The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-29
GLIMPSHS OF BEN HUR.
Pastor Wells Gives an Illus
.trated Sermon in the Tab
ernaele Last Night.

Last evening Assistant Pastor Wells.
in the Tabernacle. gave an interesting
and Instructive sermon on Jesus the
Christ" as illustrated by the book Ben
Hur. The views were impressive and
carried the audience with that recital
of the history.
The following points were dwelt upon:
Meeting of the wise men in the desert;
the Athenian speaks of faith, the Hindoo
of love, n the Egyptian of good works;
their Journey to Jerusalem inquiring
where the King of the Jews was to be
born. On the way to Bethlehem the star
appears; coming to the Kahn they find
the child Jesus n worship Him; the
shepherds are watering their focks and
the angel appears and announces the
advent; Ben Hur meets the Merrala
and talk over ambitious plans, become
offended and separate.
The audience was then taken to Ben
Hur's home, it being a rich one. as he
was a son of the Prince of Jerusalem.
whose father was a nobleman. Ben
Hur,s mother and sister, Tirzah. then
appeared; the mother giving good ad-
vice to the son. Views of the tile falllng
from the Hur mansion, hurting the new
DrOCurdIOT 1IdtuS, WCtO 5'N
Hur was arrested by Merra1a and sold
as a galley lave: the mother N sister
thrown into the dungeon of Anton-a-
In Galilee Ben Hun meets a young man
who hands him a drink of water and
-sympathizes with him in his chains. II
was the young Nazarine. Ben Hun pines
the oar for three years, gains the grace
Of Arrius, the sailor. In battle his life is
- +ha n6nrafa6 son
of Arrius and becomes very wealthy.
SEARCHING FOR HIS MOTHER.
He begins to search for his lost moth
err and sister. On his way he meets
simonides, who was his fathers trusted
servant. and possessed all his faener rs
property which was not connscated py
Merrala. He visits the races and wins
a victory over Merrala, who seeks ms
life. He meets Belthasar' 3ne OIL co ,ne
ing King of the Jews. Ben Hur thinks
His Kingdom is to be one Of royalty ana
power, and hg,, wants an Hi to t get np aver a8 ar ths
Romans; but the wise man tries 70
show that the Messiah kingdom is spirit
ual and not carnal.
Iras tries to win the interest. OF Ben
Hur, but secretly is the friend of Merrala
and an enemy of the Nazarene. In the
throne, and all the prisoners in the tower
are liberated, among whom are Ben
Hur's mother and sister, who are
Ben Hur visits his home at Jerusalem,
but finds only the faithful servant,
Amrah, there, and learns with saoness
that his mother and sister are leperS
and live in the tombs. Sfmonides ana
Esther, his daughter, comes TO JeruSa-
lem to live and are ready to help Ben
Hur raise an army to restore Israel
from the Romans.
THE MESSIAH APPEARS.
A mysterious stranger appears on the
banks of the Jordan, telling OF the com
ing of the Messiah. Ben Hur n Sim
aim. While there the Nazarene ap.
proaches and is proclaimed the Son OF
God. Ben Hur recognizes IN Him the
same being who, when a young man,
he passed through in chains. Ben Hur
follows him from time to time to study
His character, to find out whether He
is to set up a temporal kingdom or only
a spiritual one.
help, and Jesus heals them Of their
leprosy, and while being healed Ben
Hur recognizes her and his sister,. He
believes in the Nazarene. Iras disbe-
threatens his life. She flies to Rome and
marries Merrala, whom she afterwards
murders. The Nazarene's work is done.
He appears and enters into Jerusalem,
amidst the cheers of the people, but is
taken and crucified. Ben Hur believes
the idea of raising an army and be-
comes a Christian. He takes Esther
for his wife and lives in happiness at
Missenum. AT the persecution OF Chris
tians in Rome he lakes his millions
and builds the catacombs as monuments
IN his faith. f-H