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Rh heaven. He was accompanisdaccompanied [sic] by Peter, James, and John, the very same disciples twhowho [sic] had been the witness of his glorious ransfigurationtransfiguration [sic], when Moses and Elias had appeared to him, and a voice had come from the overshadowing cloud, “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” What a different scene now presented itself? the rays of glory shone no more, the Divine presence was withdrawn; the voice from heaven ceased; that time was how come, which is so emphatically called the hour and power of darkness.

He had lately, partaken of the passover with his disciples; that passover which, with so much earnestness, be had desired to eat; he had instituted the holy sacrament of the supper; he had delivered those divine discourses recorded in the Gospel of John; he had warned them against deserting him in the hour of temptation; he had selected three of them to attend him in his sorrows: nevertheless, even these three thus favoured, thus honoured, thus warned, forgot all that had been said and done, and, unconcerned, sunk into sleep. He was left alone to endure the bitterness of that hour.

The severity of his sufferings in the garden, the anguish and the horror which then overwhelmed him, appear from the strong colours in which they are drawn by the sacred writers. They speak of his sorrow: