The Washington herald., 1914-08-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.
LEssoN-Mark xii-il.
GOLDEN TEXT-zeehHriah KS.
August - isi4
By g. CAMPBELL MORGAN, d, D..
The Greatest Living Eyangelist.

LEssoN-Muk xia-f.
GOLDEN TEXT-ZeehHriah II
"RssOiee greatly. daughter Of Zion; hy King
eometh unto thee; He is just. and having salEa-
tion. lowly. and riding upon Gsi. even upon
colt. the foal Of an asa
ID And when they drew nigh unto
Jerusalem. unto Bethphage and Bethany.
at the Mount of Olives. He sendeth two
Of His disciples.
C2) And saith unto them. Go your way
into the village that II over against you;
and straightway as ye enter into It, ye
shall find a colt tied. whereon no man
ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him.
CD And II any oie say unto you, why
do ye this? say ye, The Lord hath need of
him; and straIghtway he viii send him
back hither.
% And they WENT away. and found
colt tied at the door without In the open
street. and they loose him.
(0 And certain of them that stood
there said unto them. What do ye, loos-
ing the colt?
90 And they said unto them even as
Jesus had said; and they let them go.
% And they bring the colt unto Jesus.
and cast on him their garments; and He
sat upon him.
0 And many spread their garments
upon the way: and others branches,
which they had cut from the fields.
90 And they that went before. and
they that followed. cried. Hosanna; bies-
sed is He that cometh in the name Of the
Lord.
uO Blessed is the kingdom that
cometh. the kingdom Of our father
David; Hosanna in the highest.
CD And He entered into Jerusalem.
into the temple; and when He had looked
round about upon all things, II being now
eventide, He went out unto Bethany with
the twelve.
Tho Narrative.
The story Of our Lords entry into Jeru-
salem at this time must be considered In
the light OF the whole movement. His
action was remarkable both in Its method
and in Its evident intention His knowl-
edge Of the whole situation is revealed in
the instructions He gave to His disciples
as to how they were to obtain the colt
II Is evident that He now intended de-
Hberately to provoke demonstration His
going to the city was ip a new way. and
for q new purpose. He had often been
befope. and there had been elements OF
conflict; but Il may safely be said He had
never provoked them deliberately. Now
He entered the city in a new way, In
order to fasten attention upon Himself
and His claims, and to precipitate that
final rupture with the rulers, m the
course of which He would pronounce His
doom on the city. and give Himself to
the accomplishment Of His purpose
through death.
In obedience to His command the dis
ciples went and found everything as He
had said. It is easy TO imagine what this
must have meant to them. As we have
~. ha1 ~ he
city. amazed and afraid. strangely per-
picked at His teaching, and not at all
knowing what would happen. As they
found the colt where He said they would:
and that, in exact accordance with His
words. those who owned IL were-willing
to let them have II for His purpose, their
confidence in Him must have been re-
newed. that after all He was about TO
change His method. and proclaim Him
self King. and Immediately establish His
reign in the city OF David.
His entry was characterized by the
most remarkable enthusiasm. That Is
found in the spontaneous expression as
the multitudes spread their garments and
branches, which they had broken from
the fields. in the way. As. riding upon
the colt He passed into the city. He did
so TO the chanting of the accompanying
crowds. What they said is worthy of
"Hosanna." and the last. "Hosanna in
the highest" Between these they cried.
blessed is He that cometh in the name
OF the Lord. Blessed is the kingdom that
cometh of our father David" ''Hosanna"
meaning quite literally. Save now" was
an appeal not so much to Him as on His
behalf Il is more than probable that
these chanting multitudes were largely
made up Of Galileans, and their cry was
an appeal to the city to receive the One
Who was coming This is emphasized BY
the double blessing which they sang. |
blessing on the King. and blessing on the |
kingdom.
1t may be we'll at this point to say that
whereas it is true that in the city. with |
in the course OF a week, the two opposing !
cries were heard. "Hossnna" and /
Cruelty" the probability. amounting al |
most to certainty. is that those who
raised the former were Galileans. and
the latter. citizens Of Jerusalem.
The wonderful procession moved on to |
the temple. Into its sacred precincts the |
all things. He left the temple and the |
city. and went. accompanied by His dis
ciples, to Bethany.
It is easy to imagine the effect pro-
duced upon the city. The entry was pub-
lie and enthusiastic, of 'Cch nature as
TO compel the attention otthe populace
and OF the rulers. That II ended peace
ably was remarkable. and is in itself !
revelation of the power of the King. II
is always far easier to provoke public !
than to keep II within 1
bounds This Is a side of the story which
we NAV lose sight Of. He chose His hour
and His method. reused enthusiasm to
white heat. and then quietly and calmly
withdrew, leaving the city TO, settle to
rest in the hush OF the eventide.
The TeachiRE.
When we turn to the teaching of this
story II seems as though attention Is fast
ened Of necessity almost inclusively upon
the King Himself. At the close OF His
He thus entered the city of the
chosen people in triumph. Yet what a
strange triumph 1t was. It is almost i'm
nn..il,in a tkInl- nf Il rcithnIit ina 1inlnr.