The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-03-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON


SUNDAY, MARCH 4.
JESUS TEACHING IN TIE TEN
PLE.-Luke 20:f-21:38.
Render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars, and unto God the
things that are GOd's.-Luke 20:25.
TEACHING BY SYMBOLS.
Not only by thronging pilgrims to
the Feast, but by the priests of Jer-
icho had come the word of the APP
proach Of Jesus and of the strange
happenings in that city of the palms.
Had there not been a victory over
disease and pauperism that had brot
eXultant shouts from Bartimeus and
his friends? Had there not been a
far more wonderful transformation
in the rich Publican and the startling
announcement: ''He also is a Son of
Abraham" Had there not been a
fate in Bethany to this conqueror Of
disease, of death and of casts where
perfume fit for king had been Law
ished upon Him? All the city was in
a buzz of talk like hive of stirred
bees. And there was menace and
sting therein. Then across the hill in
slow procession, riding upon the beast
Of the old kings, the Prophet ap-
peared. Green branches strewed the
path, cloaks made royal carpet for
the feet of the colt that bore Him and
such was the press and clamor of an
approving throng that they were
ready to make a road of bodies as
quickly as of coats. Shouting and
singing rolled an unwonted volume
of sound thru the great gateway
and swelled thru the whole city.
Pressed upon every side by restless
mob that choked the narrow streets
the procession was long in pushing
its head into the court of the mighty
temple upon the crown of hill. Like
a great organ it gave voice to a burst
of psalmody that filled all the place
with music and hushed the keepers of
the altar into stiffness before the
advance. If some prophet had APP
peared before the gate Beautiful and
had poured the holy oil upon His brow
and pressed a crown upon the shining
locks there would have been no sur
prise nor and addition to the claim
voiced in the symbols of kingly rule
that accompanied the approach of
Jesus to the House of His Father.
There was no escape from the impli-
cation and there was troubled sleep
in many brain that night.
THE TEACING OF DEEDS.
Spirit and matter faced each other
that morning. Jesus incarnated in
Himself all the spiritual forces of the
worlds. Upon the crest of the hill
where once the Shenkinah glory had
blazed there was now & vast citadel
armories, colannades and courts with
great towers, guardrooms, ware
houses for storing arms and NUM-
tions, strong rooms for holding the
vast treasures gathered from allquar-
tiers Of the globe and great doors
whose beauty overlays the strength of
oaken timbers and bronze bars. How
strong it all was may be judged from
the Roman attempt to capture it
when Titue brought all the enginery
Of Rome against it from July II to
August 9 before its starved defenders
could be driven out and then it wasthe
flaming building more than external
pressure that closed the desperate
siege. In the days of Jesus it was
fortress, bank, bazaar, market, forum,
street, dwelling, stock exchange and
altar. Men trampled thru the refuse
of countless sheep and cattle, hoarse
shouts Of drivers mingled with the
voice Of beasts so that prayer was
far less known in it's courts that the
sounds of traffic. 1t had become a
great incarnate Mammon and the
Christ Of the Spirit hurled Himself
against it with whip in hand so that
for an hour there was confusion
worse COMPOUNDED and then stiffness
where the sounds of prayer and
praise might be heard. No more dar-
ing challenge was ever made on earth
than that Of Jesus on the Monday Of
Passion Week. Spirit famed against
all the mammon Of the world and it
skunk away in dismay. He was Lord
of all the business Of earth for an
hour at least. All Jerusalem was in
a tumult. 1t was the most disturb
ing night the rulers had known as
they consulted over what could be
done with this daring soul, outlawed
and branded as imboster, who came
openly into their very doors and de-
manded that they do obediance to a
new spirit in man. No wonder the
greatest day in the history of debate
was staged for the morrow. They
refused to learn the lesson set.
THE TEACHING OF WORDS.
Jesus came early To the TenonTn