Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-09-15

md sorrow, and moved to earnest prayer
for the COMING Of the King once more tc
.leanee His Temple and purge from His
.hurch these shameful ordinations.
The second cleansing of the Temple
would seem to suggest that before the
Lords coming there is to be profound
work Of sanctifcation among the. people
II God answering. to thett first cleansing
IF which we read SO fully in the early
.harters of the Acts Of the APOSTLES.
Still more ful'v does it amply to the in
iiv;dual exnerience of the Christian
Herr. too. the~e is a second cleansing
which the Lord comes to brir" when he
Himself enters the co-secrated heart, not
only SAVING. but srrctifyn and separating
us unto Himself in a deepen. sense than
we can possibly know. even in the early
low Of conversion. Have we received this
second cleansing?
w. The Children's King. This was not
an ordinary crowd, where the children
always love to be in front, but it was q
yenuine outburst of heaven inspired love
and loyalty that made them cry, "Hosan'
nah in the highest" For the Lord Jesus
Himself bore testimony to the genunenes'
Of their praise and indeed gave it the high
est place over all others as He poted the
ancient Scripture. "Out of the mouths OF
babes and stockings Thou has perfected
praise" Others might join in the accla.
nations because of the contagious lnttu-
encc of an excited multitude but theirs
was "perfect praise AS usual the Phari-
sees were ready to scorn their juvenile en-
thusiasm, but the Lord Jesus was also
ready to vindicate them as lie had once
before.
Let us never forget that Jesus is the
children's King, BY and by; when we wet,
come Him to His heavenly throne, we shall
find that vast proportion of that ran
dren. Let us train our little ones to know
Him and crown Him az their King. The
word used here in their childish praise IL
the Hebrew word "Hosannah' 1t is not
quite the same as IIallelujah, the usual ey-
preston for worship and praise. Literally
It means Lord save US" Our IIallelu-
jahs must begin in Hosannahs. Even the
children, too, must learn that they are
sinful children. and that they also require
His cleansing blood. and only as they nc.
cept it and honor will their Hosannahs
become Hallelujahs, and the Lord pro-
nounce their homage perfect praise
V. The Blessing of the King. Immcdi.
ately after Christ's triumphal entry into
pie, we read these significant words, "and
the blind and the lame came to Him in the
Temple and He healed them" Purifca.
ton always leads on to power, The cleans.
ing of the Temple was followed by the
healing of the sick and the revelation of
the great and good Physician. So, still, it
will be found in our personal experience.
This was not momentary CLEAN of divine
bencfcence over dark and suffering
world, but Jesus Christ is the same yes.
terday, to-day and forever.
"And warm. sweet, tender even yet
A present help is He
And love has still its Olivet
And faith its Galilee.
The healing of His seamless robs
Is b. our beds of pain.
We touch Him mid iife's pain and strife
And we are whole again"
But, of course, all this awaits its perfect
fulfilment in that happier time when the
King shall come 10 His own again "and
come to Zion with songs and everlasting
JOY upon their heads; they shall obtain
joy and gladhess, and sorrow and signing
shall flee away.
Then, when this earth is purged Of all
iniquity, will it be also true the inhabitant
shall no more say. Il am sick, and the
people that dwell therein shall be forgiven
their iniquity.'
VI. The Curse of the King, But the
King has not only blessing but also iudg-
ment in His mighty hand. Tie only mira.
Gle of judgment recorded in all the life of
Jesus Christ Immediately followed these
incidents. 1t was the cursing of the bar
rem fig tree, to which He came seeking
fruit and encouraged to expect it by the
luxuriant leaves tlat covered is branches;
but 10! there was nothing but leaves
and He pronounced upon 1t the whitening
words at left it leatless and dead.
This was, Of course, a type of the fruit.
less nation that He had already referred
to under the parable of the Barren Fig
Tree, and it forecasts the solemn Judgment
that awaits every professed follower OF
Christ who shall meet Him at last with
empty hands and fruitless life.
But there is bencfcent aspect, even in
the curse of the Hing. 1t tells us of One
that hos the power to consume and destroy
the things which we are unable to cast out
of our Liver. There arc fig trees of sinful
habit ard physical disease which our hui
man strength cannot throw of alone. Oh,
how CAD we are sometimes to have a God
who IS "a consuming ti"e,' and from whose
presence Satan, sin and sickness flee away.
lie tells Us We may enter into His de.
eGldfLNt pONcT aga 'NSL tUGSc lllnoS anu
band over u His flaming sword adver.
sar.es ard obstacles too Great for us to
overcome.
Il am 50 CAD said little child once,
wnr;J" G,r Cbr'st - NOT al sast ond
sasy bc,cvn'c,cc' Pcrl, oi ' HIS i ce emil s
Is m arm of micbt and bo:iness a.
.nexorab.e as the lightnings of the sky.
Oh! sinner, whatever else YOU dare. be.
ware of "the wrath OF the Lamb"
VII. The Sceptre of The kingdom. In
the closing verses of our lesson, chapter
81, verses 20 to %, the Lord reveals the
secret of His own power and tells the
me secret, OF 1T IS faith. IF We have
This which is done to the fg tree. but.
also if We shall say unto this mountain,