The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-08-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson Ix.--Third Quarter, For
Aug. 20, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Matt. xxi, documentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns
According to the harmony Of the
gospels. we have now come to the
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 to it in
our studies till some time in October.
It is thought by some that this public
entry to 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, O daughter of Jerusalem; be-
hold, thy King cometh unto thee; He
is just and having salvation; lowly
and riding upon an ass, and upon
colt the foal of an ass" Czech. TX. 81.
Jesus, knowing all things, sent two of
his disciples. unnamed, into the vii
lage over against them. that they
might find the ass and the colt and
bring them to Him. They, went and
found even as he had said unto them,
and, 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 it occurred it was all
foreseen and written DOWN. But
known unto God are all His works
from the beginning Of the world"
(Acts XIV, 1S). That this was a colt
whereon never man sat suggests the
sepulcher wherein never man before
was laid duke xiii. 53) and the
womb from which He was the first
born. His power over creatures Is
seen in the submission to Him Of this
untamed ass colt. Consider the birds
which fed Elijah, the lions in Daniels
den, the little fish which brought the
piece Of money, the dominion over all
creatures given to Adam and the
time of the coming kingdom when
the wolf. the leopard and the lion shall
be to a little child as the lamb. the kid
and the calf Qsa. xi. g.. The ass tied
where two ways met is suggestive of
the place where every sinner is found
The alteration of the disciples and
the multitude as they spread their
garments and branches from trees in
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 welcome
from the officials of the nation. but
largely the cry Of the unthinking null
ttude. who soon changed it to cruelty
Him." The time draws near when He
shall come again, and then Israel shall
truly say: BLESSED is He that cometh
in the name of the Lord" 10. this is
our God; we have waited for Him. and
He will save u.s. Matt. xiii, 80; lisa.
XIV, 81. In Luke xix. 41-44. we read
that when He was come near He be-
held the city and wept over it, as He
foretold its doom. because they knew
not the things which belonged to their
peace. How often He has had to say
to those whom He longed to bless. Eye
would not" Qsa xviii, -: xxx. Is:
Matt. xiii. 81; John Y, 4O). Hear the
cry of His heart in Ps. lxxx, 1915:
open thy mouth wide. and l will fill
it. But My people would not hearken
to My voice. and Israel would none
of Me. Oh. that My people
had hearkened unto me and Israel
had walked in my ways" The city
was moved and cried. ''Who is this 2"
1t was a question oft asked by His
enemies duke V. 81; vii 40: tx, 81. 1t
is the old question of lisa. xiii, /: Jer
XXX. II. 1t is the great question. the
only question, never "Who am I?'
but always WHO is He" What
can He do" Aud so He asks us: BE
lieve We that am able?" Whom say
We that | am
Jesus. having entered the city. went
into the temple and for the second
time in his ministry he cleansed it
and said that instead of house of
prayer they had made it den of
thieves. Now, while the temple was in
no sense typical of a church building,
for both tabernacle and temple were
quite unique, being each designed by
God f." special purpose. that He
might dwell in the midst of Israel. we
do well to see that our church build
ings dedicated to the worship of God
are kept wholly for that purpose and
not in any sense given up to amuse-
ment or entertainment Both taber-
nacle and temple We're typical Of Jesus
Christ Himself John ii. 10: Hab. viii.
p. in whom God dwelt as in no other.
but when He is received by us we be-
come His temples not our own. bought
with Il price. and it is our privilege to
consider ourselves as wholly set apart
for Himself. no longer conformed to
this world. Il peculiar people. Jealous
Of good works Il Cor. iii. 16. Il: Ps.
iv. 3: Rom. xii. l. 2: Tit. ii. al. The
chief priests and scribes hated Him
more and more and would have forbid
den even the children to sing hosan-
ma 10 Him. but He quoted from the
Eighth Psalm. where He is spoken Of
as having dominion over all things