Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1904-09-22

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comes to reign, not as tyrant, but as q
King of g~entleness and love in all the at
t~ractive attributes so finely set forth in
the ancient picture that we are consider
ing. He does not come to repress, but to
satisfy. He does not dominate us as a des-
pot, but He meets all the needs and long
ings of our being, and SO blends with our
nature and our will that we become His
willing subjects and the very partners OF
His kingdom and His throne. we we
thus received Him and known Him as our
King?
III. The King of lion and the Lord of
the Temple. Immediately upon entering
the Temple, and repeated the miracle of
its cleansing which had formed the first
chapter of His early Judean ministry. The
difference between this miracle and the
former is that then He called it His Faith
er's house; now my house." He was now
taking the position of being Himself the
Lord of the Temple and the true theocra-
the phrase was changed again. As He left
that Temple after His solemn warnings
and judgments pronounced against the
false rulers and leaders of Israel, He de-
clared "Your house," Mine no longer,
"your house is left unto you desolate and
ye shall not see Me again until he shall say
blessed is He that cometh in the name of
the Lord"
The cleansing of the Temple was occa-
stoned by the abuse which was made of its
courts bv a class of money brokers and
cheap traders, who took advantage of the
peoples desire for silver change in order to
pay the half shekel offering which was re.
quired of every one entering the Tempe,
and out of this there grew up a regular
exorbitant rates of ussry, supplied the sii-
yer exchange to the worshipcrs as they
| crowded into the courts without having
| provided themselves with the requisite
coin.
Another class of tradesmen in like man.
ner filled up another part of the court with
their filthy stalls for the supply Of doves
burnt offerings of the daily sacrifices
These also were sold at exorbitant prices
for the convenience of the worshipers, but
really for the gain Of the dealers.
The same high place He still claims II
the Church of God and the individual
heart. The abuse u the Temple courts Of
old have, alas, been more than paralleled
sale of indulgences in the time of Luther
for the enrichment of the ecclesiastical par
ties that brought about the Reformation.
The kind of sin here described is not sec
ular business in its own place. but the
doing of things in the name of religion
which are prompted by mercenary motives
The preaching of the gospel for the sake o
gain. wrong financial methods in support
ing the church, the Decorating of tn.
house of God by social and secular enter
talnments and methods of raising none,
which appeal to the sel6shness and frivol
ity of man, and the using of Christianit!
In any way as a cloak of c~ovetousness, a.
an adver tisement of business, as a mean
of social preferment or secular gain-thes,
are things which are so common on ever
side of us that me hearts of many of Cod
children have been filled with humiliation
and sorrow, and moved to earnest praye
for the coming of the King once more t
cleanse His Temple and purge from Hi
church these shameful ordinations.
The second cleansing Of the Templ
would seem to suggest that before tn
Lords coming there is to be a profoun'
work of sanctiication among the peopl
Of God answering to that first ~cleansin
of which we read so fully in the earl
chapters of the Acts of the Apostles.
: Still more fully does it apply to the il
; dlvidual experience Of the Christian
. which the Lord comes to bring when n
: Himself enters the consecrated heart, nc
: only saving. but sanctifyin9 and separatin
: us unto Himself in a deeper sense tina
we can possibly know, even in the earl
;, JOY of conversion. Have we received thi
3 second cleansing?
l ". The Children's King. This was NJ
! an ordinary crowd, where the childre
y always love to be in front, but it was
9 genuine outburst of heaven inspired lov
), and loyalty that made them cry, "Hosal
nah in the highest" For the Lord Jes,
Himself bore testimony to the %genuinene
Of their praise and indeed gave it the hig
: est place over all others as He poted Il
ancient Scripture, "Out of the mouths
babes and sucklings Thou has perfecte
= : praise" Others might join in the accl
nations because of the contagious inf
3 ence of an excited multitude, but thei
= was perfect praise" As usual the Phal
y sees were ready to scorn their juvenile e
thusiasm, but the Lord Jesus was al
It ready to vindicate them as He had on
before.
r Let us never forget that Jesus is t
lg children's KING. BY and by. when we W
m come Him to His heavenly throne, we sh
o. find that a vast proportion of that "a
lie somed crowd will consist of little oh
dren. Let us train our little ones to KIN,
as Him and crown Him as their King. 7
ne word used here in their childish praise
1g the Hebrew word "Hosanpah." It is I
m quite the same as Hallelujah, the usual
We preston for Worship and praise. Litera
it means Lord save u.s." Our Halle
IN jahs must begin in Hosannahs. Even
en- children, too, must learn that they
z. s.nsul children. and that they also reuu
a Els cleansing blood, and only as they