Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-28

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Ig.29-4S: John l2l2-I9
COLLIE TEXT.-Hosanna to The son OF
David: Blessed is He that ccmeth il the
lame of the LOrd.-AIatt. Il q
TIME.-Sunday, April >. A. y. 60 just be-
fore the Passover. and five days before the
erucifXlon, five months after the last les
son.
LESSON COMMENT.
There was busy interval of five
months between the last lesson and
this; as, the final departure from Cali
lee, November, December \. d. 20; the
l'erean ministry, December, 4. d. %.
10 March, a. D.. 80; raising OF Lazarus,
January TO February, 4. D. 30; many
wonderful parallels, including the Prod
igal Son; and the supper at Bethany,
Saturday, April 80.
Scene /. The Prince of Peace.-Ns.
=, Z. On Sunday, the day after the
Jewish Sabbath, corresponding to our
Monday, Jesus, who had been spending
the night at Bethany, two miles from
Jerusalem, planned to ride into Jeru-
salem as the prophets had foretoli, and
sent two of His disciples TO Bethphage,
the next village, for a young ass on
which to ride. These went and found
the colt, and the owners objecting, they
said to them: The Lord hath need of
him." even as Jesus commanded them.
Instead of a saddle they put upon the
ass their clothes, as is frequently done
by the rider himself to-day.
The purpose of this riding into
Jerusalem was to set, forth, as in
living parable, that He was the Mes
siah the expected king, and to present
Himself to the Jews for their accept
ance. 1t was the final offer to those
who had rejected Him as teacher, that
they might accept Him as the Messiah.
and save themselves and their nation
from destruction.
Scene II. The Triumphal Procession.
VS.. S, 8. and very great multitude
spread their garments in the way; others
cut down branches from the trees, and
strewed them in the way" Thus David
was welcomed by singing and dane
ing women, out of all the cities of Is
rael, as he came back from the slaugh-
ter of the Philistines. Herodotus re-
cords that when Xerxes was passing
over the bridge OF the Hellespont, the
way before him was strewed with
branches of myrtle, while burning per-
fumes filled the air.
The crowds came from two directions,
from the city John 12:12). and crowds
of pilgrims from all parts thronging
into the city by the Jericho road. BY
a census taken in the time of Nero,
it was ascertained that there were D.
100000 Jews present at the Passover.
Being visitors, they would have abun-
dant leisure for any procession or ex-
element.
And the multitudes cried, saying,
''Hosanna (meaning Save, we pray) to
the Son of David! Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord. Ho-
sauna in the highest" The words are
taken from Psa. 11S:25, 20, a hymn
which the people were accustomed to
apply to the Messiah.
Scene III Sorrow Over Those Who
Refused to Join in the Triumph
19:41-44. One touching incident is re-
lated by Luke only. As the procession
began to descend from the summit of
the Mount of Olives, the glories of
Jerusalem in ali its splendor burst upon
Jesus view. Here. while others shout
ed, Jesus wept over the city, for the
sins of its people, who, in rejecting him,
sealed the ruin of the city and the ma
ton.
Scene ~. kingly Deeds in the Royal
City.-Vs. 1914. And when He was
aorna ip+o Ia,.,,co Ia,, an tba ,;+,- ,,-,e
moved" A strong word in the original
from which their word earthquake"
comes; they were shaken as by an
earthquake. And they said: "Who is
this?" Those who accompanied Jesus,
answered the question which the peo-
pie of the city asked; This is Jesus,
the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee."
Now at the end OF His ministry, Jesus
did as He did at the beginning John
2:13-1T). He entered into the temple of
God, and east ont all them that sold
and bought in the temple, and over
threw the tables OF the money changers,
and the seats of them that sold doves.
And said unto them, 1t is written. Ny
house shall be called the house of
prayer; but We have made it a den of
thieves. THIS was a type of the work
of Christ in the he.,rt, in the church,
and in the world, cleansing them from
all sinful habits, customs, feelings and
acts.
But a work of mercy was more pleas
ing to Him than tae stern act Of justice
He performed; so when the blind and
the lame came to Him in the temple He
healed them.
Scene y. The Children's Hosannas.-
VS.. 1916. Even the children (boys)
caught the enthusiasm from their ED
ers, and entered with great zest into
the praises Of the Messiah. The priests
and scribes asked Jesus to put a stop to
these loud praises. His reply was that
the very stones would cry out if these
held their peace. No power could re-
press the Fact that here was the true
Messiah. The Old Testament express