The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-16
MOUNT OL1VET.
Dr.. Talmage Discoursos on Christ'G
Ascension.
\ Notable Place In sacred 1sIstory The
sssioar mn Mount Oiiv~t-His Ascent
Into Heaven Hiessinss ror Al
True believers,

. w CIV VIZ NVuI tV0urs
o yc gates; and bc yc lifted up. w eve
lasting doors; and the King OF Glory
shall coine in" lie said:
In oldcn times. when q great con
qucror returned from victorious war.
The people In wild transport would take
hold OF the gates Of the city and lift
hem from their hinges, ~ much n 70
say: This city needs no more gates To
DEFEND IL since the cOnqucror has got
home. IN from the hinges with the
gates" David. who was the pnrt Of
poets. forc,clls In his own way the
t%rIumphal entrance Of Christ into
death and he'll. II was as " the ccies-
tial inhabitants had said Here II"
comes! Make way for him Push back
the bolts Of diamond. Take hold Of the
doors ~ pearl and hoist them from their
hinges Of gold! Lift up your heads, .
yc gates; and be We lifted up. va ever
lasting doors; and the King OF Glory
shall come in
Among the mountains of Palestine no
one IL more uplifting than Noun, OIivct.
u was the pcrOration of our Lords min.
istry. On the root Of u house In Jerusalem
] asked: (Which Is Olivct?" and the
first glance transhxed me. but how
shall ! describe my emotions. when
near tho close Of . journey. In which We
had for two nights cncampcd amid the
shattered masonry Of old Jericho and
tasted 81 the acrid waters Of the Dead
sca. that crystal sarcophagus Of the
buried cities Of the plain. and wadcd
down into h deep and swift Jordan to
baptizc u man. and visited the ruins of
The house Of Mary and Martha and Lag
arns, W. found ourselves In stirrups and
on horse. lathcred with the long and
difficult way. ascending Mount Olivct
-, that solemn and suggestive ridge. II
II u limestone Hill . mile In length. and
300 feet high, and 9, 700 feet above the
level Oi the sea Over II King David
He'd with a broken heart. Over IL Pom.
pcy led his devastating hosts. Here the
famous Tenth legion built their bat.
tcrics In brsirgcment The garden II
t~icthscmanc wceps 1T the foot Of It,
Along the base ~ this hill flashed the
lanterns and torches Of those who came
to arrest Jesus. From the trees on this
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Into the path 81 Christ's triumphal pro-
ccssiOn. Up and down that road Jesus
had walked twice IL day from bethany
10 Jerusalem. and from Jerusalem to
Bethany. There. again and again, ile
had taught His disciples. Half way up
this mount Tie uttered Ills lamentation,
20. Jerusalem! ~Jernsalcm!" From It's
heights Jesus took flight homcward
whom uc had finished Ills earthly mis-.
sion. There IL nothing more for Him to
do. A sacrifice was needed tn make
peace between the rccrcant earth and
the outraged Heaven and lie had offered
II. Death needed To be conquered. and
u" had put His resurrection foot upon
II. The thirty-thrce years of voluntary
exile had ended. Tho %grandcst. tender.
est, mighticst goodbye cvcr heard was
now to bc uttered.
I'm Mount Olivct Jesus stands in n
group ~ t~;alilcc fishermen. They had
been together In many scenes of sadness
and had beer the more cndcarcd by that
brotherhood of suffering. They had OK
pcctcd Him tn stay until the day OF coro-
nation. when uc would take the earthly
throne and wave % s,..ptcr mightier. and
rule y dominion wider than any David.
than any Cesar. Hut now all these antici-
pations collapse, Christ has given His
last advice. lie has offered His last
sympathy. He has spoken Ills last
word. His hands are spread apari as
n il apt To do when he pronounccs a
brncdiction. when suddenly the strong
est and most stuprndous law ot all
worlds II shattered, II IL the law which.
since the worlds were created, holds
them together. II IL the law which
holds every thing tO the earth. or tom
porarily hurled from earth, returns II;
the law which keeps the planets whirl-
ing around our sun and our solar system
whirling around tho throne Of Goi-thc
law ~ gravitation, That law IL sus.
pended. or relaxed. ar broken, ,o let the
body III Jesus gn Tho law had laid
hold NJ Him thirty'thrce years before.
when lie descended. II had relaxed its
grip III Him but once and thai when IL
declined To sink Him from the top ~
the waves on ,;alilrr, on which lie
walked, Ia tho bottom ~ the lake
That law of gravitation mus, now give
way 10 II m who made the law, I, may
hold the other stars. but II can no,
longer hold the Morning Star of Rc.
dcmp,ion. II may hold the MONDAY
sun, hut II can not bold the Son ~
Righteousness. Tho fingers of the law
are about Ia open to let 20 the most
illustrous Being tho world had ever
seen. and whom II had worst m~altrca,cd.
The strongest law Of naturr which
philosophers ever weighed or measured
must nj last give u II will break b,.
tween the rock Of oli,ct and the heel Of
Christ's foot. Watch It. all We disciples.
Watch it, all the earth. Watch IL, all
the heavens. Christ abou, To leave this
planet How, His friends will no, con-
ZEN, Ia have Him 90. His enemies
catching Him would only attemp, by
snothcr calvary 10 put Hin into some
Nhcr tomb, will tell you how. The
hahn OF the most tremendous natural
aw Is unlinkcd. The sacred foot ~ our
Lord and the limestone rcck part and
part forever.
Leaning back. and with pali,d cheek
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