The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-07-24

hand, they bowed the knee before
Him, and mockingly said: Hail.
King of the Jews!" All, what cor
onation! Oh, tragedy of the agesi
Crowned with the piercing thornA
the emblem OF the cursed ground
from which the first Adam must OBJ
tain his living. How strikingly sig
nificant that He who was to bear
the sin of the world in His body on
the tree should have as His crown
that which sprang from the soil as
the direct consequence of sinl Man,
in his hellish rage, is only fulfilling
the will of God and making beauti-
fully complete the marvellous plan Of
redemption.
What contrast. The crowning Of
the earthly potentate is marked by
the bringing of gifts, the paying Of
tribute, the showering of the best
of the nation upon his kingly head.
but in the dark picture before us we
see the sins of the world being rolled
upon the Lamb of God, the sin bear
er. Man is doing his worst in order
that God may do His best, and be-
yond that agonized, thorn-crowned
head, we see the vision of the risen
and ascended Lord, awaiting at the
right hand of God for the fullness
of time when He shall come again
in power and great glory to rule
over the earth. EF
Man may delay, but he cannot
thwart Gods plans. Disobedience
and unbelief delayed the possession
of the promised land by the children
of Israel, and it was not until after
40 years wandering in the wilderness
and the death of every soul but Caleb
and Joshua, who lacked not faith to
go in and possess the land, that Joshua
led the hosts of Israel across the dry
bed of Jordan and encamped against
Jericho. The plating of the crown
of thorns upon the Saviour's brow
marked but another step in the re-
lection of Jesus as the promised
Messiah of the Jews. For 1900 years
| it has delayed the fulfllment Of
much of the prophecy relating to the
great prosperity and blessing of the
Jewish nation. During the interim.
the time of the Gentiles is being full
| filled, and the church, the mystical
body of Christ, of which He is the
head, is being made complete. The
millennial dawn is drawing nigh and
the supreme coronation of the ages
| will be enacted with the hosts of
Heaven as the attendants of the tri-
umphant King, and the peoples Of
the earth, the glad and .obedient sub
jects of the Heaven-sent and earth-
bought King. "But of that day and
that hour knoweth no man, no, not
the angels which are in Heaven.
neither the Son, but the Father"
Watch, therefore, ''lest coming sud-
denly, He find you sleeping. And
what say unto you I say unto all,
| watch.' N A
l understand that at the corona
tion of King Edward all the mobiles
of his state, following the placing of
the crown upon his head, will crown
themselves by placing upon their
| own heads their coronets. What o
sight this will be. AS the magnifi-
| cent creations of the jewelers. art
catch the glinting light and throw
it back in myriad CLEANS and flashes,
the brilliancy Of the scene will be
heightened and intensified. Fortu-
nate indeed will be the one whose
lot it is to behold the magnificent
spectacle, but away beyond anything
which man could devise will be that
coronation scene in Heaven to. which
we are all invited, and which we may
attend if we only will. Preceding
the description of this scene in the
fourth chapter of Revelation is given
| this blessed, all-inc1usive Invitations:
"Beho1d, stand at the door and
knock: if any man hear My. voice.
and open the door, will come to
him and will sup with him and he
with Me- To him that overcometh
will I grant to sit with Me in My
throne, even as ] also overcame, and
am set down with My Father in His
4 throne" And we who have, invited
the Master in to be our guest here
will be His guest over there, and
then, Behold, a throne was set in
Heaven, and One sat on the throne.
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like a jasper and sardine stone;
and there was a rainbow round
about the throne, in sight like unto
an emerald. And round about the
throne were four and twenty seats,
and upon the seats saw four and
twenty elders sitting, clothed in
white raiment; and they had on their
| heads crowns of gold. And
the four and twenty elders fall down
before Him that sat on the throne
and worship Him that liveth forever
and ever, and cast their crown be-
fore the throne, saying: Thou art
worthy, o Lord, togreceive glory and
honor and power" That this Ian
/ guage may be largely figurative is
:. admitted, but the fact that God has
!. been obliged to resort to symbolism
in order to bring the heavenly pro.
j gram within the range of under
. standing of the human mind only
intensifes the possibilities Of those
! I +ranscendently beautiful and agni-