The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-11
TRIUMPHANT
ENTRY SUBJECT
First Of Passion Week Series Of AL
dresses by Rev. Lllley, Given
Before Audience Last
Night.
OBSERVANCE OF DAYS
Sacred Memories Come With Recoe.
milton by the Christian People of
Such Occa-
slons.
OBSERVANCE OF DAYS

Passion week is being observed at
the First Christian church, services
being held in the lecture room. The
services consist In the singing the old
hymns, voluntary prayers and a short
address by the pastor. Last night the
subject was The Triumphant Entry"
The speaker said in part:
II believe in the observance OF GER
tain days, They come to us bearing in
their hands sacred memories of noble
lives and deeds of love that keep
alive in our hearts and memories of
the holy past. independence day re-
minds us of what our civil and reli-
gious liberties cost us. Thanksgiving
day brings the memory of noble souls
lifting up gratifed hearts to God for
His blessings. So the birthdays of men
and women who by their lives have
made the world better. These days OBJ
served in the right spirit leave us
stronger in hope, richer in faith and
love. 1t is in memory of our Saviour
that we have come tonight-for no
other purpose. hope our meeting to.
gether will be in deep thought and
holy memory of the One in whose
name we have met 1t was Sunday
morning. Jesus and His disciples are
in Bethany. Somehow it became
known that some time that day He
would go to the Holy City. 1t was
Passover time and millions of people
were in and around Jerusalem. The
very atmosphere seemed to be charged
with expectancy-s something unusual
was going TO happen, but no one knew
what. The moment comes, Jesus and
His disciples start toward Jerusalem.
The animal upon which he is to ride
has been secured. The procession is
we'll on its way. The enthusiasm of
/ the multitude expresses itself In
many of them spreading their upper
garments to tapestry His path and
others cut and tore down the boughs
sof olive, fig and walnut to scatter
them before Him. Then His disciples
broke into the shout :"Hosanna to the
Son of David. Blessed Is the King of
Israel that cometh in the name of
the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.'
I Then the multitude caught up the joy.
Gus strain and told each Other how he
had raised Lazarus from the dead. All
at once there is a halt in the process
sion. The Holy City with ten thous-
and sacred memories, stands clear be
fore him. AS he gazed on that mass
of gold and snow was there no
pride, no patriotic emotions in the
heart of its true king? He had drop
ped silent tears at the grave of Laz-
arus; but over the Holy City he
weeps aloud.
| For Himself he sheds no tears.
/ But when He remembered how he had
come to her. taught in her streets and
she would not hear, that soon not one
stone of her sacred temple would be
left upon another and that her sons
and daughters would perish under
the heel of Rome. He broke into 4
] passion of lamentation in which the
choled voice seemed to struggle for
Its utterance. Strange triumph, The
4 Deliverer weeps over the city. which
| it is now too late to save. IF thou
hadst known" he cried, while the
multitude looked on-"if thou hadst
known, even thou, at least in thy
day, the things that belong unto thy
4 peace The weeping over, the pro
cession moves on, from the Valley oil
| kedran, from the city and from the
tents comes another great procession
The two streams of people meet. ,Je
sus rides on while some of the multi
Etudes follow, others go before all
shouting "Hosanna' The, journey is
ended. Jesus enters the temple, sees
how it is profaned, returns to Beth
any, to return on the morrow tic
cleanse it.
The triumphant entry Of Jesus was
only the beginning. The procession
today numbers millions who are
casting their talents, their money
their time and all they possess before
him and Hosannas rise from every
heart The Triumphant Entry was the
Ifulfillment OF prophecy. 1t was it
self prophetic of the future glory O
Christ's kingdom.
Just as that great multitude follow
ed Him into Jerusalem shouting Hi.
praises, SO will the innumerable hos
washed in His blood follow Him Int
the eternal city of redeemed human
ity
1t typifies Jesus entrance into hu
man hearts, when the gates have
been opened and the praises rise from
redeemed lives
The subject tonight: Jesus Sent t
the Cross