Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-03

lASl0R RQSStlly Importance of the
event which Chris
tians commemorate on Palm Sunday |.
was not understood by the Jews at the |.
time Of our Lords First Advent.
The Jewish Sabbath had been spent
in rest at Bethany 1t was the next
corresponding to our Sunday,
that Jesus made his triumphal entry
into the city Of Jerusalem as the Jew
ish King.
The incident had been foretold by
the Prophet in detail, saying, Rejoice
greatly, o daughter of Zion; shout, o
daughter Of Jerusalem; behold, thy
King cometh unto thee; lie Is just,
and having salvation; lowly, aud rid
ing upon an nss'-Zechariah 90
The awakening of Lazarus from
death had brought large concourse
Of people from Jerusalem to see Jesus,
They We're filed with enthusiasm and,
after the custom Of the time, many
strewed palm branches In the way,
while others spread their garments.
Prophecy Must Be Fulfilled,
The people shouted as the Prophet
had foretold. They hailed Jesus as
their Compromised King, the Mes
slah. On other occasions, when at
tempts were made to hail the Master
thus, He Withdrew Himself, because
the Fathers time was not yet due,
But now the appointed time had
come, and hence, instead Of hndeling,
He encouraged their enthusiasm.
Prominent sectarian Jews were pres
ent. who, although unable to account
/ for Jesus raising Of Lazarus, were
loath to accept Him as the true Mes
slah; and when they heard the shouts
Of the multitude. they sent word re
questng that He restrain them.
But instead Of forbldding them, .Ie'
sus intimated that 1t was proper for
them TO do 80. The Prophet had said
"Shout, 0 daughter Of Jerusalem
and there must be n shout.
Enroute TO Jerusalem the Master
halted the procession on the summit
Of the Mount OF Olives, which over
looks the Holy City, and wept while
pronouncing His sentence,
Knew Not the Time Of Their Visitation
Apparently the nation was MS unpre
pared rs at first for the Messiah
hence the familiar words, "Behold
your House Is left unto you desolnte
For | say unto you, We shall not sec
Me henceforth I'LL ye shall say, Bless
ed Is He that comcth In the name ol
the Lord" That Day Is almost here
Meantime the nation has been cast or
II thus we have before our mind
the origin of Palm Sunday and whh
II slgnlfed, rs the climax Of the teS
Of Natural Israel IN respect to the nc
ceptance OF their Messiah. we are pre-
pared to go further ana to note thai
In Gods providence there Is similar
test for MS Christians.
The Pastor called attention to thl
fact that while Israel ns a nation wa
rejected. there was n small, lnlthfu
remnant who accepted Christ nnd thu
became the nucleus or fonndntlon q
Spiritual Israel on the Day Of Pcnte
cost. Thus, so far ns respects tb
Spiritual part Of Gods great prolnis
to Abraham, It passed forever rrou
the reach Of the Jewish nation; hu
there stll remains for them q glorlou
earthly portion. to which they viii b
introduced ut Jesus Second coming.
The Time Of Our Visitation.
Apparently very few Of Spiritual u
racl. until recently noticed that i la
had history parallel TO That Of Nntr
raj Israel, Few indeed have seen tha
these two lsmcls have been dealt wit
Ms Tyne and Nntltype. Small has bee
the number who have noticed tia
from the death Of lncob 10 the dcnt
OF Jesus finds Ms cyact parallel d
lSlJla years between ile dchth q
Jesus mud our day
Few have noticed that IN both Na
urnl Israel and IN Spiritual Israel theI
have been both nominal ana rei
israel. The nominal jewish eyslc'
was tried nnd all but the "lsracllies Il
deed failed. Likewise WIN be the e.
perience Of Spiritual Israel The nom
nal Christian systems VIII be irlc'
aud OH IN them VIII fnll except III
faithful splritbegotten
The Lord through The Prophet for
told that Messiah would hc "for
stone Of stumbling 10 both the Hous'
OF Israe"-to Natural Israel aud
Spiritual Israel. Many things lndicn
TINT we are living IN time corr
spending 10 TINT Palm Sunday! Ou
Is Palm Sunday IN the highest SEM
Of nlll How nrc we receiving the gre
: blessings which beiokcn the pdrous
, prcsence) OF the Mnstorl