Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-08-24


by Rev. D. NJ. Stearns.
According To the harmony of ths
gospels. We have nov come Ia thc
events OF the second day In the last
week, Passion week. The amounting
by Mary at Bethany has taken place.
although we shall not come 70 n in
our studies till some time in October.
IL Is thought by some that this public
entry 10 Jerusalem occurred on the
Sunday preceding Easter, generally
known as Palm Sunday.
The time had come for another
Scripture TO be fulfilled which had
been written about 500 years before.
Rejoice greatly. o daughter of Zion:
shout daughter OF Jerusalem: be-
hold. thy King cometh unto thee: He
Is just and having salvation: lowlv
and riding upon an ass, and upon q
colt the foal OF an ass" Czech. TX. ~.
Jesus. knowing all things. sent two OF
his disciples. unnamed. into the VII
lage over against them, that they
might tud the ASS and the colt and
bring them 10 Him. They went and
found even as he had said unto them
ana, saying what they had been told
by Jesus TO say to the owners of the
animals. they brought them to Him.
The account Of this is found more or
less fully In each OF the four gospels.
How marvellous that hundreds of
years before II occurred 1t was all
toreseen and written down! But
known unto God are all his works
from the beginning OF the world"
(Acts ~. 49,. That this was a colt
whereon never man sat suggests the
sepulcher wherein never man before
was laid luke xiii. bSl and the
womb from which He was the nrst-
born. His power over creatures is
seen In tho submission TO Him of this
untamed ass colt Consider the birds
which fed Elijah. the lions In Daniels
den. the little fish which brought tho
piece OF uIOney. the dominion over all
creatures given TO Adam and the
time or the coming kingdom when
the wolf. the leopard and the lion shall
be TO little child as the lamb. the kid
and the calf lisa H. o.. The ass tied
where two ways met is suggestive of
the place where every sinner il found.
The alteration OF the disciples and
the multitude as they spread their
garments and branches from trees I'm
the way and cried. "Hosanna to the
Son OF David: blessed Is He that COM
eth In the name of the Lord; hosanna
In the highest" was not a welcome
from the officials Of the nation. but
largely the cry or the unthinking null
utude. who soon changed It to cruelty
Him." The time draws near when He
snail come again. and then Israel shall
truly say: "Blessed Is he that cometh
In the name OF the Lord" .'Io. this ia
our God: We have waited for Him. AMI
de Will save us" (Matt. xiii 80: Isa.
XIV ~. In Luke xix. 41-4I. we read
that when He was come near He he
held the city and wept over It. as He
loretold Its doom. because they knew
not the things which belonged to their
peace. How often He has had TO saw
70 those whom He longed to bless, I'VE
would not" lisa. xviii. -; XXX. Is:
Matt. xiii. 81: John v, 4O). Hear the
cry OF His heart In Pa. lxxxi. 1915:
open thy mouth wide. and | will fill
IL But My people would not hearken
to Ny voice. and Israel would none
OF Me. Oh. that NV peonIe
had hearkened unto ME and Is,heI
had walked in my ways" The city
was moved and cried. who is tbis?''
1t was question oft asked by His
enemies duke v, 81; VII. 40: IL. 81. II
Is the old question OF lisa. xiii /. Ter
Xxx. Il. 1t Is the gr at question, the
only question. never who am Iy''
but always "Who is He?" What
can He do" And so He asks us: BE
1eve We that ! am able?" Whom say
ye that | ann"
Jesus. having entered the city, went
into the temple and for the second
time In his ministry he cIeansed II
ana SAID that Instead of a house OF
prayer they had made II den Of
lnleves. Now. while the temple was I'm
no sense typical Of a church building
FOR both tabernacle and tempIe vera
quite unique. being each designed by
uoo TOT special purpose. that He
might dwell in the midst OF Israel. we
10 well to see that our church build
lngs dedicated to the worship OF God
are kept wholly for that PURPOSE and
not In any sense given up TO anluse-
Inent or entertainment. Both taber-
nacle and temple were typical Of Jesus
Christ Himself John II. 10: Hab. viii.
y. In whom God dwelt as in no other.
but when He is received by us we be-
come Ills temples. not our own. bought
with a price. and II Is our privilege TO
ourselves as wholly SET auart
for Himself. no longer conformcd To
this world. a pee uliar people. zeaIous