The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-07-31
INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
NY REV. +. B. nARGREAvEs,
Lesson 5.
august 1st.

Lesson 5. august 1st.
JESUS uoEoRED.
John II, l-l6. Golden Text, John u,
13.
Time, April lst, a. D. So Places,
Bethany and Jeruslem.
The Feast of the Passover draws
nigh.
Christ has spent few weeks in Eph-
rain, a small town twenty miles north of
Jerusalem, but now He commences His
journey TO the Holy City. On His way
Ie heals the sick, pronounccs His bless.
ingon little Children and delivers several
discourses.
1t was Friday night, the last day in
March, when He arrived at Bethany, the
little town He often visited and where
We left Him in our last lesson.
His old friends Lazarus and Martha
and Mary had prepared supper in His
honor, which was probably shared by
many ofthe citizens.
II was during this feast that Mary
exhibited her wondrous loye for the
Master in amounting His head and feet
with costly ointment. 1t was of this act
that Christ said Mark H. 9):
"Wheresoever this Gospel shall be
preached throughout the whole world,
this also which this woman hath done
shall be spoken of for memorial of
her"
Judas objected to the use ofsuch expen-
sive ointment, and urged that it would
have brought a goodly sum at sale, and
the money could have been given to the
poor.
Christ silcnces the hypocritical censor,
and immortalizes the woman and her
loving act of devotion.
Caravans were at this time rapidly
approaching, the pouring into, Jerusalem
from all quarters.
The people heard that Jesus was at
Bethany, and many Aocked there to see
Him, and also to see Lazarus, whom Ho
had raised from the dead.
Numbers ofthese Jews went away be-
lieyrng on Jesus, and the chief priests
were SO incenscd at the increasing
popularity Of our Lord, and also at
Lazarus, that they conspired to put
Lazaaus to death also
The next day Christ resumed His
journey to Jerusalem. Reaching Beth
phage-house of fig, or fg-town--He
sent His disciples for an MSS on viii ch to
ride into Jerusalem.
Over 500 years before, the prophet
Zechariah (Jcch, 9, 81 had exclaimed, =,
"Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Zion;
shout, o daughterof Jerusalem; behold
thy King cometh unto thee; he is just,
and having salvation; lowly. and riding
upon an ass, and upon Il colt the ioal ofan
ass.n
And now, after hve centuries, the
prophetic words are fulfilled, and the
King of Kings and Lord of Lords rides
into Jerusalem on "young ass This
is tho only recorded instance of Jesus
riding.
The assembled multitudes gather the
branches of palm trees clbem of triumph,
and scatter them in the way and bear
them in their hands, the while shouting
"IIosanna; Blessed is the King Of Israel
that comcth in the name of the Lord"
When they reached the Mount of Olives,
Luke tells us that as the glolies and
splendors of Jerusalem burst upon their
view, Christ wept over the city which He
loved SO we'll.
The scene must have been exceedingly
repugnant to the chief priests, who thus
saw Christ publicly honored by the masses
and hailed as King of Israel
Lesson THOUGHTS.
l. Mary expressed her love in ler gift.
Give Christ the best your life af-
lords,
.. We ought to consecrate ourselves 10
the Master and to His work.
3. Let your baneyolences be true and
sincere. Remember the poor.
4. Christ is King. Give Him the loyal
obedience of your heart.