For this Good Friday, an image of the “Man of Sorrows” identified and described by the Prophet Isaiah.
Since the time of the Apostles, Christians identify the man of Isaiah’s vision as a fore-shadowing of Jesus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Sorrows
This Sunday School card was published by the Sunday School Board of the Reformed Church.
The headquarters of the Board was on Arch Street in Philadelphia.
“Heidelberg” was the name given to the Sunday School materials published for Reform Churches (and some affiliated Presbyterian groups).
The name reflects the “Heidelberg Confession”, a 16th century declaration of Reformed beliefs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg_Catechism
Most Sunday School materials (including those of other denominations) shared a similar pattern – a Biblical image, a primary Scriptural text, and a brief catechism related to the lesson.
This image was copyright in 1904 by the Providence Lithograph Company, a prolific publisher or Sunday School materials in Providence, Rhode Island.
The lesson of the Man of Sorrows was not taught during Holy Week, however, but was printed for the third quarter lessons in Reform Churches during 1905.
The horror of a world in which the best and holiest is betrayed and destroyed is the background for the profound mourning of Christendom on Good Friday.
The theological truth is made vivid in our retelling and re-living of the personal agony of the Lord.
