Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-30
"vox PoPuLrs" GREAT DAY.
The international Sunday School Les.
son for August 2 10 "The TriumPhai
Entry."--Mark 11:1-11.
BY William T. Ellis.

Entry.-mdrk I'LL
BY William T. Ellis
The present day visitor to Jerusa
lem, who has any imagination, find
his thoughts turning again and again
to the walled-up gate in the center 0
the eastern side of the city. 1t Is call
ed the Golden Gate" and the Mos
lens have a belief that if ever thi
gate is opened again the Christian
will get possession of the city, for |
was through this gate that the process
sion of the triumphal entry passed
Now the traveller who would go on
from Jerusalem to the Mount OF Olives
must go up to the northeastern corner
where St.. Stephens gate opens on
on the valley OF the Kidron.
And standing by the Golden Gate
on the ramparts of the old temple area
with the crown Of the Mount OF olives
before ones eyes thoughts crowd II
OF that great day when the clear all
resounded with the shouts of the mul
titudes acclaiming the lowly Nazarene
as the "Son of David" the long expec
ted Messiah.
That was the greatest worldly tri
umph of Jesus-greater even than his
experience up in Galilee, after the feed
ing Of the five thousand, when the null
titude would have made him king. Fol
here were Passover pilgrims from
every nation under heaven, full of re
ligious fervor doing honor to the Won
der Worker who, in their enthusiasm
they accepted as the One who was tc
come.
The procession was triumph FOL
Jesus, and 1t also partook Of the flavor
of defiance Of his enemies. He hat
the people with him. In this hour hi
enemies were powerless. They Nigh
STAY him erd a week rolled around, bu
this hour they could not deny him
The raising OF Lazarus, his creates
miracle. which was likewise the i'm
mediate cause OF his death, had Sc
the people into frenzy of adulation
The TrtumphaI Entry.
All four of the biographers of Jesu
tell this great story. Marks narration
is the one chosen by the lesson com
mittee.
"And when they came nigh to Jeru
salem, unto Bethpage and Bethany, q
the Mount of Olives, he sendeth fortl
two Of his disciples and saith unit
them. Go your way into the village
over against you; and as soon as y
be entered into 1t, We shall find col
tied. wherein never man sat; loos'
him, and bring him. And II any maj
say unto you, Why do We this? say "
that the Lord hath need of him; ant
straightway he will send him hlther
"And they went their way. and fount
the colt tied by the door without In
place where two ways met; and the!
loose him. And certain Of them stoo'
there said unto them, What do We
loosing the colt? And they said unit
them even as Jesus had commanded
and they let them. go. And the,
brought the colt to Jesus, and cas-
their garments on him: and he sat uI
on him.
And many spread their garment
in the way; and others cut dow
branches of the trees, and strewe'
them in the way. And they that wen
before, and they that followed, cried
saying, Hosanna: Blessed is he tina
cometh in the name Of the Lord
Blessed be the kingdom of our lathe
David, that cometh in the name of tn
Lord: Hosanna In the highest. An
Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and int
the temple; and when he had locke
round about upon all things, and nov
the eventide was come, he went GU
unto Bethany with the twelve"
A Popular Demonstration.
Meanwhile, by a common impulse
the crowds were thronging toward hir
whose personality overshadowed tn
Passover itself. 1t was a democrati
demonstration which ensued. In
frenzy of enthusiasm, people thre'
their outer garments in the way TO
him to ride over, just as men thro'
their hats in the air at a political den
onstration. Clearly, Jesus possesse
the interest and enthusiasm of tn
people. A lesser one than he woul
have had, his head turned by the owe
ton. He knew the fickleness of tn
popular mind, for had he not exper
enced it in the north? Of all that mu
titude, he alone was clear eyed to tn
truth that the tickle mob would 500
be shouting, Cruelty him!"
A Lowly Mount.
Not champing war horse, as rid
earth's conquerors, but in the lowlines