The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-04-20
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HOLY WEEk.
Contributed

The week which begins With sund.
April 18th is the last in the season .
Lent and isealled Holy Week. The Len
en- season eommonerates two seperate an
s's'ine; events in the life Of our savior,
the forty days fasting and temptation {
the wilderness before HIS active mipis,r
began, and also the trial eruci6rion de.:
aud bnrial. Thus while at the her;pn;p,
OF Lent the emphasis l. laid upon the
temptation Of Christ, at the close our a,
'en'ion is directed to His suaerings.
Holly Week Commentaries this iss
week Of Jesus ministry although III,
SaviOur'' earthly life lasted thirty thre,
years aud His ministry about three YEAR.
yet the events Of this last week are Of
such supreme importance that about on,
'h'rd Of the four gospels Is taken up With
their narration. The week begin. with
rain Sunday. 50 called because on this
day Jesus made His triumphant entrance
into Jerusalem, riding upon the ass. and
preceded by. the mulsitndes Who cast
their garmeats in the way and cut down
branches from the palm trees to lsr on
tue ground before Him. Palm SUNDAY
was CeristS one brief "Day Of Triuupb >,
bach year as Il comes 70 Us We see ar,in
Tue eager thronss, the waving palms. aud
near ooee more TIE glad hosannas Of those
Who hail Him as the Son Of David
Monday in Holy week is called the nav
OF Authority. II was on this da- that
'esns cured bsrrsE ~ tree and cie.nssd
'ee 'e'~p'e from the de6liug presence Of
the trades aud money changers. thus az
serting boldly His divine authority a.
Love both Nstase aud the Tempie.
The Tuesday following Is the Day Of
Conflict. All day long Christ was teach
ing in the Tsmple. but His enemies would
no longer allow Him to teach unmoiested.
lseeEsed no doubt at His action on Mon
day they attack Him With accusation and
had questions. Jesus rspellcd each attach,
and at last turned on His totmentors with
those terrible deuunciations "Woe unto
You seribes aud Phsres, hypoos;,es.V
"ednesday i tue Day Of silence.
There is no record OF its events. Jesus
perhaps was resting on this day resting
quietly ~iih His friends at Bethany, ~hie.
'u the city the trsitsr Jadas eonsvmmated
tho Shameful bargain 10 betray Hin.
Thursday is the Day Of mysteries. ItI
brought the Passover feast. aud at its close
the instituuon.of tue HOLY Communion
aud those wonderful discourses and prav-
ers rendered 10 ST. John I4.I-I7.
Friday Good Friday a. 4 3 sailed IL the
Day Of Death. Iis earliest hours saw the
saviour in 0eethsemane kneeiins in the
dark shadow Of the olive trees, while His
soul in that terrible agony -hich brought
The sweat Of blood 10 HE brow, wrestlcd
ia prayer Tor strength to do the will Of
'od. "a -o-. .ase, came the Roman
Soldiers With the chief priests aud Judas
6 he artist, the trials Eve Of them in all. !
followed in quiet succession. 30 rapidly |
indeed that at 800 O'Clock Jesus is raised |
upon the cross twelve O'Clock eomes, and !
from twelve 10 three the spn hides its face |
As If unable TO look upon a sigst 50 awful /
The body is taken down sud LAID a~ay ere !
Sunset and the Sun drops down behind /
The western hills aud aature seems 10
hasten TO draw its mantle Of darkness over
day 20 momentous and so terrible.
Saturday comes TIE uaF ef Rest. /
The body Of tho Saviour lies In the rock /
iewn sepuleher. His Soul is in the sperit I
Eorld. Quietly and calmly the hours pass
intil at eventide the sun sinks down once
nore, not With a saudder IS or the dsy be-
ore but eaiaig saG quietly As il As Ees.x !
aat his earliest beams will gild the wekv i
aces Of an empty tomb and wake al ihe 1
world to Feicise ia the giadness Of the I
irst Easter Day.