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ing. and leaping. and praising Cod
(Acts 3:7-S). This also. as 1 have stat
ed, was the gate through which our
Lord made his triumphal entry into Je-
rusalem on the Sunday preceding his
crucifxion. This gate is now closed,
and has been since the city was de-
stroyed by Titus in the year 20. When
ever the city has been rebuilt since
then this gate has been kept shut. Prob
ably the builders of the city did not
know why IL was closed. But it was in
rulfllment Of the prophecy in Ezekiel
44:I-S: Then he brought me back by
the way of the outer gate of the sane
Juary, which looked toward the east:
ana 1t was shut. And Jehovah said
unto me, This gate shall be shut; II
snail not be opened, neither shall any
man enter in by 1t; for Jehovah, the
God of Israel, hath entered in by 1t;
therefore ii shall be shut. AS for the
prince, he shall sit therein as prince
TO eat bread before jehovah; he shah
enter by the way of the porch OF the
gate, and shall go out by the way of the
same"
How wonderfully, though all uncon-
sciously, history confirms. prophecy.
strangely enough, the Mohammedans
have a tradition that some day an East
ern prince will enter by this gate, and
then their reign will come to an end.
So they not only keep the gate walled
up, but they have made cemetery
right up against it and have cut down
the hill so steep that no one can climb
1t. But all in vain-as vain as when
they laid him in the sepuichre, rolled a
stone to its mouth, sealed II up anu
placed a guard around 1t. Some day
he will come whose right it is to rule
. nd mil NV to
Oh! that will he a joyful day.
While l was in Jerusalem Prince
Eitel OF Germany was there. They pre-
pared a special arch, all decorated with
German flags through which he entered
the city. l thought as l saw the arch
and saw him: The time is coming when
another prince shall enter the gates
Of the city. And then will be heard
/ thsi gladstone song: Lift up your heads
o ye gates; And be we lifted up we .ev-
erlasting doors: And the King Of glory
win come in. Who is the King Of glory?
Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah
mighty in battle Lift UP your heads, q
ye gates; Yea, lift them UP, We everlast-
! ing doors: And the King of glory will
come IN. Who is this King Of gloryi
j Jehovah OF hosts, He is the King OF
glory" Cps. 24:7-1O).
"As the mountains are round about
Jerusalem, so Jehovah is. round about his
| people from this time for evermore." -
(Ps. 1850.
Jerusalem, as 1 have stated. is situated
on four mountains-MOunts Moriah, Zion
Akra and Bezetha-each about $500 feet
high. II is also surrounded by noun
tains. On the north is Mount scopus
Josephine called 1t THE Prospect" be.
- xrga,r sA {
was where Titus pitched his camp in the
memorable siege which resulted in the
destruction of Jerusalem in the year a
A. d. On the east is the Mount OF
olives, of which I shall have more &c
say presently. On the southeast is the
Mount of Offense, so called because t.
please his foreign heather wives Solo
mon built "a high place for Chemosf
the abomination OF Moab, In the mount
I that is before Jerusalem, and for Molecf
the abomination Of the children of Am
mon. And so did he for all his foreigr
wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed
unto their gods"-Q Kings, HIS.
/ The Hill Of Evil Council receives It's
name from the tradition that here at his
4 residence Caiaphas made the agreement
with Judas that for 80 pieces of silver ht
was to betray Jesus into the hands OF
his enemies. Here is the Aceldama OF
Field of Blood. bought by the chic
priests with the 80 pieces Of silver re
turned by Judas and which was "th'
reward of his iniquity '-(Mat. 1888
, (Acts 1:1s), and also the Judas Tree, OF
which it is said Judas hanged himself If
deepest remorse of conscience for hi!
deed
On the west, just outside the walls, are
hills on which the new part of Jerusalem
is being built And thus you see there
are mountains ali around Jerusalem. The
most famous of these mountains, though
and by far the most interestinf Is the
Mount of Olives on the east l sup
pose it received its name from the fac
that from time immemoria its slopes ant
summit were covered with olive trees
Some of these trees are there now. but
not very many. The Mount OF Olive;
figures largely I'm the history of the
Lord. II was his custom after siren
uous day in Jerusalem to retire to the
Mount of Olives for the night. (Luk'
22:Ss; John SD Here he beheld the city
OF Jerusalem and wept over it. saying