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JERUsALEM 1882 YEARs AGo.-The re
publication Of the following article a
this interesting season Of the Christian
Church win doubtless prove instructive
It originally appeared in the Boston
Journal:
Many are not aware of the stirring
and momentons events which took place
In the city Of Jerusalem during The six
days A. d. 80, the anniversary OF which
occurs the present week. Few also are
conscious OF the fact tha. the record OF
the doings and sayings of that short pc
piod Of time occupies Que quatter part
of Matthews Gospel, more than q guar
ter Of Marks, nearly aa much in Luke,
and nearly third Of John. Out Of the
eighty-nine chapters Of the four Cos
| peis, twenty-five are filed with the re-
cord Of what transpired daring these six
days Of the history of our Lord and Sa-
viour Jesus Christ
The events Of each Of these days are
so clearly marked that it is easy to note
them from day to day, beginning with
his triumphant entry into the /" Holy
City on the Grst day and his crueifxiou
on the sixth
Having arrived at Bethany SIX days
before the Jewish Passover, Jesus and
his disciples there passed the night.
Taking the days IS we now call them,
the following is q brief index to the
occurrences OF each day;
Sunday MOrning-Christ enters Js-
rusalem in triumph. Goes 10 the Tenn
pie, and casts ont buyers, sellers, money
changers, etc. Heals the blind and
lame, reproves the chief priests, and
declares the object of his mission.
Ever ing-Returns to Bethany and lodges
there wi V8l m1
Moaday AOrniag. .--Goes to oJsrasalen,.
Curses the barren 6g tree on the way.
Teaches in the Temple. The people at
tentive and astonished, and the priests
alarmed. Evening-Retires from the
city. probably 10 Bethany aB e6oee
TaesdGy 1orning-0n the way to
Jerusalem the hg tree found withered
away. Talks to Peter Teaches ia the
Temple. Questioned by the priests, etc.
Parable of the Vineyard and the Marriage
Feast. Argument with the Sadducees,
and also with the PhaFiseea The widow
and her two fnitas. Foretells his second
coming. Parable Of the Ten Virgins
and of the Talents. Description Of the
Judgment Day. Evening Retires to
the Mount Of Olives for the night
WedMeadGy-Fo FoFetells his approach
ing death. The Rulers consnlt how they
might take him and put him to death \
Judas went to the Chief Priests, and
bargained with them to betray him. 30 i.
Thursdav-Christ directsthe disciples
to make preparation for celebrating the
Passover in an upper room. Evening
He cometh with the twelve. Being
seated, he admonishes them and washes
their feet. Speaks plainly of his Be
trayer Night-Judas retires. Christ
Admonishes Peter Then he took bread
and wine and Instituted the Eucharist,
saying, This do in remembrance of me.
Exhorts and consoles the eleven. Sing
q hymn and go out to the Mount Of
Olives. Continues his discourse, and
declares himself the Vins Exhorta-
ton, promises, and prayer follow. Nov
60 to the garden of Gethsemane. His
agony there, prayer, &c3 Judas enters
with band Of men.And bstrsys him vith
q kiss. Christ taken to the palace of
Caiaphas. Examined and condemned
by the Jewish Tribunal Midnight
struck and insulsed by the soldiers
Friday saOrRfn0, 3 o'clock. Peters
denial of his Master Christ surrounded
by soldiers waiting for the dawn of day.
DAylight-Judas declares Christ's inno-
cence. All go 10 PLATE the Roman
Governor, who examines and declares
him innocent PLATE sends him TO
Herod, the King, who mocks him and
sends him back 10 Plate, who sgain |
declares him innocent. The Jews insist |
on his death according TO their laws, aud
Plate gives him mp. He in led away TO
the Common Hall, stripped and dressed
in scarlet robe Thence back to the
Judgment Hall 20 Pirate, who for the
fourth time declares him innocent, and
tries to get him clear. He 10 led away 4
to Calvary, nailed to the Cross, and sx-
pires amid the darkness which prevailed
over the land from the sixth II o'clock)
to the ninth hour 8 clock, p. NJ
Evening--His burial. bcotf 1slror
Throughout the greater part of nomi.
nal Chistendom, this week. called 'Pas-
sion Week" is celebrated with solemn |
religious services, and especially Friday, 4
commonly called ''Good Friday"
1t cannot but be interesting and pro-
ftable to Christians Of every name 70 |
concentrate their thoughts and refec-
sions On the momentousl events which |
were now going on, At the close cef our
Saviour's thirty-threes years ,aojourn
among men on earth; and the writer
cannot but hope that, in the midst Of the
absorbing events of tbs present moment,
some persona may spare time enough to
read it lt has been objected to the
celebration Of Christmas on the 25th Of
December, as the guniyersary Of tie /
birth of Christ, that although it has been
observed for 50 many centuries through
outthe greater part Of Christsndom, still
there is no proof of in being the exact
day of that event -Aa-sRah 0bjeetion
exists against the day Of his death. of
which the Jewish Passover Ia standing
at