The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-09

fishes No doubt he put off his royal robes,
and put on hunters trapping, and went
out with his arrows to bring down the
rarest specimens of birds; and then
with his fishing apparatus he went down 70
the stream to bring up the denizens of the
deep, and plunged into the forest and found
the rarest specimens of flowers; and then
be came back to his study and wrote books
about zoology, tee science OF ANIMALS; about
ichthyolozv, the science OF fishes; about
ornithology, the science OF birds; about
botany. the science of plants. Yet, not
withstanding all his wisdom and wealth,
behold his wretchedness, aud let him pass
on Did any other city ever behold SO
wonderful a man! o, Jerusalem, Jeru-
salem
But here passes through these streets, as
in imagination l see him, quite as wonder
ful and a far better man. David the con-
queror, the king, the poet. Can it be that
/ am in the very city where he lived and
reignedg David great for power, and great
for grief. He was wrapped up in his boy
Ahsalom He was a splendid boy, Judged
IL the rules of worldly criticism From
tile crown of his head to the sole of his foot
there was not a single blemish. The Bible
sIys that he had such a luxuriant shock of
tiair that when once a year it was shorn,
what was cut off weighed over three
pounds. But Notwithstanding all his bril-
htLncy of appearance, be was a bad boy,
and broke his fathers heart. He was plot
tug to get the throne of Israel He had
marshalled an army to overthrow his
fathers government. The day of battle had
come. The conflict was begun. David, the
father, sat between the gates of the palace
waiting for the tidings of the conflict. o,
how rapidly his heart beat with emotion
Two great questions were to be de-
cided: the safety of his boy and
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Israel. After awhile servant stand
ing on the top of the house, looks off, and
he sees some one running. He is coming
with great speed, and the man on the top of
the house announces the coming of the mes
stnger, and the father watches and waits
and as soon as the messenger from the field
OF battle comes within mailing distance the
father cries out. Is it question in regard
TO the establishment of his throneg Does he
se.y. Have the armies of Israel been victo-
iousl Am to continue in my imperial
authoritys Have | overthrown my
nemiesT' Oh, no. There is one ques-
ton that springs from his heart to
the lip, and springs from the lip into the
ear of the besweated and bedusted messenger
flying from the battle-fied-the question
lis the young man Absalom safew When
it was told to David, the king, that, though
his armies bad been victorious, his son had
tieen slain, the father turned his back upon
the congratulations of the nation and went
up the stairs of his palace, his heart break
lag as be went, wringing his hands some
times, and then again pressing them against
his temples as though he would press them
III, crying: 20, Absalomi my son nv son
Would God / had died for thee, 0, Alb
salon! my soni my sonr' Stupendous
grief of David resembling through all sue
ceeding ages. This was the city that heard
the woe. 0, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
I am also thrilled and overpowered with
the remembrance that yonder, where now
stands a Mohammedan mosque, stood the
temple, the very one that Christ visited
Solomons temple had stood there. but
Nebuchadnezzar thundered it down. Zerub-
habel's temple had stood there, but that
had been Frustrated. Then Herod built a
temple, because he was fond of great
architecture, and he wanted the pre-
ceding temples to seem insignificant.
Put eight or ten modern cathedrals
together, and they would not equal
that structure. 1t covered nineteen acres
There were marble pillars supporting roofs
of cedar, and silver tables on which stood
golden cups, and there were carvings ex-
quisite and inscriptions Respondent. glitter
ing oalustrades and ornamented gateways
The building of this temple kept ten
thousand workmen busy forty-six years
Stupendous pile of pomp and magnifcencel
but the material and architectural grandeur
OF the building were very tame compared
with the spiritual meaning of its affairs and
holy of holes, and the overwhelming
significance of its ceremonies o Jerusalem.
Jerusaleml
But standing in this old CITY al, other
facts are eclipsed when we think that near
isere our blessed Lord was born, that up and
down the streets of this city he walked.
end that IN the outskirts of it he died
Here was his only day of triumph and his
assassination One day this old Jerusalem
l; at the tip-top of excitement Christ
has been doing some remarkable
works and asserting very high authority
The police court has issued paners
Tor his arrest, for this thing must be
stopped. as the very government is
1mperiled. News comes that last night this
stranger arrived at a suburban village and
that he is stopping at the house of a man
whom he had resuscitated 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
sind others expecting that on the morrow he
VIII come into the town and by some SUPER
natural force GUST the municipal and royal
authorities and take everything in his own
hands. Iney pour ont of the city gates
until the procession reaches to the village
where the stranger is stopping, and
peer into the doors and windows that thew
may get one glimpse of him 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 o, it is a
lively night in yonder Bethany! The here
Jofore quiet village is filled with uproar.
and cutlery, and loud discussion about the
strange acting countryman. do not think
there was any sleep in that house that night
where the stranger was stopping. Although
tte came IN weary he finds no rest though
for once in his lifetime he had a pillow.
But the morning dawns, the olive gar
dens wave in the light. and all
along yonder road, reaching over the top
of Olivet toward this city. there is vast
swaying crowd of wondering people. The
excitement around the door Of the cottage
IL wild as the stranger steps out beside an
unbroken colt that had never been mounted.
and after his friends had strewn their gar
lGents on the beast for a saddle the Savior
mounts it, aud tho populace, excited and
shouting and feverish, push on back toward
the city of Jerusalem. Let none ieer now or
scott at this rider, or the populace will tram
pie 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 demon
Stratlons and approval There was soma