Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-06

| tind anything tneFtCh, aIu wien liz
came to it. he found nothing but
leaves: fer it was not the season OF
figs And he answered and said unto
lit. no man eat fruit from thee hence
forward forever.
and his disciples heard It.
The Cleansing Of the Temple.
| And thew cone to Jerusalem. and
he entered into the temple. and began
TO cast out them that sold and them
that brought in the temple, and over
threw the tables of the m@nov-Chang
ors. and the seats CT then that sold
the doves: and he would not suffer
that any. man Should carry IFsSei
through the temple And he taught,
and said unto them. Is it net written.
My house shall be called house of
nrayor fer all the nat'cns?' hut We have
made it a den CT r01berS?'
And the blind and the lame came
to him in the tenure; and he healed
them. Put when the chief priests and
the scribes saw the wonderful things
thot he did. and the children that were
crying in the temple and saying,
"HCsanna to the son C David" thev
we're moved with Indignation. and said
| Unto him. "Hearest thou what these
are saying?"
And Jesus said unto them, Yea;
did We never read. Out of the mouths
CT babes and stockings thou hast per
tected praise?"
And the chief priests and the scrihes
and the principal men Of the people
sought to destroy him; and they could
net find what they might do. for the
people all hung upon him, listening.
And he left them. and went forth
cut CT the city to Bethany, and lodged
there.
Monday-The Refner's Fire.
The triumphal entry accomplished
its immediate turrosa in the public
announcement that JQSus was the Mes
s;anic king. That proclamation and
the iov which it evoked were sUff
Gent for the dav when thew occurred.
We are told that Jesus entered into
Jerusalem. and locked into the temple
end locked round about unon all
things. remaining until eventide, and
then he went unto Bethany with the
- AMI lodged there.
Put that proclamation of regal au-
thOritv involved some exercise Of the
nrerc tives belonging to the Messiah
! MCndav morning beheld Jesus in what
was to his disciples a new role. He
had wrought miracles Of mercy; they
now saw a miracle CT stern. Judgment
The hand which had been laid with
healing power unon the sick. and
which he stretched forth with well
cone to the pen:tent. became strong
tor tho Overturning Of tables and the
breaking Of beverages, He who had
hidden himself from crowds because
the center of a crowd comnOSdd Of the
curious, the wondering, the sympathet
ic and the hostile.
Condemnation of evil is insDarablv
ioined to approval of the good A
God. who abiding amid the shadows,
permits the earthly to 60 its way Of
good or evil unrestrained does not sat
Iisfy the ethical demands Of the soul
Let God 'ariso; let his enemies be
scattered" cried tho nsaImist in a
time Of moral confusion. And
prophet promised those VINO loved the
Lord. but who sadly cOnfessing to
themselves that it seemed vain to
serve him, that the Lord would come
and enable them to look back. and SCI
that God discerned between the right:
eOTs and the ungOdly.
Jesus came not to condemn the
world. yet. in the process of tha-
salvation. it became necessary to on
lribit that stern disapprobation Of sin
which is only the other name fOr the
abiding love Of God.
Tho real temple Of God is the
human soul. And it is written in this
temple. IF any man defile the tnmn}e
of God, whom will God destroy: for
; the temple of God is holy: which
temple We are" EVIL imaginations. un-
| holy desires. resnntful feelings. cOvot.
GUS lodgings, all these prO3ane thG
temple Of our lives. Many schO'a~s
have raised the question whether :.
two Cleansings of the tamplp were not
really one: it seemed to them strange
that Jesus. having Ciyan@od the tom.
pie at the beginning Of His ministry.
should haV0 need 20 repeat the act
at the close. Whatever the ansW2.'
concerning the >"mple then. We know
TOO we'll the answer O. the question
row. How easy it is for the OH
abuses to creep hack How constant
IS the need Of the whip Of small
chords in the temple Of our own soul,
: How readily We shut out Of our lives
| in the ardOr Of our ti"St cOnsnr"a-
ton many Worldly habits ma; c.""r
back and back, Il ,d"CT ana Yoaror. til
! they CramN within the sacred pre-.
! Cincts Of our souls most holy place,
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