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THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
LESSON !, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL z.
Text of the Lesson, Mark II, 1-1i-Com-
NIT Verses 8, 1O-Golden Te1t'
Zech. tx, documentary by
the Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns'

phial
/. "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 JeriSho, He tarried
at the house of 2accheus, and spoke the par
able of the noblemnn and his servants, In
which He taught them that the Kingdom OF
God would be postponed till He should re-
turn from the far country. Arriving az
Bethany we find Him at supper in the house
of Simon the Leper, Martha, Mary and La
sarus eli being present, and Mary anoints
Him beforehand for Ills burial luke xix,
John xii.) Then follows this lesson, in which
we see Him fulfilling the prophecy written
in Zech. TX, 0, for He came to fulfill the law
and the prophets, to fulfill all Righteousness.
Matt. V, IT; iii, 15) He is now in the last
week Of His earthly ministry, generally
called Passion Week, and is about TO
present Himself to His people, the jews,
as their king, for the last time. AS
we see Him, anointed with the Holy spirit,
going about doing good, we are ape 10 Un INK
Of Him only as Jesus our saviour, on MS
way to the cross, showing forth IN Ills me
the love and power Of God; hut II we would
understand the Scriptures we must not lose
sight of this great fact that He Is iSraels
Messiah and as such is ever fulfilling before
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 time, He is
now in the interim between Daniels sixty
ninth and SEVENTEEN week gathering out
from Jew and Gentle that new company,
the one body, His church-a mystery kept
secret from the foundation of the world, but
revealed unto the apostles Eph. ill.,
2 "Go your way into the village over
against you" Very often our work is just
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 per-
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 worlanen under Nehemiah rebuilt
the walls of Jerusalem it Is written again and
again that certain ones repaired "by his
house" or lover against his house or cham
ber." Neh. iii, 10, 2S, 2S-30) Gas soon as We DO
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 find
the work all ready for us and nearer to hand
than we thought.
''Ye shall find colt tied, wherein never
man sat; loose him and bring him" While
Mark and Luke mention only the colt, Mat
thew mentions the two animals ian ass and
O colt with her." Just as Samuel could, by
the Spirit Of God, tell Saul whom he would
meet that day, and what each one would
have and say, and do Il Sam. Z, 10, so
the same Spirit in Jesus Christ knew just
where these animals would be found ted for
the Spirit Of God is perfect in knowledge
dob xxxvi y and He is in every true be-
lever to teach us all things John xiv, IT, 26).
B. Say ye that the Lord hath need of him."
In one sense He needs not anything, seeing
that He giveth to all life, and breath, and all
things (Acts xvii, 25), but he is pleased to use
weak and foolish things in accomplishing His
purposes if He only finds them willing and
ready to His hand Does not the readiness of
the owner of these animals in surrendering
them to the Lord SO cheerfully, and the readi-
ness OF Simon to let Jesus have the use of his
boat and to wait upon Him duke V, Ito
rather rebuke us for our oft unwillingness to
place ourselves and all that we are and have
at His disposalf
4. They went their way, and found the
colt tied by the door without, in a place
where two ways met" Luke says, "They
found even as He had said unto them {"
Luke XXX We will always find it, both in
this world and in the world to come Just as
He says; and there is no way we can honor
Him like believing and obeying His word
without questioning. II believe God, that it
shall be even as it was told me" (Acts xvii,
25), is grand life motto for every Christian,
remembering also the blessings upon those
who believe Uukoi As; John Xxx, 29).
8, q. They said unto them even as Jesus
had commanded" Where tho word of
king is there is power Eccl. viii, y, and
when We go in His name bearing His mes
sage, we have only to speak His word faith
fully, and it will not return to Him void
Gen. xiii, IS; lisa. ", H. The results
which He intends to accomplish are sure to
come; the responsibility OF the messenger is
TO get the message correctly and deliver it
plainly and faithfully in His name. As
these two men sought something for Jesus
and for His use, SO we are to seek souls and
results, not for ourselves, but for Him whom
we serve.
T. They brought the colt to Jesus, and
cast their garments on him; and He sat upon
him" There were two animals and two
men; why did the men not bring the asses
riding upon themf That would have been
appropriating to their own use that which
they had obtained for their Lord.
g. "Garments-and branches-strewed In
the way" These tokens of submission and
alteration on the part Of the people, which
was SO short lived, point us to the time when
all things shall be subdued unto Him q Cor.
XIV, 2S), and they also seem to ask us, What
does your submission and alteration amount
toi Is it sincere, permanent and increasingly
9. "Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in
the name Of the Lord" These words are
found in Ps. cxviii, IS, &c, the first word be-
ing made up of two Hebrew words signifying
"Save now 1 beseech thee" In the same
psalm we find it written, 1.-The stone which
the builders refused is become the maidstone
of the corner" and when the headstone shall
DO brought forth with shoutings, crying,
Grace, grace unto it Czech. iv, y, then shall
this song Of praise be sung, not as it was that
day, but sincerely. His own words to them
a little later in the week were Behold, your
house is left unto you desolate, for l say unto
you, Ye shall not SEQ mo henceforth till ye
shall say, Blessed is He that cometh In the
name Of the Lord" Matt. xxi, 49, 39.
10. blessed be tho kingdom Of our father
David, that conleth In the name of the Lord;
hosanna in tho highest" An everlasting