The Newtown bee., 1908-05-22

offering for sin unto salvation. "Hosanna blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord"
 We observe by the words of their song the people hailed Chri st as the long expected King. Hosanna, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. even the King of Isreal." R. V. They would have crowned Him King since if He had given them the oppor- tunity and now they have the prlvi- lege of hailing Him as King if they cannot crown Him as King and they do it heartily. Their Salutations were different to the Salutations of their officials. The proud, naughty, arro- gant, presumptuOus Pharisees and Sadducees denied His claims and thun- dered at Him their anathemas. But the people in general recognized him as their rightful Sovereign. They heard Him gladly; they hung upon His Words; they pondered His teach ing; they weighed His works: they acknowledged His Deity they declared that great and mighty Prophet of the Lord had risen up among them; they approved of His ways and signs and miracles and accorded to them the power of God and said lis not this the Christi" And when Christ cometh will He do more miracles?" They were eye witnesses and therefore the best judges as to His Divine Origin and Commission. "Hosanna, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord" @
 The munitions of the poor or hum ble in spirit are more frequently cor rect than those whose Spirit savor of prejudice and self-righteousness. His tory justifes their wisdom and "Wis- dom is justified of her children.
 The dignified character of the Messi- ah was set forth by the prophets of the Old Testament as the King of the Jews but not in that limited sense in which the Jews of Christ's day expect ed to meet Him and greet Him. They only looked for Temporal King, a po- litical ruler who should deliver them as nation out of the hands of their oppressors- a selfish consideration. But the greater view of His Kingship they failed to see. Their Prophets spoke of the Messiah as their coming ruler ard great King. They also spoke of Him as coming first in lowly guise ria ing upon the foal of an ass" "despised and rejected of men'' suffering for the sins of the people and by His atone ment bringing an everlasting right and all this preliminary and | to His glorious enthrone- | ment and universal Kingship over Jew and Gentle. Hence He appeared "as a root out of dry ground" having from a world point of view no King form or comeiness, disowned and unjustly con- demned- lied as.aLamb to the Slaugh- ter and as sheep before her shear CTS" yet Born a King" and a King 1om that shall have no end. Hence the oalutations of the text was not found- ed on wild enthusiasm but upon reli- able evidence what they had seen and heard and their prophets long foretold. Consequently while they greeted Him with their Hosannas they may have said to each other We have found Him of whom Moses and the Prophets did write" ]" And as they witnessed His deeds may have felt like saying with Nathaniel Rabbi thou art the King of Israel" And. now they say: 'Hosanna. Blessed is He that cometh n the name of the Lord, even the King ,f Israeli
 But ths most important consider ltion for us, is-Do we recognize Him lot only as King but as our King and ! 2edeemer? It would make a great difference in the lives of many good oeopleif Jesus was in reality the King )f their lives. "Is your life fully 7ielded to Jesus? Is He King alone n your soul? Is the Government 'laced on your shoulder, not only a 'art but the whole? |,
 
 Do you trust Him for victory ever yer self and Satan and sin? Do you