The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-01-11
TEE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lagoon In the late nj ito = al Dc ries 80
January IL, 1OO1-The Trt-
umphal Entry.
THE LESSON TEXT.


y
AID when they drew nigh unto JeruCA.
lem and were come to Bethphage, unto the
Mount OF Olives. then sent Jesus two us
| cipies.
q Saying unto them. Go into the village
over against you. and straightway We shall
find an ass tied. and a colt with her; loose
them. and bring them unto me.
g And II any man say ought unto you,
ye shall say. The Lord hath need OF them:
and straightway he will send them.
4. All this was done, that II might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet.
saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter OF Sion. Behold.
thy King cometh unto thee. meek. and sit-
ting upon an ass. and colt the foal OF
| an ass.
8. And the disciples went. and did as Jesus
| commanded them
Z. And brought the ass. and the colt and
put on them their clothes, and they set
Him thereon.
| s. And a very great multitude spread their
garments In the way; others cut down
| branches from the trees and strawed them
| In the way.
O. 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
| in 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.
II. And Jesus went into the temple OF
God. and cast out 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
g. And said unto them. 1t Is written, MY
house shall be called the house of prayer:
but we have made Ii a den Of thieves.
IA. And the blind and the lame came to
Him in the temple; and He healed them.
l5. And when the chief priests and scribes
saw the wonderful things that He did. and
the children crying in the temple, and say
ing, Hosanna TO the son of David, they
were sore oispleased.
l6. And said unto Him. Nearest thou
what these say? And Jesus saith unto
them, Yea; have ye never read. Out Of the
mouth of babes and stockings ;hou hast
perfected praise?
II. And He left them, and went out OF the
city into Bethany and He lodged there.
cometh In the name of the Lord
Matt. 21sO.
The incident of the lesson occurred
on Sunday, April and 3, A. ID. 80. 1t
is one of those great facts in the life
, of our Saviour which are recorded by
, all four of the Gospel writer's. The
, following is an analysis of the text:
, /. Two OF the Disciples Bring to Jesus an
, Ass and Her Colt.-Ver. IL.
The Multitudes Give Him Honor.-ver.
, SILL.
.. lie Cleanses the Temple.-Ver. l2-1l
T. Children Sing Hosannas.-Ver. 15-7
, Bethphage was "A little village west
of Bethany. While the messengers
were doing their errand, the visitors
to the city of Jerusalem were talking
of Jesus and wondering whether He
would come. Some early pilgrims re-
| al ho< 10 NJ m
! crowd started out to meet Him. On
!. their way they broke off branches OF
!. palms as a sign of victory. In the
!, meanwhile other pilgrims, who had
!, rested over the Sabbath on their way
i. to the city, joined the group around
!. Jesus. The company from the city
met the others and, turning, went be
fore them back to the city. One por
! ton would sing the song in verse
and the others would shout the chorus
Of Hosanna, which means: "Savs
!. now" This was part of the Hallel, OF
praise Psalms, which was often chant
ed ms pilgrims came into Jerusalem
: Find in Luke 1874 whether the Kins
!. Himself felt Joyous as He caught sight
!. of the city. At night He returned t.
Bethany. II 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 an,
7 Elijah. And yet the most terrible
4 things in all the Bible are TO be foun,
y in the teachings of Jesus. And ther
g were times when He looked aroun,
about him in anger. And here III
d used a scourge of cords, possibly no
&c on the men. but on the cattle that II
9 drove out, but He did overturn tn
&c tables Of the money-changers an
$ famed out in righteous indignation
~ against their sacrilege. And vet hoy
touching it is in connection with thi
ic severity Of dealing with the trafficl
W ers in the temple to read: "And tn
II blind and the lame came to Him /
az the temple and He healed them" "Bt
hold the goodness and the severity Q
,u God"
b The children cried "Hosanna" an
the scribes and chief priests cried
vel "For shame!' The iubilant childre
in this symbolic incident stand for a
those in every age. who with docil
lg dispositions accept the truth as il
in Jesus Christ. And the Taught
n. scribes and chief priests. who thong
81 they saw the wonderful things tina
Jesus did" instead Of being convince
were only "moved with indignation
when they heard His praises sounde
by the children-these stand for I'll
2" high-headed and proud-hearted in OF
er time who determinedly set themselv,
il. against anything which does not fa
in with their conceived preconception
m. and in which they themselves are M
en- the leaders.
he The present lesson includes II
ed events Of the first two days OF tn
he last week Of Jesus life. On Sunda
it, was the triumphal entry and retur