the Messiah made a sign to him to disappear, before he should be torn to pieces.
"What thou doest, do quickly," He commanded. And the man whom, since the beginning of His ministry, He had loved and counselled, arose and left the room, followed by the sad eyes of the Messiah. Then, to cheer His sorrowing disciples, the Lord raised His voice almost to a chant, and cried: "Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him."
Then, once more, He poured out wine; but when they pressed Him, too, to drink, He pushed the cup away, with the words: "I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."
The supper had come to an end, and all stood up and sang a Hebrew hymn. Then, one after another, they followed their Lord out into the moonlight, to make their way with Him to the Mount of Olives and thence to the Garden of Gethsemane; that garden holy for evermore, because watered by the tears of agony of the Son of God.
