The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-06-28
HAIL TO THE KING.
Thoughts Suggested by the Corona
ton of the King of England.
sermon by the "Highway and Byway'
Preacher I'm which He Discourses
ON Jesus Triumphal Entry Into
Jerusalem and His Crown
of Thorns.
downright, 1902 by A. N. Kellogg Newspa-
per Coz

Chicago, June 2Z, l9Oz.
Text.--And He answered and said unto
them, 1 tell you that, II these should hold
their peace. the stones would Immediately
cry out.-Luke 1870.
During the present week the elabo-
rate and magnificent coronation cere-
monies of King Edward VII. are to be
carried out in all of their brilliant
elaborateness, and the eyes of the
world, as it were, will be turned in
the direction of MERRY Old England"
and festive London. The few will see
the actual browning of the king in
Westminster abbey, the thousands and
hundreds of thousands will catch a
glimpse of the gorgeously-robed king
as he passes in triumph through the
streets to the abbey, and their threats
will swell with the popular acclaim.
AS the vast crowds sway and throb un-
der the tense excitement and enthusi-
asm of the occasion and the mighty
thunder of their voices splits the air
and rolls through London's gayly-
decked streets, the millions in the dis
tant sections of the city will catch up
the refrain and cry: Hail to the
king?
The setting of our text carries us
back to the period in worlds history
when the Light of God was just begin
ming to burst through the dreadful
darkness of the centuries preceding
and the scene enacted is similar in
some of its details to that upon which
the world is soon to gaze in England
Similar in that a King was there re-
ceiving the homage and acclaim OF the
multitudes over whom it was His right
to reign, but oh, how dissimilar, for
the triumphal entry as King leads to
the crown of thorns and the death on
the cross. The shouts of the people
are soon to be changed from blessed
be the King that cometh in the name
of the Lord: peace in Heaven, and
glory in the highest to the hoarse,
mad cry of Cruelty Him! cruelty
HIM"
Our text gives us the response of
Jesus to the jealous. angry criticism OF
the Pharisees. who objected to His be-
ing hailed as the Heaven-sent King.
Behind Him lies Bethany, where at
His omnipotent command the tomb
was forced to give back its dead and
the sorrow of that home where Jesus
loved to tarry was turned to blessed
joy Lazarus in the midst of the multi
tudes is a living witness to the power
of Jesus and His right to reign. The
changed skin of the leper, the seeing
eyes of the blind. the Strengthened.
strengthened limbs of the lame and
the halt. the rational. intelligent bear
ing of those possessed with devils. all
tell their story and swell the enthusi-
assn of the multitudes. In the imme-
date presence of such mighty works,
and so many living witnesses, Jesus
must be exalted to His rightful place
and be accorded the homage which II
was His right to receive, If but for a
brief moment. And eff these should
hold their peace, the stones would inn
mediately cry out" Think of It! The
cold, hard. unfeeling stones lying by
the roadside would burst with the
story of Heaven-sent King and pro-
claim their glad message. If the human
heart so insensible to the gift which
God had sent into the world. should re-
main untouched and human lips refuse
to proclaim Him the King And II
would have been even so. but thanks
be to God there were some that day
into whose hearts had come the reali
cation that King Emanuel God with
us) was even then present. and they
reioiced in the deliverance He brought
On that picturesque and beautiful
roadway leading from Bethany W
through the palm and flower-frnged
path winding its ascent up the sides OF
Mount Olivet and down the steep de
scent through the valley of the Kedror
and on into Jerusalem man and ma
ture were found for a few brief mo
ments in perfect accord with the Dh
vine will and purpose. The foliage OF
the trees was never greener and more
luxuriant, the bright-hued flowers
were never more brilliant, the bird!
never sang sweeter or clearer than OF
that morning when Jesus, in fulfill
ment of Scripture. rode triumphant,
as King to the scene of His rejection
and His ignominious death. AS HI
passed along the way with the shouts
of the multitudes and the fresh voices
of children ringing in His ears. thu
trees bent their swaying branches II
graceful obeisance, the flowers nodded
their fragrant tribute and the bird
circling in the air above sent fort
their notes of glad greeting and wor
shipful praise, and then sped on in al
vance of the rejoicing throng, filling
the air with their glad song. All Jeru
salem is stirred, and, moved by one i'm
pulse, it catches the refrain and goe
forth to meet the coming King. Will
ing, eager hands catch the bendin
branches of the trees, which gladl
give of their luxuriance to carpet tn
ground over which the King is to pass
The flowers skirting the roadside fair
ly spring into the hands of the happ
children in their eagerness to len
their fragrance and beauty to such
scene as the world had never befor
seen and never again will see until tn
One who on that day was the cente
of that joy-intoxicated throng shall
again come in the triumph and rejoic
ing of Heaven to be received as Kin,
by fhe nation which then rejecte,