The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-07-28

more effective in a community thdn
a hundred eloquent sermons.
Some day, in the ideal state, the
administration will definitely provide
themes and occasions and PERSONAL
ties for poplar interest. Thus men
will be helped to realize their best
selves and to develop a community
loyalty.
Meanwhile. by a common impulse,
he crowds were ~thrOnging toward
him whose personality overshadowed
the Passover itself. 1t was a demo-
cratic demonstration which ensued.
In a frenzy Of enthusiasm, people
threw their outer garments in the
way for him to ride over, just as
men throw their hats in the air at
q political demonstration. Clearly,
Jesus possessed the interest and en-
thusiasm of the people. A lesser one
than he would have had his he'd
turned by the ovation. He knew
the f%icleness of the popular mind.
for had he not experienced it in the
North? OF all that multitude, he
alone was clear-eyed to the truth
that the tickle mob would sool be
shouting. Cruelty him."
A LOwly Mount.
Not a champing war horse, as
ride earth'S ~conquerOrs, but in the
lOwlineSS of the ambassador Of peace,
Jesus came riding upon an ass; the
patient beast of the common people.
Not even that was his own. AS old
Matthew Henry said: This colt was
borrowed. Christ went upon the
water in a borrowed boat; ate the
Passover in a borrowed Sepulcher and
here rode on a borrowed ass"
None the less the crowd acclaimed
!, him King. They withheld not the
common messianic designation, "Son
) of David which blind b timaeus
had used. The words Of the demon
( station, as culled from the four
Y reports, resound the character of this
f acclaim: "Hosanna! Hosanna to
, the Son of David, blessed is he
f Blessed is the king. Blessed is the
king of Israel that cOmeth in the
name of the Lord Blessed be
the kingdom of our father David
f that cometh in the name Of the Lore
Peace in him and glory in the
e highest, Hosanna in the highest!'
All this Jesus accepted as hi:
o due, thereby infuriating tn,
Pharisees. He had a kingly dig
e nifty which too royal prerogative
as his right. and as he looked abou
y that crowd, he saw many familia
/: faces; there were the sick he ha,
t, healed; the blind to whom he ha'
n given sight; leaping in the forefron
may have been Bartimaeus; yondel
u, shouting sturdily, was digniie,
lie Jairus; Mary, with rapt face, follow
t. ed; hard by the Teacher, Lazarus wa
an object of interest, second only t
I'd the Lord himself
Even the celestial choir must hav
It; shared the enthusiasm Of that hou
of of eXultatiOn. When it was given t
to the multitude to posses a flash {
t? spiritual insight. 1t is a great thin
as to let our best selves ave a chanc
let They who rail at the enthusiasm
DIT Christian Endeavor Conventions an
on other religious gatherings have 70,
gotten that Jesus rebuked those WI
ITS would have Silenced the tumult
Nn the triumphal entry.
ed "If Thou Hadst Known"
at When a great city repudiates
ed, refuses to accept a man Of greatnes
is the consequences are far beyond pro
he nOsticatiOn. When Philadelphia we
of coined poor Ben Franklin she acqui
he ed great riches and is still drawing i
he terest on that hospitality. Jerusale
ito spurned Jesus. In rejecting him t
nd city missed all of her prophesi
,ut highest distinction. He lac come
en- whom all her prophets sung, a.
ITO Jerusalem knew it not. She was
ecclesiastical center, and yet blind
the spiritual visitation for which t
ow ages had waited! Alas for the COZ
,on munities dominated by the little /
men, with petty ideas of thrift a
hey advantage, but without the vision
al see opportunity when it arrives. T
tragedy Of it pierced the compassiC
the ate heart of Jesus.
hen He openly wept over the city of
less love, crying, IF t GU hadst known
ere this day, even thou, the things VIII
one belong unto thy peace! But n
lily they are hid from thine eyes. For
and days shall come upon thee when tn.
enemies shall cast up a bank alb,
rac- thee and compass thee round. a
ted keep thee in on every side, and sh
o e dash thee to the ground and II
5 of children within thee: and they st
lme not leave in thee on stone upon
der. other; because thou knewest not
in time of thy visitation"
go By one of the greatest reverSalS
res history, Jerusalem is now q VIC
ON ca pital because of the Christ whom
look rejected. The highest buildings
fter- the old city today are Christ