The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-11
THE DAILY TIMES MONDAY. MARCH H. 1889

of the Mount Of Olives, klndied loren.
and waved Il backward and forward
through the air. II was answered. iih'
mediately bv torch-lights on the sur
rounding hills. These again "eI1
answered from the hills beyond anu
so the wave Of fire enlarged anu
extended tin every Hebrew fanny
greeted the signal. Ii went norln
until il touched the mountain tops Oh
Lebanon: east beyond the Jordan, west
io the sea. and south toward Egypt uh-
m il reached the desert. Thousands
upon thousands went up 10 Jerusalem
from every part of Palestine 10 celebrate
the festival of the Passover, ana anlonb
,hc multitude Christ went 10 make iilS
FIRST visit after He commenced Ills pup
lie ministry His first act on arriving
was 90 cleanse the Temple by drlNlhs
out those who bought and sold IN us
sacred courts. and 10 overthrow inc
tables of ihe money changers. HOW
can we account for the fact that lie
could thus awe and compel these greedy
tranicker, thus 10 obey Him on VIII
remember what his already been s'ld
about the spell lie was able 10 cast over
every one hN lis very presence. ana now
il would seem that the divine majesty
that dwcli i'm Him shone forth IN such
awe inspiring manifestation that lot lhe
moment no thought of resistance was en-.
RETAINED " hen His enemies recovered
from their establishment they sought
how they might destroy Him, but ihey
4 Ill the ngArtIt were
a-toni-hcd al His doctrine. We are not
told what works of power lie per
formed during His visit; only that see
ing Ills miracles many believed on HIM.
bnt profound impression had been
made and lis purpose in making tins
visit having been accomplished, lie re-
turned TO GalDee.
If His second visit TO Jerusalem was
AZ the Feast Of Pentocost, fifty days ai'
ger. in cOmmcmoration Of giving the Law
ON Sinai. ii occurred during the month
of Nav. and " hatever may have been the
name on time of the festival, IL was
marked by one Of His most impressive
u-racles-the healing OF the impotenl
man a; the pool Of Bethesda 1t was the
occasion OF one of the most important
di.courses he ever delivered, one sen
tence of which is ike the blast of a trum-
pet "NCrily ! say unto Won, the hour is
coming and now is, when the dead shall
hear the voice of the son Of God and
tney that hear shall live"
An EXPEcTANT THRoNG.
The third visit 10 Jerusalem was al the
Foas; of Tabernacles, occurring in Sep
TENDER. at the time Of harvest, and
bringing 10 mind the fact that the lsrae-
iitts. in their journey through the viii
derness. dwelt in tents Now, all Jeru-
salem was in blaze of color, arbors OF
palm and pine and myrtle on every
roof. and all the city buried in emb0wer-
ina foliage. IL was time of universal
iOy. The streets cchoing with songs, and
the trumpcts of the temple pcaling their
inspiring blasts
il was time OF universal expectation,
and the inquiry which weIft from lip To
lip was. w hat think We, viii He come
up to the FEAST In the midst of this
suspense Jesus suddenly appeared under
the shadow of the temple and began TO
teach
ON the last great day of the feast when
one of The priests bearing the golden
pitcher went down TO the pool Of Sloan
and drew the water, which he carried to
one of the Temple courts and poured il
i'm "a silver basin while the great lIallel
was sung. Jesus stood and cried, eff any
man thiIst LEI him come unto Me and
drink Passing into another court,
when the evening sacrifice commenced,
and an The lamps flooded the city with
their illumination He exclaimed u am
the light of the world A. He passed
through one of the Temple gates lie saw
81 man who was blind from Isis birth, and
having annointed his eyes with the clay,
he commanded him to 90 and wash in
iAe pool Of Sloan. He went ana
washed and came seeing His Lord
meeting him afterwaTd said, "Dost thou
believe on the Son of Gody' lie had
never seen his bcnefactor. but he re-
memhcred his voice. and asked, "Wh0 is
lie Lord, that might believe on him.
Jesus answered, Thou has, both seen
Him. and He il is that talketh with thee. ~
And then. onraptured with the vision of
the divine face of his healer, he cried.
Lord believe, and he worshipped
Him
The fourth visit was in winter, in De
ccmber during The feast OF Dedication,
made ever memorable by the resurrcc-
ton of Lazarus.
The fifth and last visit was on Palm
sunday. rs il is called, and was the
scene of his trumphal entry and Of the
events which have been referred to, all
OF them swelling the number Of His fol
lowers adding To the attractions of His
wonderful life Of love and service, and
all preparatory 10 the sublime sacrifice,
when, lifted up on the cross he con
tinued the work OF drawing men unto
Elim-a work which will not cease until
earth's remotest nation shall have
learned His name and reioiced in the
triumph of His universal kingdom
THE FINAL GATHERING.
here will be one more gathering, when
the people will come to Him from every
quarter II behcld. SAYS John, and 10
"a great multitude which no man could
number of all nations and kindreds, and
peoples. and tongues, stood before the
throne and before the Lamb, clothed i'm
white robes. and palms in their hands.
and cried with a loud yoice, saying, sal
walton To- our God, which siiteih upon inc
throne. and unto the Lamb
See to it, my hearers that YOU are
ready whenever the summons shall call
YOU away, TO become a member OF that 81.
semblv.
Where the saints oi all ages in harmony meet.
Trans gortcd their saviour and brethren 10
greet
and where YOU shall be forever with one
another and with the Lord
DIR. WHARTON AT GRACE STREET CHURCH
Grace Street Baptist Church was
crowded Yesterday morning, every seat
in the spacious building being occupied
Rev II NJ. Wharton, who is assisting
DR. Hatcher in the revival services at his
church, preached very able and feeling
sermon from the text
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