Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-26

! SON. W Oufu tTuu bitt ttft ADt hi''N.
Absalom. my soni my son" Stupendou
: grief of David resounding through all SUI
ceeding ages. This was the city that near
the woe. u Jerusalem, Jerusalem. .
am also thrilled and overpowered VIII
the remembrance that Wonder, where nov
stands Mohammedan mosque. stood ID
temple, the very one that Chrst visited.
So.omon's temple had stood there. bu
Nebuchadnezzar Numbered il down. Zeriit
nabels temple had stood there, but that ha
been Frustrated. Then Herod built tempt
because he was fond OF great architecture
and he wanted the preceding temples
seem insignificant. Put eight or ten moderi
cathedrals together, and they would not equa
that structure. II covered ID acres. Iner'
were marble pillars supporting roofs OF cedar
and silver tables ON which stood golden cups
aud there were carvings exquisite and IN
scriptions respondent, glittering balustraue
and 0rnamentcd gateways. The building o
this temple kept 10000 workmen busy y
years. Stupendous pile of pomp and mag
niiicence. But the material and architectu
raj grandeur Of the building were very tame
compared with the spiritual meaning OF IL
affairs and holy of holies, and the overwhelm
ing significance OF its ceremonies. OJerusa
lem. Jerusalem.
But standing in this old city all other facts
are eclipsed when we think that near here
| our blessed Lord was born, that up and down
/
the outskirts Of il be died. Herewas his only
| day Of triumph aud his assassination. One
DIZZY this old Jerusalem is at the tiptop OF eN-
! ctement Christ has been doing some re-
markable works and asserting very high all-
| tb0rity. The police court has issued papers
for his arrest, for this thing must be stopped,
| rs the very government is imperllled. New
comes that last night this stranger arrived at
a suburban village aud that he Il stopping at
the house of man whom he had restIscitlted
after four DAYS sepulture. Well, the people
rush out into the streets, some with the IDEA
Of helping in the arrest of this stranger when
he arrives, and Others expecting that on the
morrow he will come into the town and, by
some supernatural force, Gust the municipaI
and royal authorities and take everything In
his own hands.
They pour ont Of the city gates until the
procession reaches to the village. They come
all around about the house where the stranger
is stopping and peer into the doors and win
dows that they may get one glimpse OF MN
or hear the hum OF his voice. The police
dare not make the arrest, because he has
somehow won the affections of all the people.
Oh, il is lively night In y0nder Bethany!
The heretofore quiet village Is filled with up
roar and outcry, and loud discussion about
the strange acting countryman. | do not
think there was any sleep in that house tn
night where the stranger was stopping. Al
though for once In his lifetime he had pil-
low. But the morning dawns, the love gar
dens wave in the light, and all along yonder
road, reaching over the top OF Oliyet toward
this city, there is a vast swaylng crowd OF
wondering people.
The excitement around the door Of the cot
tagc is wild as the stranger steps out beside
an unbroken colt that has never been mount
ed, and. after his friends have strewn their
garments on the beast for a saddle. the
Saviour mounts il, and the populace, excited
and shouting and feyerish, push on back to-
ward the city Of Jerusalem. Let none jeer
now or scOff at this rider, or the populace
will trample him under foot in an instant.
There is one long shout OF two miles, and as
far as the eye can reach you see wavings Of
demonstrations and approval. There was
something in the riders yisage, something In
his majestic brow, something In his princely
behavior that stirs up the enthusiasm Of the
people. They run up against the beast and
try to pull the rider of into their arms and
carry on their shoulders the illustrious
stranger.
The populace are so excited that they hardly
know what 10 do with themselves, and some
rush up to the roadside trees and wrench off
branches and throw them In his way; and
Others doff their garments, what though they
be new and costly, and spread them for a
carpet for the conqueror TO ride over. lilo
sannaH cry the people at the foot Of the
hill. "HosannaW' cry the people all up aud |
down the mountain. The procession has 1
now come to the brow of yonder olivet. |
Magnificent prospect reaching out IN every |
direction-yineyards olive groves, jutting /
rock, silvery SLOAN. and, above all, rising on |
its throne Of hills. this most highly honored /
city Of all the earth, Jerusalem. Christ there,
in the midst Of the procession, looks otf and
secs here f0rtressed gates, and yOndcr the 4
rircling wall, aud here the towers blazing in
the sun, Phasaelns aud Marianne.
Onder Is Hippicus, the Kings castle.
Looking along in the range OF the larger
branch OF that olive tree, you see the man
sions of the merchant princes. Through this
cleft in the limestone rock you see the palace
1f the richest traflicker in oil the earth. He
has made his money hy selling Tyrian pur-
pie. Behold now the temple. Clouds Of
smoke lifting from the shimmering roof,
while the building rises up beautiful, grand
majestic, the architectural skill and glory of
he earth lifting themselves there in one tri-
lmphant doxology, the frozen prayer Of all
nations.
The crowd looked around to sec exhilara-
ion and transport in the face OF Christ. oh,
10! Out from amid the gatcs and the domcs.
md the palaces there arose vision OF this
'ity's sin, and OF this city's doom, which
the landscape from horizon to
lorizon, and he burst into tears, crying: 80
jerusalem, JeruSalemi' But that was the
My day Of pomp that Jesus saw in and
round this city. Yet he walked the streets
# this city the loyelicst and most majestic
'eing that the world ever saw or ever viii
ee. Pubtus Lentilus. in a letter TO the Ro-
nan Senate, describes him as "a man Of
tature somewhat tall, his hair the color OF
hestnut fully ripe, plain to the ears, whence
downward IL Is more orient. curling and
waving about the shoulders; in the midst OF
is forehead is stream, or partition Of his
air; forehead plain, aud very delicate; his
ace, without spot or wrinkle, lovely red:
is nose and mouth so forked as nothing can
c represented; his beard thick, In color like
is hair-not very long; his eyes gray, quick
nd clear
lie must die. The French army in Italy
ound brass plate on which was a copy Of
Is death warrant, signed by John Zerub-
abel, Raphael Robani, Daniel Robani and
apet.
Sometimes men on the way to the scaffold
ave been rescued by the mob. No such an
tempt was made in this ease, for the mob
ere against him. From in the morning
II in the afternoon. Jesus hung adying in
&c outskirts Of this city. II was scene of
lood. We are so constituted that nothing is
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