The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-03-17
CHRIST ENTERING JERUSALEM.


Matthew xxi. Lie; Mark XII. Ill; 1917
Luke xix. 1898; As, 46 John xii. 12-15.]
On the morrow a great multitude that had
come to the feast, when they heard that
JESUS was coming to Jerusalem, took the
branches of the palm trees, and went forth
to meet him.
And it came to pass, when they drew nigh
unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage
and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, then
JESUS sent two of his disciples and saith unto
them, "Go your way into the village that is
over against you and straightway as We en-
ter into it, ye shall find an ass tied, and with
her colt tied, wherein no man EVER yet sat
loose them and bring them unto me. And if
any one say unto you. why do ye loose
them p thus shall ye say, The Lord hath
need of them = and straightway he will send
them back hither." And the disciples that
we're sent went away, and did even as JESUS
appointed them, and found even as he had
said unto them, colt tied at the door with
out in the open street; and they loose him
And as they were loosing the colt, certain
of them, the owners thereof, that stood there,
said unto them, "Whst do ye loosing the
colt ?" And they said unto them even as
JESUS had said, "The Lord hath need of
Them" and they let them go. And they
brought the ass and the colt unto JESUS and
they threw their garments upon the colt, and
sat JESUS thereon. Now this is come to pass,
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
through the prophet, as it is written, saying,
"Tell We the daughter of Zion,
Fear not;
Behold thy king cometh unto thee,
Meek and riding upon an ass,
And upon a colt the foal of an ass"
And as he went the most part of the multi
tude spread their garments in the way; and
others cut branches from the trees, from the
fields, and spread them in the way. And as he
was now drawing nigh, eren at the descent
of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude
of the disciples began to rejoice and praise
GoD with loud voice for all the mighty
works which they had seen. And the multi
tudes that went before him, and they that
followed, cried out, saying,
"Hosanna to the son of David
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
LORD, even the king of Israel.
Blessed is the kingdom that cometh, the king
dom of our father David;
Blessed is the king that cometh in the name
of the LORD:
Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Hosanna in the highest"
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all
the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this"
And the multitude said, This is the prophet
JESUS, from Nazareth of Galilee."
And JESUS entered into the temple of COP,
and began to cast out all them that sold and
them that bought in the temple, and over
threw the temples of the money changers,
and the seats of them that sold the doves;
and he would not suffer that any man should
carry vessel through the temple. And he
taught and said, +" 1t is written, My house
shall be called a house of prayer for all the
nations;' but ye have made it den of rob-
bers.'" And the chief priests and the scribes
heard it. And he was teaching daily in the
temple; and the blind and the lame came to
him in the temple, and he healed them. But
when the chief priests and the scribes saw
the wonderful things that he did, and the
children that we're crying in the temple and
saying, "Hosanna to the son of David" they
were moved with indignation, and said unto
him, Nearest thou what these are saying2"
And JESUS saith unto them, "Yea, did ye
never read, Out of the mouth of babes and
stockings thou hast perfected praise2'"