The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-05-28

y MSENN This Tuesday, tn,
krNSSAN last day Of his public
W " teaching should hav'
been the fair city:
bridal day, when sht
should have been married to the Son of God. y
But 'he who would have taken her to hi.
heart, as the hen gathers her chickens under
Ger wings. saw the eagles already in the air
lying past to rend her to pieces. STALKER.
All that could be done was done. The last
word was spoken, the last warning given, and
toward night Jesus left the temple, never ia
enter 1t again. and wendell his way with his
chosen disciples up the slope Of the Mount OF
Olives. on the way to Bethany and to the
family which he loved.
1t was only left for him now, in the two
days that remained, to give all the instruction
possible to his disciples, to prepare them for
what was coming. SO that in the midnight
darkness and fearful struggle some heavenly
star Of guidance should keep them from de-
spair. and when their old hopes vanished,
like the baseless fabric of dream" the
new kingdom should gradually shine out Of
the mist, firm, and strong. and beautiful.
Time.-Tuesday, April 4, A. D. 80, toward
evening. (Old calendar.)
Place.-The slope of the Mount Of Olives on
the way from the temple to Bethany, overlook
ing the city Of Jerusalem.
To-day's lesson includes Luke II: $685. The
explanations are as follows:
20. when We shall see Jerusalem comprised
by armies" Jesus was probably sitting upon
the exact spot where the famous Tenth Legion
Of the Roman soldiers who captured Jerusalem
were encamped during the siege. The first
siege of Jerusalem was in A. D. IS. under
Cestius. Then the disciples could know
that the desolation thereof is Nigh"
q. Let them which are in Judea fee to
the mountains" These could escape with COM
parative ease. Jesus practically forbids his
disciples to join in the terrible series Of revOlts
and fierce instruction, and frantic but useless
attacks upon the Romans. or the fanatical
disputes between the different factions Of the
Jews. Let them which are in the midst Of
it 0he city, depart out" 1T is needful to
consider how the beleaguering of the city by
the Roman armies could be sign to the Chris
tians to depart out seeing that the besieging
army hemmed them in SO that there was no
escape"
%. "These be the days Of vengeance" Of the
divine punishment on account Of their sins.
Josephus declares that 1.-The misfortunes of
all men, from the beginning of the world, II
they be compared to those Of the Jews are
not so terrible as theirs WERE" NOR did any
sge ever produce a generation more fruitful
Of wickedness from the beginning of the
world "All things which are written"
The language refers to Old Testament proph-
ecies, such as Leviticus &c: 14:24: Deuter-
onomy %: Is. etc.; %: 1928: Daniel 8: 2e, q;
Zechariah II; II: 2.-Abbott.
q. "But woe unto them" etc, whose suffer-
ings will be aggravated by the distress.
Great distress and wrath upon this
people," The horrors of war and sedition, of
famine and pestilence. were such as exceeded
all example or conception. The city was
densely crowded by the multitudes which had
come up to the passover. Pestilence ensued,
violence and cruelty were perpetrated with
out conjunction or remorse. and barbarities
enacted which cannot be described. Mothers
snatched the food from the mouths Of their
husbands and children, and one actually killed.
roasted and devoured her infant son. Com
pare Leviticus &c: %; Deuteronomy %: 56. 57.)
The besieged deyoured even the filth Of the
streets.
"a. LED away captive into all nations" A
fact which has continued till this day. There
are about 5000, 900 Jews in the world, some
what more than the number in Palestine at
the time Of Christ. According to the last re-
port of the English Society for Propagating
the Gospel among the Jews, there are $780,
600 Jews in Russia. 1,644000 in Austria. SCI, 900
in Germany, los, 900 in Turkey, So, 900 in France
and 81. 900 in Gerat Britain. In New York city
there are $50 900. Jerusalem shall be trod.
den down Of the Gentiles." "All sorts Of Gen.
tiles-Romans. Saracens. Persians, Franks
salem since then."-Cambridge Bible. Until
the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled" BY
the times-"seasons' or Opportunities of the
Gentiles-is meant the period allotted for
their full evangelzation. Romans II: Is.
25.-"There shall be signs in the sun and in
the NOON" These verses seem to have Q look
beyond the destruction of Jerusalem to the
final coming Of the Son Of Man. though ap-
plicable to both events. The same conditions
H.. ha
ance always arise when truth is making its
way against error. The sea and the waves
roaring" express wildly the wild connections
among the people. political and social agita-
lions.
q. "Then shall they see the Son Of Man
coming" All these things must necessarily
precede the coming of the Son of Man. The
commotion in the clouds and darkness are the
sign that the light is working. The social
upheavals are proofs that truth and the gospel
are living powers, and are doing their work.
I'm a cloud" amid all this commotion and up
heaval. with power and great glory" Only
power could emerge from these connections.
Only power divine can bring the kingdom Of
God, and its coming will be the most glorious,
bright. beautiful event that ever shone upon
this earth.
q. ''Then look up" take courage, do not
despair when you see these troubles and COM
motions, but see in them the sign and proof
that your redemption draweth Nigh" your
deliverance from evil, the success Of your
work. the uplifting Of the truth. the gospel.
9. 30. 1.-The Ag tree and all the trees: when
they now shoot FORTH" when the buds burst
their environment, you know that |
summer is at hand" It Is q natural
and necessary sign.
81. KNEW ye that the kingdom Of God Is |
nigh 1t hand" The connections were pro-
duced by the workings of the kingdom Of |
God upon . wicked world. They were the |
natural signs Of that working. the visible |
proof Of invisible forces. The battle was the |
sign Of victory.
a my words shall not pass away" They
were fulfilled in the return of Christ and in |
the destruction Of jerusalem, and therefore |
ere certain to be in the days to come.
CURIOUS FACTS.
The city Of Montpelier, in France.