United States, North Carolina, New Hanover County, Wilmington, 34.22573, -77.94471United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026Wilson, Joseph R. (Joseph Ruggles), 1835-19031883/1898-04-24Sermon written by Joseph R. Wilson, delivered at First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1883, at Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia, January 10, 1897, and again at First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, North Carolina, April 24, 1898, discoursing on the reaction of Christ's disciples upon his arrest. Wilson describes how Christ's disciples fled and forsook him at the time of his arrest and explains how their actions were a product of a double hope. They hoped that Christ would re-establish Israel as a powerful empire and that they would have an advantageous place there. Once Christ submitted to arrest this hope fell apart and they fled, only later realizing the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom. He finishes by describing a friend on death's door who exemplified this idea perfectly.application/pdfenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Sermons--19th centurySecond Presbyterian Church (Richmond, Va.)Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--TheologyJewish nationalismAnd They All Forsook Him and Fled, Mark 14:50Text