Semi-weekly interior journal., 1883-08-07

does not say int Il will not" afterwards,
II repent" or change that mind" and 40.
Which is true obedience, u know what
obedience Is. ! do not say angelic obedi.
ence, but poor, weak human obedience,
which, the LORD be prrised, is all lie re-
quires. We "excel" not "in strength" ~
do they; We only excel in "weakness."
Aud Gle knoweth our frame; lie remem.
berelh that we are but DUST" at least, and
therefore is satisfied perfectly with victo-
ry after a conflict How good is the
LORD AN 40 glad lie knows that with
His poor children, "while earth remain
eth, mot tina, is first which is spiritual,
but that which is natural" May my ex.
perience in Gray Friars aud my struggle
to Keep from robbing battle-ground,
while no, At all complimentary TO me, help
some poor slruggler and show how good
the dear LORD Is.
A stroll through Cowgate and Cannon
streets, the Five Points Of "Edinboro'-
town." where poverty swarms and testers
aud rots, a. in other great cities, brought
IA nearer Jesus heart OF love, in longngs
to be sent to them with the gospeI some
time. A hag showered abuse in broad
Scotch, which happily they don't under
stand, on Marie aud Edith. who we're peer
ing too curiously up some squalid stair
case, near which she was standing. They
quiokened their pace and were soon out Of
reach Of the volley Of vituperalive elo.
quence, taking good care to offend no
more.
A brisk walk down High street, once the
abode Of aristocracy and wealth; passing
John Knox's dwelling g-house, but not go-
ing in, az il was not one Of the exhibition
days, We came to HoIyroOd Palace, anoth.
er Of Edinburgh's wonders. II is in perfect
preservation, but with ruined chapel in
the rear; and the points Of chiefest interest
to me. | will 10, down as best can;
1. The Picture Gallery is perfectly
unique being the portraits Of Scotch
Kings, authentic or otherwise, one Of them
dating back 800 years "before Christ"
This set on FIRE all the blood Of Israel with
in me. You know, or il you do not or will
not, do, the line of kings through Judah
came from Scotland and Ireland. And
these crowned sons Of Jacob are the only
traceable line, right back TO Eaehsrd ], who
married the lovely Taphe, Z,dekiah's roy.
| Il I.u.Lf.. H.,suif a.. Meth IralanH hv
the prophet jeremiah, who also brought
with him Jacobs S,one," now under the
Coronation Chair" in Westminster Abbey.
And as looked at these fair Saxon faces
Of Judah's line Of kings, SO like the pOr-
traits we have Of our Jesus-"Lion Of the
tribe Of Judah"-I could have wept with
Joy. Remember, too, the "lon and the
unicorn" come through Scotland, for the
royal crest 80 well-known, telling out the
gospel mystery enshrined in the rude dog
gerel verse,
"Thc lion and the unicorn,
Fighting for the crown,
The lion whipped the unicorn
All around the town"
For the unicorn is the devil, am we'll
persuaded, erOrned, but chained, as one sees
on the crest, to be dethronsd and bound,
when once "a strong angel with great
chain in his hand" comes down TO bind
him for the millennial reign Of "our God
and His Christ" This glorious fact find
ing expression also in st. George and the
dragon, on the English sovereign gold
piece, is enough TO stir ones heart TO praise.
James i, already James vi, Of Scotland,
was the first of Judah's monarchs to sit on
Britain's throne, but the line Of kings be-
fore that was unbroken 10 Zedekiah and
scripture times. For "scripture can not
be broken" and the "sceptre could not de-
part from Judahtill Shiloh (Jesus) comes
to gather the nations" How crystal-clear
to me it all is. May it be also TO you, dear
reader. 1t matters not that the Stuarts
we're "bad lot" The flour links Of kings"
will give counterparts Of them. The un-
worthiuess Of instruments doesn't vitiate
Gods promise. find no difficulty in even
apostolic succession Of that kind. What
il some did not believe? Shall their unbe-
lief make the promise Of God Of no enecll
God forbidl7 The insurmountable difficult
ties Of that, to my mind, lie in quite an
other direction And 80 Rehoboam, the
the Stuart who succeeded Solomon, was
"blue-blooded," but as very tyrant As
Charles |, his lineal descendant.
But coming back to the Picture Gallery
in Holyrood. These light-beaIded, Saxon
faces (sakisuni) (Isaac's sons) beamed out
identity" from every panel Of that won
dsrful place. Robt. Bruces face fearfully
disappointed me. | hope il was false
Likeness. IL must have been. No hero
ever wore that utterly common, character
less face, that stares at one from the full
length canvass occupying the place Of hon
or in the gallery. "The Bruce" was frst-
class hero, we all know, but his painter il
fraud, I'll make bold to say, for such an
one as the brave Robert of BannockbuTn.
2. The pathetic part Of Holyrood, how
ever, centres around another wing Of the
palace, where the curious visitor may live
sad personal history over again while look.
ing at the faded tapestry and tattered bed
curtains Of the private apartments Of Mary
Queen Of Scots. The ragged tapestry is
raised 10 show the secret door where enter
Ell the conaDirafora who murdered Rizzio