The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
.ou In the lnternationals Series fer
January IL, 1OO1-The Tri-
umphal Entry.
THE LESSON TEXT.

,,r against you. and straightway ye shal
IA an ass tied, and colt with her; loose
khsu, and bring them unto me.
And If any man say ought unto yop,
shall say. The Lord hath need of them;
nd straightway he will send them.
IA All this was done, that 1t might be
ul6lled which was spoken by the prophet.
pying,
hy King cometh unto thee. meek. and sit
ng upon an ass, and colt the foal OF
u ass.
Z. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus
kommanded them.
/; And brought the ass. and the colt, ard
M, on them their clothes. and they Sc;
Min thereon.
& And a very great multitude spread their
armCnts in the way; Others cut down
ranches from the trees and strawed them
the way.
q And the multitudes that went before,
nd that followed, cried. saying, Hosanna
the Son of David; Blessed is He that
Cmeth in the name of the Lord; Hosanna
the highest,
lG And when he was come into Jerusa-
IN. all the city was moved, saying, Who
this?
II. And the multitude said This is Jesus,
~ And Jesus went into the temple of
od, and cast out all them that sold and
ought in the temple, and overthtrew the
abes of the money changers, and the seats
them that sold doves.
H. And said unto them, 1t Is written, NJ
ouse shall be called the house of prayer;
Lt ye have made II den of thieves.
d. And the blind and the lame came to
i'm in the temple; and He healed them.
b. And when the chief priests and scribes
v the wonderful things that He did. an!
e children crying in the temple, and say
e. Hosanna to the son of David, they
IRE sore displeased.
l. And said unto Him, Hearest thou
bat these say? And Jesus saith unto
en-, Yea; have ye never read, out OF the
Puth of babes and sucklings thou hast
rfected praise?
I. And lie left them, and went out of the
y into Bethany; and lie LODGED there
GOLDEN TEAT.-BIcssed is he thut
meth in the name of the Lord
htt ~.
lhe incident OF the lesson occurred
Sunday, April and 3, A. ID. 50. 1t
one of those great facts in the life
our Saviour which are recorded by
four of the Gospel writer's. The
lowing is an analysis of the text:
Two of the Disciples Bring to Jesus an
and Her Colt.-Ver II.
The Multitudes Give Him Honor,-Ver.
He Cleanses the Temple.-Ver. 12-14.
Children Sing Hosannas.-Ver. l5-17.
| Bethphage was little village west
Bethany. While the messengers
\ re doing their errand, the visitors
= the city of Jerusalem were talking
Jesus and wondering whether He
uld come. Some early pilgrims re-
4 Ted that He was at Bethany. So
~ wd started out to meet Him. On
way they broke off branches of
hs as a sign of victory. In the
nwhile other pilgrims, who had
60 over the Sabbath on their way
he city, joined the group around
IS, The company from the city
the Others and, turning, went be-
D them back to the city. One por-
!, would sing the song in verse 0.
lhe others would shout the chorus
hosanna, which means: Save
This was part of me Hallel, or
s Psams, which was often chant
pilgrims came into Jerusalem.
. IN Luke 19:41 whether the King
!, sen felt joyous as He caught sight
j 'e city, At night He returned to
n Pany' 1t was the next day, Mon
that He drove the traders from
courts of the temple. '
AZ e tendency nowadays is to for
I'd ne severity of Jesus and to rele-
E all that to Joshua and Moses and
s w. And yet the most terrible
~, ,np y IN all the Bible are to be found
ig e teachings of Jesus. And there
.S ,Ga umes when He looked around
nd MIN in anger. And here He
"s d scourge of cords, possibly not
ar men, but on the cattle that He
ri, out, but He did overturn the
OF the money-changers and
Pa out in righteous Indignation
" Their sacrilege. And yet how
A ,ng II is in connection with this
Nv ny or dealing with the traffick-
= the temple to read: "And the
anu the lame came to Him in
npie and lee healed them" "Be-
'Ae goodness and the severity of
children cried "Hosanna" and
,ioes and chief priests cried:
& sname" The jubilant children
symbolic incident stand for all
~, ~ every age, who with docile
,uohs accept the truth as it is
us ohrist. And the naughty
les and chief priests, who though
- s,s saw the wonderful things that
~ sIu' ,' instead of being convinced
sd ,aly moved with indignation"
a < 'ney heard His praises sounded
u" enildren-these stand for the
saoed and proud-hearted in our
uo oeterminedly set themselves
ANYTHING which does not fall
.in, .aelr conceived preconceptions,
winch they themselves are not
present lesson includes the |
", y. The first two days of this !
OF Jesus life. On Sunday
ic6 'rlumphal entry and return
any. On Monday occurred the |
~ VI the barren fig tree, cleans I
~ ,smpie' healing Of the sick and |
70 Bethany.