The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-28
"VOX POPULTS' GREAT Day
The International Sunday School Les
son for August 2 il "Thc Triumphai
Eutry."-Nark 1f:1-11.
by William T.. Ellis.

lem, VINO mas any IMAGINATION, mas
his thought turning again and again
to the walled-up gate in the center
of the eastern side Of the city. 1t is
called the Golden Gate" and the
Moslems have a belief that if ever
this gate is opened again the Chris
tians will get possession of the city,
for it was through this gate that the
procession of the Triumphal Entry
passed. Now the traveller who would
go out from Jerusalem to the Mount
of Olives must go up to the north
eastern corner, where st. Stephens
gate opens out OF the valley Of the
Kidron.
Gate on the ramparts Of the old
temple area, with the crown of the
Mount of Olives before ones eyes,
thoughts crowd in of that great day
when the clear air ~resounded with !
the shouts of the multitudes acclaim
ing the only Nazarene as the Son
of David" the l~ong-expected Mes
siah.
That was the greatest worldly
triumph of Jesus-greater even than
his experience up in Galilee, after
the feeding of the five thousand.
when the multitude would have
made him king. For there were
Passover pilgrims from every nation
under heaven, full of religious fer
vor. doing honor to the Wonder
Worker who, in their enthusiasm,
they accepted as the One Who Was
To Come.
The procession was a triumph for
Jesus, and it also partook of the
flavor of defiance of his enemies. He
had the people with him. In this
hour his enemies were powerlesi.
They might Stay him ere a we>k
could not deny him. The raising of
Lazarus, his greatest miracle, which
was likewise the immediate cause Of
his death. had set the people into a
frenzy of adulatiOn.
The TIiumphal Entry.
All four Of the biographers of
Jesus tell this great story. Marks
narration is the one chosen by the
Lesson Committee.
And when they came nigh to
Jerusalem, unto B%ethphage and
Bethany. at the Mount of Olives. he
sendeth forth two Of his disciples
and saith unto them, Go your way
into the village over against you:
and as soon as we be entered into it
We shall find Il colt tied, WHEREOF
never man sat; loose him, and bring
him. And il any man say unto you
Why do we this? say We that tn
Lord hath need Of him; and straight
way he will send him hithsr.
And they went their way, am
found the colt tied by the door with
out in a place where two ways met
and they loose him. And certain 0
them hat stood there S I'd unit
them, What do we, loosing the colt
And they aid unto them eve~. q
Jesus had commanded: and they. lie
them go. And they brought the co
to Jesus, and cast their garments o
him: and he sat upon him.
And many spread their garment
in the way: and others cut dow
branches off the trees, and strewe
them in the way. And they thu
went before, and they that FOLLOWED
cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed
he that cometh in the name of tt
our father David, that cometh il tt
name Of the Lord: Hosanna in tt
highest. And Jesus entered in
Jerusalem, and into the temple: al
when he had looked round abo,
upon all things, and now tie ever
tide was come, he went out un
Bethany with the twelve"
a Popular Demonstration.
The tides of talk which flo
through the ranks of the comm,
people are often d~isregarded by S
called leaders Of thought, yet tn
determine public action. Not {
ways do the newspapers reflect t
subjects that are engrossing Il
popular mind. On this occasion VII
hundreds of thousands, doubtle
more than a million, Jews we
~thronging to the Passover, the O
dominant theme was the personal
OF Jesus, the Healer, Teacher a
Miracle Worker.
Plain folk do not talk in abstre
tons. They love truth incarnat
in a life or a deed. Tha is c
reason why all the great religions
the world, except one, bear the ma,
of the man who was their found
People often speak of churches
terms Of the pastor. A few days :
a gentleman inquired for the Pr
byterian church in a certain CO
munity. but the station agent she
his head blankly. Then, as an aft
thought, he asked. II wonder if
mean Mr.. Fields church," He
not even know tie denomination
the congregation, but he did XII