The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-06

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|. And when they came nigh to Jerusa.
lem, unto Bethpage and Bethany. at the
Mount of Olives" After Lcaiing The blind
men as He passed through Jericho, He tarriod
at the house OF Zaccheus, and spoke the par
allie Of the noLlealan and his servants. in
which He taught them that the kingdom of
God woald be postponed till lie should re-
turn from the fan country Arriving at
Bethany we find Him at supper in tho house
of Simon the Ieper Martha. Mary and La
zarus all being present, and Mary aaoints
| nnn beforehand for Els burial duke XIX.
John xiii Then follows this lesson, in which
we see Him fulfilling the prophecy written
in Hech. TX, 9, for lie came to fulfil the law
and the prophets, 10 fulfill all righteousness.
Matt. Y, II, iii, I5l He is now in the last
week Of His earthly ministry, generally
called Passion Week, and Is about 70
present Himself TO lis people, tie Jews,
rs their king, for the last time. AS
we see Him, anonted with the Holy Spirit,
going about doing good, we are apt to taiak
Of Him only as Jesus our Slvi3ar, on His
way to the cross, showing forth in His life
the love and power Of God; hut il we would
understand the Scriptures we must not lose
sight Of this great fact that lie IS la'aci's
| hlcssiu- and as such is ever fulfilling before
their eyes the Scriptures Of their prophets,
that they may be without excuse for reject
ing Him, and that since their rejection of
Him Is their king, and His consequent Getting
them aside as Lis people for q time, lie is
now in the interim between Daniels sixty
ninth and seventeen week gathering out
from jew and GoHtile that now company,
the one body, His church, rlystCry kept
secret from the foundation Of the world, but
revealed unto the apostles. GlpA. ill.,
2. $50 your way into the VILLAGE over
against you." Very often our work is icst
at cur hand in cur own house or town or VII
lage, or among those nearest to us, and If we
ere unwilling to DO the next thing, o.. re iact
the opportunity nearest to US, because Per
haps it is Il small one, lie may see fit to give
us nothing else to 90, and we stand Idle or
vainly seeking work agreeable to Us, because
we win not do that which He has appointed.
When tie worllncn under Nchemah rebuilt
the walls Of Jerusalem it is written again and
again that certain ones repaired "by his
house" or over against his house CT cham
ber." tSeh. iii, -, %, 25-;,3J "Asso9n as yc be
entered into it," How often il is that rs
soon as we start forth in His Name ready 10
do whatever our hands find TO do, We find
the woT. al ready for Is and nearer to hand
than we thought.
"Ye shall find a colt tied, wherein ueger.
man sat, loose him and Lriag him" While
Mark and Luke mention only tho colt, Hat
thew mentions the two animals IAN ass and
a colt with herr Just Is Samuel could, By
the Spirit Of God, tel Saul whom he would
meet that day, ard what each one would
have end say, ard do Il Sam Y, 10, SO
tho same Spirit il Jesus Christ know lust
where these animals would be found tied, for
the Spirit of God is perfect in l,nowlodge
Dob XVI, 4 and He IS il every true be
lever to teach Us all THINGS John xiv, II, 20.
3. Say ye that the Lord hath need Of him"
Ia one sense lie needs rot anything, seeing
that He givcth to ali life, and breath, and all
things lActs xvii, ~, bat lie Is pleased to use
weak and foolish tailGs il accomplishing His
purposes if lie only finds them willing and
ready to His hand. Does not the readiness Of
the owner Of these animals in sylTeaiering
them to the Lord 50 cheerfully, and the rcadi-
ness Of Simon to let Jesus have the Use Of his
boat and to wait upon Him luke =, l-l0l
rather re5akc US for our oft unwilLineEcss to
place ourselves and al that we are and have
at His disposal!
T. They went their way, and found the
colt tied By the door without, il a place
where tfro ways met" l.u..o SAYS, They
found even as IIo had sail unto them
duke XIX We viii always find It, Uotl in
this world and il the world to come, just Is
He says; and there is no way We cen honor
Him like believing and obcying lis wcrd
without questioning. II believe God, that it
shall be even asst was tod me-" (Acts XVII,
90, is a grand life motto for every Christian,
remembering 2lso tic blessings uroa those
who believe luke i, a; John -, 20.
5, G. They said unto them even as Jesus
had commanded" Where the word Of q
king is there is power GlccL viii, H. and
when we so in His name bearing His raes-
sage, we have only to speak lis word faith
fully, and it viii not return to Him void.
Gen. xiii, g; isa. ", ID The results
which He intends to accomplish are sure to
come; the responsibility of tic messenger Is
to get the message correctly and deliver it
plainly and faithfully in His name. rs
these two men sought something for Jesus
and for His use, so we arc to seek souls and
results not for ourselves, but for LIN whom
VIC serve.
Z They brought the colt to Jesus, ed
cast their garments on him, and Re sat upon
him" There were two animals and two
nen; why did tho men net bring the asses
riding upon the-l' That would have been
appropriatiCg to their own Use that which
they had obtained for their Lord
s. "Garments-and bTanchcs-strowed in
the way" These tokens OF submission and
alteration on tie part OF the people, which
was 50 short lived, point Us to the time when
all things shall be suhducd unto Him Il Cor
XIV, PSI, and thc1 also seem to ask Us, What
does your submission and alteration amount
too Is it sincere, permanent and iacrcasilgl
O. "Hosanna; Blessed IS lie that conoth il
the name Of the Lord" These words are
found il Ps cxyiii, p, &c, the first word be-
Ing made up Of two Hebrew words siguilying
Save now | bcseech thee" In the same
psalm we Grd it written, The stone which
the builders refused is become the headstone
Of the corner and when the hcalstone shall
be brought forth with shoutiuSs, crying,
Grace, grace unto it tIech. iv, ., then SHAH
this song of praise be sung, not as it was that
day, but sincerely. Ills own words to them
a little later il the v7ccl, we're "Behcll, your
house is left unto you dcsCl2tc, for | say unto
YOU, We shall not SEQ me LCncCiOrth, till ye
shall say, Blessed is lie that cometh in the
name Of the Lord" Matt. xxi, 81, 30.
10 blessed be the kingdom Of our father
David, chat co.aeth il the name of the Lord;
hosanna in the highest An everlasting
kingdom had been promised to David Oh
Tam. vii, Chron. xviii, and tho promised
messiah was to set upon his throne.
H. And Jesus entered into Jerusalem,
and into the temple" Matt xxi, l4-lG, tells
us that the blind and lame came to Him and
were healed, that the children saEg Lis
praise, and that the Gcribes and PhGrisces
found fault The little children and the poor
and needy are those who receive blessing
from Him, while the proud, self satisfied,
fault finding religious ones set nothing Let
US come to Him realizing our need and orr
utter hclplessness, and coming thus as little
children we shall know Of Lis lullacss ana
exceeding grace