Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-05
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.
LESSON I, SECOND QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 7.

Text of the Lesson, Mark xi, 1-i1-Com-
init Verses s-IO-Golden Text, Zech. tx, !
o. Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ.
stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by Ter
mission of II S Hoffman, publisher Philadel
phia.
|. And when they came nigh to Jerusa
lem. unto Bethpage and Bethany, at The
Mount of Olives" After healing the blind
men as He passed through Jericho, He tarried
at the house of Zaccheus, and spoke the par
able of the nobleman and his servants, in
which He taught them that the kingdom of
God would be postponed till He shouldre-
turn from the far country Arriving at
Bethany we find Him at supper in the holse
of Simon the Leper, Martha, Mary and La
zarus all being present, and Mary anoints
Him beforehand for His burial duke XIX,
John xiii Then follows this lesson in which
we see Him fulfilling the prophecy written
in Zech tx. 0, for He came to fulfill the Inv
and the prophets. to fulfill all Righteousness.
Matt. " II, iii, l5) He is now in the hist
week of His earthly ministry, generally
called Passion Week, and is about to
present Himself to His people, the Jews,
we see Him. an0inted with the Holy Spirit,
going about doing good, we are apt to think
of Him only as Jesus our Saviour, on His
way to the cross, showing forth in His lie
the love and power Of God; but if we would
understand the Scriptures we must not bse
sight of this great fact that He is lsra,ls
Messiah and as such is ever fulfilling before
their eyes the Scriptures of their prophets
that they may be without excuse for reject
ing Him: and that since their rejection of
Him as their king. and His consequent setting
them aside as His people for q time lie is
now in the interim between Daniels sixty
ninth and SEVENTEEN week gathering out
from jew and Gontile that new company,
the one body, His church-a mystery kept
secret from the foundation Of the world hut
revealed unto the apostles. Eph. ILL
>. Go your way into the village over
against you" Very often our work is list
at our hand in our own house or town or VII
lage, or among those nearest to US, and if We
are unwilling to do the next thing, or reject
the opportunity nearest TO us because par
haps it is a small one, He may see fit to give
us nothing else to do, and we stand idle or
vainly seeking work agreeable to us, because
we will not do that which He has appointed.
When the Workmen under Nehemiah rebuilt
the walls of Jerusalem it is written again AID
again that certain ones repaired 'by lis
house" or lover against his house or chan
Der" (Neh iii, 10, %, 2S-30.D "Asso as yebe
entered into it." How often it is that as
soon as we start forth in His Name ready to
do whatever our hands find to do, we End
the work all ready for us and nearer to hand
than we thought.
"Ye shall find a colt tied, whereon nerer
l IL, IL.
Mark and Luke mention only the colt, NAT
thew mentions the two animals IAN ass and
colt with her." Just us Samuel could, BY
the Spirit of God, tell Saul whom he wodd
meet that day, and what each one would
have, and say. and do Il Sam. Y, 10 10
the same Spirit in Jesus Christ knew Just
where these animals would be found tied; fll'
the Spirit of God is perfect in knowledge
Job xxxvi, A. and He is in every true be
lever to teach us all things John xiv, II, &c.
g. Say yc that the Lord hath need of him y
In one sense lie needs not anything, seeing
that He giveth to all life, and breath, and Ill
things (Acts xvii, 25l, but he is pleased to Use
weak and foolish things III accomplishing lis
purposes if He only finds them willing and
ready TO His hand. Does not the readiness of
the owner of these animals il surrenderilg
them to the Lord so cheerfully, and the reaii-
ness of Simon TO let Jesus have the use of his
boat and To wait upon Him Luke V, 10
rather rebuie us for our oft unvillingness to
place ourselves and all that we are and have
at His disposali
/. They went their way, and found hs
colt tied by the door without, in placC
where two ways met" Luke says, "Iicy
found even as He had said unto then
duke XIX We will always find it, both i,
this world and in the world to come, jus; u,
He says, and there is no way we can ho,ol
Him like believing and obeying His wcrc
without questioning. Il believe God, tAatit
shall be even asit was told me" tActs xvii
2j, is q grand lie motto for every Christian
remembering also the blessings upon thosl
who believe luke i, 40; John Xxx, :.y
3, q. They said unto them even as Jeau
had commanded" Where the word of {
king is there is power tEccl viii, A, a,C
when we go in His name bearing His ms
sage, we have only to speak His word faith
fully, and it will not return to Him von
Gen. xiii, rs; lisa. ", H. Tho result
which He intends to accomplish are sure !,
come; the responsibility of the messengeri
to get the message correctly and deliver
plainly AMI faithfully in His name. I.
these two men sought something tor jest
and for lis use, so we are to seek souls an
results not for ourselves but for Him whol
we serve.
Z They brought the colt to Jesus, ar
cast their garments on Linn, and I-e sat upo
him" There were two animals ana tT
men. why did the rlcn not bring the ass,
riding upon themf That would have be-
Glpropra,!ng to their own Use that wAic
they lad obtained for their Lord.
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