The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-20

suscitatcd after four days sepnl.ure
Well. the people run out into the streets
some with the idea Of helping in the ar
} rest Of this stranger VIII en- lie arrives
and others expecting that on the NOR
} row lie will come into the town. and
by some supernatural force. GUST thu
municipal ami royal authorities and take
every thing in Ills own hands. The,
pour out Of the city gates until ths
procession reaches 70 the village. They
come all around about the house
whore the stranger Is stopping. and
peer into tho doors and windows tina,
they may get one glimpse OF Him o.
hear the mum OF His voice. The police
dare not make the arrest. because lie
has somehow won the affections Of all
the people. oh. il is lively night in
yonder Bethany The heretofore quiet
village Is filed with uproar. and out
cry and loud discussion about the
strang countryman. do not
think there was any sleep in that house
that night where the stranger was
stopping. Although lie came in weary.
lie finds no rest. though for once in His
lifetime lie had pillow. But the
morning lawns. the olive gardens wave
in the light, and all along yondcr road.
\ reaching over the top 81 Olive toward
4 this city. there is a vast Swaying crowd
Of wondering people. The excitement
around the door Of the cottage is wild
A. the stranger steps out beside an I'M
broken colt that had never boon mount
cd. and after Ills friends had strcwn
their garments on the beast for saddle
the saviour mounted II. and the populacc.
excited and shouting ami feycrish.
pushed on back toward this city OF
Jcrnsalcm.
Let none jecr now nor scor al this
rider or the populace will tramplc 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 approval. There
vas something in the riders yisare.
something in His majestic brow. some
thing in Ills princely behavior. that stirs
up the enthusiasm OF the people: They
run up against the beast and try to pull
the rider of into their arms and carry
on their shoulders the illustrious
stranger. The popuiace are 80 excited
that they hardly know what 70 do with
themselves. and some rush up 10 the
roadside trees and wrench OF branches
and throw them in His way: and Others
doll their garments. what though they
be new and costly. and spread them for
carpet for the conoueror to ride
over. '.IIosanna,' cry the people 81
the foot OF the hill .fIosannaw
CRY the people all up and down The
mountain. The procession has now
come TO the brow Of yondcr Olivct
Magnificent prospect reaching out in
every direction-vineya olive groves.
jutting rock. silvery Sloan. and above
all. rising on its throne Of hills. this |
most highly-honored city IL all the |
earth. Jerusalem Christ there. in the |
midst Of the procession. looks of and |
secs here fortressed gates. and yonder
the circling wall, and here the towers |
blazing in the sun. Phasaelus and |
Yonder is Hippicus. the
Kings castle. Looking along in the
range Of the larger branch Of that olive
tree. and see the mansions Of the mer-
chant princes. Through this cleft in
the limestone rock you see the palace Of |
the richest traffickcr in all the earth. i
lie has made his money BY selling Ty-
rian purple. Behold now the temple.
Clouds Of smoke lifting from the SHIN
mering roof. while the building rises up
beautiful. grand. majestic. the archi-
tectural skill and glory Of the cara
lifting themselves there in one triumph
the prayer OF all nations.
The crowd looked around to see exhil-
aration and transport in the face Of
Christ Oh no. Out from amid the
gates. and the domes. and the palaces.
there arose vision Of this city's sin. /
and OF this city's doom. which obliteA
ated the landscape from horizon to hori-
ron. and lie burst into tears, crying: 20
Jerusalem. jerusalem But that was I
the only day OF pomp that Jesus saw in
and around that Oity. Yet lie walked
the streets Of this city the lovcliest and /
most majestic being that the world ever
saw or ever kill see. Publius LentiLls.
in a letter to the Roman senate. de-
scribes Him as "a man OF statue some
what tall. His hair the color OF chest
nut fully ripe. plain 10 the ears. whence \
il Is more orient. curling and Y
waving about the shoulders: in the
midst Of Ills forehead is stream. or \
partition Of Ills hair: forehead plain and \
very delicate: Ills face without spot o.
wrinkle. lovely red; Ills nose and
mouth 80 forked as nothing can be rep
resented: his beard thick. in color like
his hairno very long. his eyes gray. l
quick and clear" He must die. The /
French army in Italy found brass
plate on which WAS 4 copy Of his death
warrant. signed by John Zerubbabni.
Raphael Robani. Daniel Robani and
Capct.
Sometimes men on the way 10 the
scaffold have hcen rescued ~ the mob
No such attempt was made in this case.
for the mob was against Him. From
nine in the morning till three In the
afternoon Jesus hung a-dying in the out
skirts u this city. II was scene N
blood. We are 20 constituted thai
nothing i so exciting as blood. ii Il
not the child's cry in tho street that 80
arouses you as the crimson dripping
from its lips. In the dark hall. seeing
the finger mark 81 blood on the plaster
Inr Won cry: .sWhat terrihIn dacl -.