise be granted ; but how supremely absurd to attempt thus to entrap Jesus, who knew the thoughts and j the heart ! 36. Without rebuke, but without grant-; ing the request, He requires a specification of their desire. This is a lesson of pru-. denoe for all. We should neither grant nor refuse a request till we understand what it means. 37. 77w right and the left hand are the chief places of honor. In thy glory.— Mark the confidence of His disciples which, in spite, and perhaps in disbelief, of w hat l the) had just heard of His death, still be : lieves in His coming exaltation. It was| faith, though unenlightened faith. 30. Kamr not, See.— How mild a rebuke, 1 for so audacious a request { see n. v. 42. — | I he cup refers to the sorrow He was to feel > in His own spirit ; the immersion to the suffering which was to be inflicted on Him by others. 39. H'» eao.— The reply was neither*vain ( nor presumptuous, for through the grace oil their Lord they did it. James, first of the a|x»stles, was "killed for his testimony to the truth. Acts xii,, 2. John, longest of all. endured the sorrows, the trials, and the persecutions of earth. so baj? slB s ba»a ba. • 40. Except to them, t&c.—“ All power ” indeed has been given to Jesus, but the manner of its exercise was before agreed upon, and the eternal councils of God had first prepared the gift and designated the receiver. 41. Much displeased: but their displeas ure had in it as much selfishness as the am bitious request. 42. Called them, dec.— lt is most affect ing to observe that, as the Saviour drew near to His death, His tenderness in rebu king the sins of His disciples increased.— He rebukes them now only by instructing, and chides only by showing a better way. Are counted, d’c.— God is indeed the Sov ereign, but the kings of the Gentiles think only of themselves as supreme. Because they are great among men, they claim ser vice and homage from their inferiors, and measure their greatness by the exactions they can extort. 43,44. A different principle is announced for the disciples of Jesus. Among them greatness must be achieved by services ren dered, not exacted. Their ambition should be to be useful. 45. This principle is derived from and enforced by the example of Jesus, for if even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, what else should the disciples expect or desire? Give his life. — A life of service was consummated by a death of sacrifice. He gave His life, for it was His own to lay down and take up again, (John x., 17, 18,) and He gave it as a ransom to redeem mamj from the curse of sin. The redeemed are more precious in the sight of the Lord than the ransom—their life more precious than His blood. Herein is love, indeed! Many: who were ordained to eternal life. Acts xiii., 48. 46. Jericho: a large and flourishing city of the tribe of Benjamin, about six miles! west of the Jordan and twenty from Jeru ■, salem. It is situated in a fertile district, j which abounds in palm trees and roses,' and produces large quantities of the Bal sam of Gilead. The city was destroyed by Joshua, (vi., 26,) but was afterwards re built, (1 Kings xvi., 34,) and became the seat of a school of the prophets. 2 Kings ii., 5,15. Bartimceus. — Bar means son. Some think the name a synonim of Bar tholomew. It appears from Matthew xx., 30, that there were two blind men. Mark mentions only o le, however, whom he names probably oecause he was better known than the other. Begging: because he was poor and his blindness hindered him from working. It is both a shame and a sin for one to beg who is able to work.— 1 » i I It was customary for beggars to sit by the' wayside— a convenient situation for asking alms of the passers. 47. Jesus of Nazareth. Note 1: 21. I Jesus, Son of David: thus recognizing Him as the promised King of Israel, and appeal-i’ ing to Him as such for the mercy of heal ing. Notice especially the faith of the beg gar : to others Jesus was the Nazarean, to 1 Bartimivus He was the Son of David. 48. Many charged him, <£’c.: unwilling to 1 be disturbed by the clamors of a blind 1 beggar. Cried out the more : the opposi tion of the multitude rather increased than ' diminished his earnestness. So it always is with genuine faith and true prayer. 49. Stood still.— Behold the goodness 1 and power of the Saviour! Os all present s Jesus alone is willing to hear him; Jesus ’ alone is able to help him. Commanded, 1 dr. .• exercising authority over the by- 1 standees, as He had a right to do. Be of s good cheer.— Those who had rebuked, now 8 encouraged him. As it is one of the vices f of human nature to trample on the unfor- * Innate, so it is characteristic of mankind to 1 change with changing fortune, and smile * upon the prosperous. 50. Casting away his garment: i. e., his 8 outer robe or cloak, wh'ch, in the case of a c poor blind beggar, was probably a coarse 8 blanket. He threw it off in joy and with I a desire to obey the call. 51. Answered, i. e., the blind man’s cry ’ for mercy. The question of Jesus was not 1 for His own sake, but for those who heard. ' John ii., 42. Rabboni : equivalent to, My 1 great master; a title of highest honor * among the Jews, and applied to only seven 1 of their most eminent scholars. 52. Thy faith, <f-r. —His faith led to his 1 being brought to Jesus, and thus was the 1 proximate cause of his receiving sight. The efficient cause was in Jesus himself. [Note. —From this narrative we may learn the nature of the prayer of faith. It 1 i is earnest, tor he cried out in his distress.— It is persevering, for when he was opposed he cried out the more. It is successful, for he received sight—the blessing he desired.' We learn, moreover, how blessings received i i from Jesus affect true believers; for, filled i with gratitude, he followed Jesus. Let us remember, too, that a consistent Christian life is but the acting out of the spirit of 1 prayer. Every act that is tn the glory of' I God is imbued with the same spirit. Chris i tian lite is prayer in action.) An Old Man's Kkbi ke. —A good old man was once in company with a gentle no, we mean a person, who occasionally introduced into conversation the words ‘devil,’ ‘deuce,’ etc., and who at last took the name of God in vain. ‘ Stop, sir,’ said the old man, ‘ I said nothing while you only used freedoms with the name of your own 'master, but I insist upon it that you shall use no freedoms with the name of mine.’ THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND, Devoted to the Intellectual, Moral and i Religious interests of THE SOLDIER, is ; published etery Saturday, in Atlanta. Let the Christian, Philanthropist and Patriot forward their contributions, stating ; where they wish the paper sent, and to i what regiment, if they prefer. Subscription per term of four months, 50 copies, *4O; and at the same rate a larger amount. A single copy, sl,lO. Address, A. S. WoJTßbll, Atlanta. Terms of The Banner. $3 a year. THE LADIES' COLUMN. MY MOTHER’S NAME. My mother’s name, my mother’s name, How hallow'd and how dear ! That sound, it fell like melody Upon my list’ning ear. What though a stranger spoke her praise, So exquisite it came, At once 1 loved him as a friend — It was my mother’s name ! There was a fullness of the heart, A glist’ning of the eye, A sudden flushing of the cheek, I can not tell ye why. I probed not then the mighty throb That shook my trembling frame ; I only knew, I only felt, It was my mother’s name ! And cloudless will I keep that name, While God my life shall spare; It never yet confessed a blot, No stain shall enter there. In weal or woe, unsullied still By shadow or by shame, Proudly my heart shall beat to tell It is my mother’s name ! And when at length the Lord of all Shall claim the breath He gave, And by the grasp of death consign Me to the peaceful grave, Let but one line, one sculpture line, Above my tomb proclaim lie found it spotless—and unstain’d Is still his mother’s name! THE MODEL YOUNG LADY. She who, in her youth, develops her in tellectual powers in the search of truth and useful knowledge, and refines and strength ens her moral energies, by the love of vir tue, the happiness of her friends, and the welfare of m inkind ; whois animated by rue feminine glory, exalted by sacred friendship for social, and softened by virtu ous love for domestic, life ; who lays her heart open to every other mild and gener ous affection, and who, to all these, adds a sober and feminine piety, equally remote from superstition and enthusiasm, can be truly characterised as the Model Young Lady, who lays up the richest fund for the honorable action and happy enjoyment of the succeeding years of life. The female character is described by poets, oratoisand naturalists ; and such as justly deserves the epithet of model character, remains untaint ed by the deceits of flattery, and though surrounded by the vicious snares of the world, yet there is that which should most characterise the female sex, fascinating man ners, such as prove the truth of the asser tion, “ Modesty is the chief ornament of the fair sex ” ; for does not one of the chief beauties of a young lady consist in that modest reserve, that retiring delicacy, which avoids the public gaze, and is disconcerted even at the gaze of admiration ? —showing that “ Modesty when unadorned, is most adorned.” Dauntlessly, should woman brave life’s tempestous tide to become an ornament to the sex, a pride to her family, the being of pleasure in a circle of companions, and the institutor of domestic bliss at home. She should be aware that to become the delight of her companionsand the pride of her fam ily, something more is required than to be merely exempt from ill-temper and trouble some humors. The sincere and genuine smiles of complacency and love must adorn her countenance; that ready compliance, that alertness co oblige, which demonstrates true affection, must animate her behaviour and endear her most common actions. If we could but soar with the wings of an eagle in the midst of surrounding wastes, desolation and death, and behold an earthly angel administering to the wants of the op pressed, softening the dying pillows of the afflicted, when perhaps she had denied her self the pleasure of attending some place of amusement to fulfil the mission that her better nature had dictated, for the happi ness of others, we would gaze upon the scene with never-ceasi«g admiration and pleasure. Such as has been described, we would be constrained to feel, is the true miniature of a model young lady. As different classes of society have different views as to what constitutes the model young lady, let the most fashionable circle who imagine that to dance, play and sing well, and quote a few passages of the differ ent languages, constitute what should cha racterise the model character, afford us an , example. From such, you perceive, my j I ideas are quite different. For a young lady may excel in speaking French and Italian ; I may repeat a few passages from a volume of extracts ; play like a professor, and sing like a siren; have her dressing-room deco-, rated with her own drawings, paintings, i flower-pots, screens and cabinets ; nay, she’ may dance like Sempronia herself, and yet we can say she is far from being a model young lady. All of these qualifications are elegant, and many of them tend to perfect-' ing an education, and in occupying time that t would otherwise be idly spent, thus giving! a recreation to the mind without loss of I time. These arts should be in some degree cultivated, but there are others which must not be neglected ; for “ many things are becoming, but one thing is needful.’ Woman should remember that she is edu-j cated not alone for pleasure and gaiety, but for eternity. Though reared amidst luxury and wealth, the tide of life may change, and I woman should therefore be trained with a i view to the several situations of life, and be furnished with ideas, principles, qualifi | cations and habits ready to be applied and r appropriated, as occasion may demand, to reach respective situation. For though the arts, which merely embellish life, must claim admiration, yet, when a man of sense t comes to marry, it is a companion that he wants—not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint, play, sing, dance, and dress, but it i« a modest young lady. • who can comfort and counsel him—one who can reason, reflect, feel, judge, discriminate, (and discourse—one who can assist him in his affairs, lighten his cares, soothe his sorrows, purify his joys, and strengthen his , principles. Preparations for War in Canada. Ammunition and Arms for 200,000 , Troops. The Cincinnati Enquirer learns from a gentleman recently from Canada, that the British Government have, during the past summer, sent to Quebec, arms, cannon and equipments for two hundred thousand men. Every detail for a very large army in the field has been attended to. The cannon of small calibre in the fortifications at Hali fax, Kingston and Quebec, have been re moved, and Armstrong guns of the largest size put in their place. It adds: About the time of the Trent affair, when considerable bodies of troops were sent to Canada from England, a commission of na val officers was sent over to examine and report as to the best means of defending the lakes. They recommended that sixty strong iron-clad gunboats should be built, such as could pass the locks through the ca nals from the St. Lawrence into the lakes. By the treaty with England and the United States, neither Power is to have more than one vessel of war on either of the lakes, and that istocarry only one gun—the vessels intended only for revenue purposes. But England has prepared quietly, and has now, lying in the islands of Bermuda, all the materials’ready to put forty iron-clad gun boats, together forthwith, suitable for ser vice on our lakes. The engines, guns and equipments, as well as the other materials for these ves sels, have been sent for this purpose, during the past year, to their naval station in Ber muda, and could be put together and sent into service on our lakes on the opening of navigation, in the spring, on the St. Law rence. English officers in Canada say that one hundred thousand regular British troops could be sent to Canada very soon by send ing volunteers and militia to garrison forts in their colonies, and that arrangements will be made by the Canadian Parliament, the coming session, to call out two hundred thousand volunteers when necessary. This was objected to last winter; but the objec tion arose from political considerations, which have been arranged, the home gov ernment agreeing to pay the volunteers, &c. This information, if true, is important, and it comes through a respectable source. It behooves our Government to give attention to it. The Exemption Law. The constant changes in the laws which vitally affect the personal and pecuniary welfare of the people, is a great evil—one that we had hoped we shouldliave escaped under the new regime. It should be a cause of shame to legislators that they confessed ly are unable to make laws that can stand two or three years without repeal or amendment. It amounts to an acknowl edgment that they are incompetent for the business they have undertaken, and are un fit for the positions they hold. It is notorious that the conscription and exemption laws have caused much mur muring in the Confederacy. The dissatis faction has not been so much caused by the laws themselves, as by their arbitrary con structions and partial executions. If the people had the rule, which they are called on to obey, plainly laid down, they would cheerfully have submitted to the evident necessity which caused their enactment.— But these indispensable laws have been brought into bad odor by the vacillations of law makers, and the various interpreta tions put upon them by officers. It is im possible for the people to know what they are required to obey, and it is not surprising therefore that dissatisfaction should ensue. If Congress had devoted the time and at tention to these laws which their impor tance demanded, and had laid down a well digested set. of rules for their execution, so that their operation would have b ?en uni form and invariable, bearing equally upon al! classes of persons throughout every State of the Confederacy, there would have been no cause for complaint, and the peo ple, knowing their necessity, would have cheerfully seconded the efforts of the Con federate Government to recruit the army. Congress is now engaged upon a new ex emption act, and it is to be hoped that the members will have the time and industry to perfect it, so that it will need no amend ment, except such as exigencies require, ' and no interpretation hereafter. Make it | bear equally upon all subject to it, and there will be ah end of complaint. Con ■ scription is likely to be the policy of the Government as long as the war lasts, and therefore it is the more necessary that the ■law shall be so well studied and perfected j ’ that there can be no excuse for fault-finding on account of inequality—so well establish-1 ed that there may be no excuse for igno-, | rance—so plain that there may be no cause j for explanatory orders. [Augusta Chronicle. | The avidity with which the soldiers in hospitals receive the copies of The Baptist l | Banner circulated among them, every day, I has determined us to make an effort to. place <>ur journal in the possession of every soldier in the hospitals throughout the con federacy. This can, and will, be done if I . our people are disposed to aid us. Can I we get a thousand dollars, to help carry out ’ ; this purpose? We firmly believe that this amount can be raised in a fortnight, if > pastors would bring the subject to the no-j t tice of their congregations and give them - the opportunity to contribute. And we a earnestly solicit contributions, at once, from , all who may be disposed to aid in this work. Shall the sick and wounded soldiers t> have The Baptist Banner ? ; THE GRAVE. ' ! and aSh D DIE ’ ° nly > hild Thomas W: fourteen days DaVl8 ~ agednineteen montlls and SomtivSl child,died of croup.- little darling e ? t 1 claim lts victin h that our asleep ‘ Few Si ? ot seen ? to die > but to fall intellieence • dren , a t his age evinced such God saw it w? e , a bu 'J of doosual promise, disc. Mourn no? ? h , e Mo»m in Para =r F V & is bis home, Um armTo'f [The Index, and Soldiers’ Friend, ptease copy Died, in Macon, Ga., on January 2d 1863 nf scar et fever, EUGENIA MOO& (daXter of Davis and Josetta) SMITH-aged six years four months and one day. ’ Mourn not ye whose child hath found i airer skies, and firmer ground, Flowers of bright perennial hue, b ree from thorns and fresh with dew— Founts that tempests never stir, Gardens without sepulchre. Mourn not ye, whose child hath sped From this region of the dead, To yon blessed cherub band— Golden lute and glorious land, Where no tempter’s sinful art Marks the brow, or stains the heart. James. CARDS. 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THIS Institution 11M not been taken for a hospital, »■ has been reported, and I have the assurance o I Surgeon that it will not be taken. vr.n.lav in The exercises will be resume*! on the .ot\lx January, 1863, and continue for a scholastic months. compelled to Under the pressure of the therefore, w'.ll be raise our rates of tuition. The coa g as follows : f or six months, - 00 Collegiate department, for t _ g ( , qq Preparatory ‘ - 24 00 Primary _ . - - W Mulu'and’plano rent, same old prices. half of the above charges wiMSf be pa.d in advance I <n every in-rnnee. J- K MAYSON. President.
