When the soul is overwhelmed, it seeks to be alone, and yet not too far from human sympathy and help. The three most trusted might enter the enclosure, but even they could not share the depth of the Master’s anguish, which was so great as to threaten his very life. He cried to him who could save him from dying before his trial and sentence, and was saved from what he feared. Our Lord did not shrink from physical

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suffering, but from the horror of becoming sin-bearer for the race, and putting away sin by the sacrifice of himself. His disciples failed him, but as he submitted to the Father’s will his spirit rose triumphant. Sleep on now—the past is irrevocable. The disciples fled as fast as their feet would carry them. If only they had prayed, they would have been steadfast and unmovable. There are good reasons for supposing that the young man mentioned here was Mark himself.