The Forrest City times., 1889-12-14

palace waiting for the tidings of tho con tiict Oh, how rapidly his heart beat with emotionl Two great questions were to be decided the safety of his boy, and the continuance of tho throne of Israel After awhile, servant, standing on the top of the house, looks of, and he sees some one running. He is coming with great speed, and tho man on top of the house announces the coming of the messen ger and the father watches and waits, and ns soon as the messenger from tho field of battle comes within hailing distance the father cries out Is it a question in regard to the establishment of his throuei Does ho say. Have the armies of Israel been victoriousi Am l to continue in my imperial authorityi Have loverthrown my enemiesi" Oh, no. There Is one question that springs from his heart to the lip, and springs from tho lip Into the ear of the besweated and bedusted messenger flying from the battle field-the question; "ls the young man Absalom safem When it was told to David, the king, that, though his armies had been victorious, his son had been slain, tho father turned his back upon the congratulations of tho nation, and went up the stairs of his palace, his heart breaking as he went wrinzing his hands sometimes, and then again pressing them against his temples as though he would press them in, crying; 70 Absalom my son my son Would God l had died for thee, o Absaloml my sonl my sonr' Stu pendeus grief of David resounding through all succeeding ages. This was the city that heard tho woe O Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
 l am also thrilled and ovorpowered with the remembrance that yondcr, where now stands Mohammedan mosque stood the temple the very one that Christ visited Solomon's temple had stood there, but Neb- uchadnezzar thundered it down. Zerub babcls temple had stood there but that had been prostrated. Then Hcrod built temple because he was fond of great architecture, and he wanted tho pre-. ceding temples to seem insignificant Put eight or ten modern cathedrals together and they would Hot equal that structure It covered nineteen acres. There were marble pillars support. ing roofs of cedar and silver tables on which stood golden cups, and thcre were carvings exquisite and inscriptions re- splcndent glttering balustradcs and orna- mented gateways. The building of this temple kept ton thousand workmeu busy forty six years. Stupeudous pile of pomp and magnificeuce But the material and architectural grandeur Of the building were very tame compared with the spiritual meaning or its altars and holy of holies and the overwhelming significance of it's of its ceremonies. o Jerusalem, Jerusa- lem
 But standing in this old city all other facts arc eclipsed when we think that near here our blessed Lord was born, that up and down tho streets of this city ho walked, and that in tho outskirts of it he died. Here was his only day of triumph and his assassination, One day this old Jerusalem is at the tiptop Of excitement Christ has been doing some remarkable works and asserting very high author ity The police court has issued papers for his arrest, for this thing must be stopped, as the very government is imperiled. News comes that last night this stranger arrived at suburban village and that he is stopping at the house of man whom he had resuscitated after four days sepulture. We'll the people rush out into the streets some with tho idea of helping in the arrest of this stranger when he ar rives and others expecting that on the morrow he will come into the town and by some supernatural force oust the mu- nicipal and royal authorities and take everything in his own hands. They pour out of the city gates until the procession reaches 10 tho village. They come all around about the house where tho stranger is stopping. and peer into the doors and windows that they may get one glimpse of him or hear tho hum of his voice The police dare not make the arrest because he has somehow won tho affections of all tho people Oh, 1t Is lively night in wonder Bethany. The heretofore quiet village is filled with uproar, and oatery, and loud discussion about the strange acting country. man. do not think there was any sleep in that house that night where the stranger was stopping, Although he came in weary he finds no rest, though for once in his life. time ho had pillow. But the morning dawns, the olive gardens wave in the light all along wonder road, reaching ovor tho top Of Olivet toward this city there is n vast swaying crowd Of wondering people. Tho excitement around the door of the cottage is wild as the stranger steps out beside an unhroken colt that had never been mount. cd, and after his frie nds had strcwn their garments on the beast for saddle the Sa- vior mounts l', and the popnlace, excited and shouting and feyerish, push on back toward this city of Jerusalem Let mono ieer uow or seotf at this rider, or tho 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 ap- proval There was something in the riders visage, something in hts majestic bow something in his princely behavior, that stirs up the enthusiasm of tho people They run up against the beast and try to pull the rider of into thcir arms and carry on their shoulders the Il lustrlous stranger. The populaee are so excited that they hardly know what 10 do with themsalvcS and some rush up to tho roadside trees and wrench of branches and throw thcm in his way and others dod their garments what though they he now and costly aud spread them for a carpet for the conqueror 10 ride over. "Hosannaw cry the people at the foot of the hill "Hosannan' cry the people all up and down the mountain The procession has now come to the brow of wonder Olyet Magnificent prospect reaching out in every dircc, tion--vineyards, olive groves, juttlng rock, silvery Siloam, and above all, rising on Its throne of hills, this most highly hon ored city of all the earth, Jerusalem. Christ there, In the midst of the proces- sion. looks of and sees here fortressed gates and wonder the circling wall, and hore the towers blazing in tho sun, Phasae- lus and Marianne. Wonder Is Hippicus, the kings castle. Looking along in tho range of the larger branch Of that olive tree, you sec tho mansions of the merchant princes. Through this cleft in the limestone rock you see tho palace, of the richest traflicaer in all the earth. He has made his money by selling Tyrian purple. Behoid now the templa Clouds of smoke lifting from tho shimmerIng roof. while tho building rises up beautiful, grand, majestic, tho architectural skill and glory of Inc earth lifting themselves thero in orc triumphant doSology, tho frozen prayer of all nations
 The crowd looked around to soc exhilara- tion and transport in tho faco of Christ Oh, mol Out From amid the gates, and the domes, and tho palaces, there arose a vision of this city's sin, and of this city's doom which obiterated the landscape from hori- son to horizon. snd he burst into tears, cry ing: 70 Jerusalem, Jerusa lem,n But that was tho only day of pomp that Je. sus saw in and around this city Yet he