The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-10
THE SUNDAY SChOUL.
January IL. IoO1-Thc Tri-
umphnI Entry.
THE LESSON TEXT.
Matthew c1.11-A


lem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the
Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two dis
ciples.
2. Saying unto them Go into the village
over against you and straightway ye shall
find an ass tied. and colt with her; loose
them, and bring them unto me.
.. And If any man say ought unto you,
ye shall say. The Lord hath need of them;
and straightway he will send them
T. All this was DONE that II might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet.
saying,
8. Tell ye the daughter of Sion. Behold,
thy King cometh unto thee, meek and sit
ting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of
an ass.
g. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus
commanded them.
- And brought the ass, and the colt, and
| put on them their clothes, and they set
! Him thereon.
s. And very great multitude spread their
! garments in the way; others cut down
| branches from the trees and strawed them
| in the way.
g. And the multitudes that went before
and that followed, cried, saying Hosanna
TO the Son of David; Blessed is He that
cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna
| I'm the highest.
10. And when he was come into Jerusa-
! lem, all the city was moved, saying, Who
| is this?
| II. And the multitude said This is Jesus.
the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
IL And Jesus went into the temple of
| GOD, and cast ort all them that sold and
bought in the temple, and overthtrew the
tables of the money changers, and the seats
of them that sold doves.
49, And said unto them, 1t is written. NJ
mouse shall be called the house of prayer;
but ye have made it den OF thieves
| IA And the blind and the lame came to
Him In the temple; and He healed them.
10 And when the chic priC SITS and scribes
| saw the wonderful thin g Ic .,
the children crying in the temple, ard Say.
ing. Hosanna to the son OF DAVID. IN. \
| were sore displeaseG.
It, And said unto Him. Hearest thou
What these say? And jesus s&i,h Lutc
them, Yea; have yc never rta1. Ou. q. .hs
| mouth of babes and sucI..l... ,LoL h..
perfected praise?
II. And He lelt tbs IN. aEG went out 0: tn,
cry GoInnS iniG nSSet,hary; arc t.. .,',G L...,.
c0meth in the na..i. -. .., .......
Matt. 21:D.
Ihe incident of The Its$tL yrtug.c
on sunday, Apri. ana g.. .. /. -. 1t
Is one of those great faces N TIE life
OF our Saviour which uic itc..l., u,
all four of the &C.. e! Writes. g.,
following is an analysis RI t, .rNj:
l. Two of the Disciples /. !, i.I.u, .,
Ass and Her Colt-Ner H.
2 The Multitudes Give I'm iir,tr.-v,r.
S-1i. ''' J.
9. He Cleanses the Temple l.-4
=. ChliCren Sing HCsGEi.as.-- I'D
bethphage was iittlr ,....-s ur..
OF Bethany. While the m....,
were doing their errand. the ,.s,..i.
to the city of Jerusalem were ta..
OF Jesus and wondering whether T.,
would come. Some early pilgrims le.
ported that He was at Bethany. So .
crowd started out to meet Him On
thelr way they broke off branches O,
palms as a sign of victory. In the
meanwhile other pilgrims. who had
rested over the Sabbath on their way
to the city, joined the group around
Jesus. The company from the city
met the others and, turning. went be.
lore them back to the city. One Dor.
tlon would sing the song in verse o.
and the others would shout the chorus
OF Hosanna, which means: Save
now. This was part of me Hallel. or
praise Psalms. which was often chant.
ed as pilgrims came into Jerusalem.
FIND in Luke 1874 whether the King
Himself felt joyous as He caught sight
OF the city. At night He returned to
Bethany. 1t was the next day, Mon
day, that He drove the traders from
the courts of the temple. ,
The tendency nowadays is to for
get the severity of Jesus and to rele-
gate all that to Joshua and Moses and
Elijah. And yet the most terrible
things in all the Bible are to be found
In the teachings of Jesus. And there
were times when He looked around
about him in anger. And here He
used scouree of cords, possibly not
o. the men. but on the cattle that He
aro'e out. but He did overturn the
tables of the money-changers and
famed out in righteous Indignation
against their sacrilege. And vet how
touching it is in connection with this
severity of dealing with the traffick
ers in the temple to read: "And the
blind and the lame came to Him in
the temple and He healed them" BE
hold the goodness and the severity of
God"
The children cried "Hosanna" and
the scribes and chief priests cried:
For shame!" The jubilant children
in this symbolic incident stand for all
those in every age, who with docile
dispositions accept the truth as it is
In Jesus Christ. And the naughty
scribes and chief priests. who though
they saw the wonderful things that
Jesus did," instead of being convinced
were only "moved with Indignation"
when they heard His praises sounded
by the children-these stand for the
high-headed and proud-hearted in our
time who determinedly set themselves
against anything which does not fall
in with their conceived preconceptions,
and in which they themselves are not
the leaders.
The present lesson includes the
events of the first two days of this
last week of Jesus life. On Sunday
was the triumphal entry and return
to Bethany. On Monday occurred the
cursing of the barren fig tree, cleans
ing the temple, healing of the sick and
return to Bethany.
Figs and Thistles,