The Penn's Grove record., 1889-12-21

servant, standing on tho top Of the houst
looks Cd, and he sees some one running. Il
= coming with great speed, and the ma
on the top Of the house announces the com
ing Of the msssengsr, and the father watche
and waitA and ~ soon ~ the messenge
from the field Of battle comes within hailinl
distance the father cries out: Il 1t . quss
ton in regard to the establishment Of hi
thronet Does he say: "Have the armies O
Israel been victoriouss Am I to continue II
my imperial authority Have I overthrow
my enemiesra' Oh, no. There IL one ques
ton that springs from his heart to the lip
and springs from the lip into the ear Of
the bssweatsd and bedusted messenger
flying from the battle held-the question
rs the young man Absalom safer When Il
was told to David, the King, that, though
his armies had been victorious, his son hat
bean slain, the father turned his back upor
the congratulations Of the nation, and went
a. he went, wringing his hands sometimes
and then again pressing them against hi.
temples a though he would press them In,
crying: 20 Absalomi my soni my son
Would God ! had died for thea, Abealom'
my soni my sonF' S~tupendous grief Of
David resounding through ali succeeding
ages. This was the city that heard the woe.
o Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
/ Am also thrilled and overpowered with
49, 6AtS ta8t yoAA00Es Wu6x0 nOW
stands . Mohammedan mosque, stood the
temple, the very one that Christ visited.
Solomon's temple had stood there, but Neb.
|uchadnezzar Numbered Il down Zcrubba.
bells temple had stood there, but that had
been Frustrated. Then Herod built . temple
because he was fond Of great architecture,
and he wanted the preceding temples TO seem
Insignificant Put eight or ten modern ca
thedrals together. and they would mot equal
that structure. 1t covered nineteen
acres. There were marble pillars sup
po!rtng roof OF cedar, and silver t.
bles on which stood golden cups, and there
were carvings exquisite and inscriptions re-
plendent offering baiustrades and
PIE Kept tn thousand worEmes busy forty
NIX yesrA StuPendous pile Of pomp and
magnticencsi But the material and archi-
tecturhl grandeur OF the building were very
tame compared with the spiritual meaning Of
It's atari holy OF holes, and the over
whelming significance Of It's ceremonies. @
Jerusalem, Jerusaiemi
but landing IN this Old city a! other facts
are eclipssd when we think that near. here
our blessed Lord was born, that up and
down the streets OF this city He walked, and
that In the outsktrts OF it He died. Here was
bis only day OF triumph, and His assassina-
ton. One day this old Jerusalem is At the
npeop o. excltement. Christ has been doing
s9ms re|arkabls work. n asserting very,
high authority. The police court has issued
papers for His arrest, for this thing must Be
stopped, . the very government Is
imperiied. News comes that last
nighs TINS Granger arrived at q suburban
village and that &c Is stopping at the house
OF a mar whom de had resuscitated after
four days sepuiture. Well, the people rush
out into the streets, some with the idea Of
helping In the arrest OF this stranger when
de arrive, and others expecting hat on the
morrow de VIII come into the town and by
some supernatural force oust the mu.
nicipal n royal authorities and take
everything In His own hands. They
pour OF the city gates until the
procession reaches to the village. They
where the stranger is stopping, and
peer into b doors and Windows that they
may get one glimpseof Him or hear the hum
of His voice. The police dare not make the
arrest. because He has somehow won the af-
fections OF all the people. Oh, 1t Is . lively
night In yonder Bethany The heretofore
quiet viil1ss Is aled With uproer and cutlery,
oountryman. do not think there was any
sleep in that house that night whore the
stranger was stopping. Although Ho came
In weary He finds no rsst. though for
once In His lifetime He had . pillow.
But the morning dawna, the olive gar
dens wave In the light, n all
along yonder road, reaching over the top OF
ing crowd OF wondering people. Tbs excite
ment around the door Of the cottage y wild
as the stranger steps ont bsside an unbroken
colt that had never been mounted, and after
His friends bad strewn their garments on the
beast for q saddle the Savior mounts i, and
the populace. excited and shouting and fever
ish, push on back toward this city Of Jerusa-
lem LET nona iear now or scoR At this ridsr
or the populace viii trample him un-
der loot In an instant. Thers = u
long shout o. Two mfie4 ~ - far ~
the eye can reaon you 80 wAvfngs OF demon
STATIONS n approval. There was some
thing IN cne riders visage something N HIS
majestic brow, something in His princcay BE-
people, people, H. They s' run % Up .. ss. sass sss BEAST e IN. sss
csrry On their shoulder tie ilussrioa.
stranger. The populace are 50 excited that
they hardly know what to do with them
selveS and some rush up to the roadside trses
md wrench g branches and throw them IN
mentA what though they be new
and costly, and spread them for q car
pet for the conqnerer to ride over. "Hosan-
NAP cry the people at the foot of the hill.
ssHosanna r. cry the people all up and down
the mountain. ~Thsprocession has now come
to the brow OF yOnQer Ouyee. Magnificent
prospect reaching out In every direction
Vineyards, olive groves, jutting rock, silvery
Sloan, and above all, rising on its throne Of
hills, this most highly honored city Ok ali the
earth, Jerusalem. Christ there, IN the midst
Of the procession, looks on and sees here for.
gates, and yonder the circaing wall,
and here the towers blasting In the sun, Phas.
aelus and Marianne. Yonder Is HippicuA the
Kingss castle. Looking along in the range
the larger branch Of that olive trea you
zee the manzous of the merchant pr3ncss
this cleft IN "a Hmeskone rock Won
zee the pslacs a ~ Echest traf6cker q IN
tie earth. Id has mad 81 mous b. seu-
Tyrian purula. Behold nov N templei
Clouds Of smoke Hitting from the shimmer.
roof While fhe buildinr rises up BEAUTIFUL
rrsnd majegtio - arc6itsctursl sldu apI
one riumpnant doxology. me frosen prAy~
Of all nations.
The crowd looked around 70 - exhIlara-
ton and transport IN the face Of Christ Oh
mol Out from amid the gats1 and the
domes, and TIE palacsa there aruse Z vision
of this city's i'm and OF this cty's doom.
which obiiferatsd the landsceps IRON horizon
to horizon, ard He hulst into tsaz1 eryings
20 Jerusalem, JerusaiemF But INST was
the only day Of pomp that Jesus saw IN and
around this city. Yet He walled the ssrssts
Of this city the lovsliest and most maJssttc
Bang that the world ever saw or ever will
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