The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-02
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH.


THERE was a certain named Lazarus of Bethany.
who taken very ill; and as he was the Brother of
that Mary who had anointed Christ with ointment and
wiped His feet with her hair She and her sister Martha
sent to him in great trouble saying, Lord Lazarus whom
you love, is sick, and like to die
Jesus did not go to them for two days after receiving
this message when that time past he said to his
Disciples Lazarus is dead Let us go to Bethany"
When they arrived there Git was place very near to
Jerusae) they found Jesus had foretod that Laza-
rus was Dead and had been dead and buried four days.
from among the people who had come to condole with
her her poor brothers death and ran to meet him:
leaving her sister Mary weeping in the house. When
Martha him she burst into tears and said "Oh Lord
Thou hadst been here my brother would not have died.
" know he will and believe he WILL Lord at the Resur-
rection the Last Day., said Martha t'i." NJ ~
Jesus said to her y am the Resurrection and the Lie!
running back to her sister Mary told her that Christ
Mary hearing this ran out, followed by all those
who had been grievng with her in the house. and coming
to the place where he was fell down at his feet upon the
ground and wept; and did all the rest Jesus was
full of compassion for their that He wept oo as
he said where have you laid him ?"They said. Lord
and see!'' ~
He was buried in cave and there was great stone
laid upon when they all to the Grave, Jesus
dered the stone be rolled away which was done Then
after casting His eyes, and thanking God He said in
loud and solemn voice. Lazarus, forth! and the
dead man. Lazarus, restored to life out among the
people, and home with his sisters At this sight SO
that Christ was indeed the Son Of Cod t. instruct
and mankind. But others to tell the Pharsees:
seves0 prevent people from believing in him. that
Jesus should be killed. And they agreed among themselves
meeting in the Temple for that purpose-tha if he
into Jerusalem before the Feast of the Passover which
was then approaching, he should be seized.
T six days before the Passover when Jesus raised
Lazarus from the dead and at night when they all sat
at supper together with Lazarus among them, Mary
up and took pound of ointment (which very precious
and COSTLY and called ointment of spikenard) and
anonted the feet of Jesus Christ with it, and again
wiped them on her hair and the whole house filled
with the pleasant smell of ointment Judas 1scarot
of the Disciples pretended to be angry a. this and said
that the ointment might have been sold for Three Hundred
Pence and the money given to the poor But only said
in reality because he carried the Purse, and (un
known to the rest at that ne Thief and wished to get
all the he could He began to plot for beray
ing Christ into the hands of the chief Priests
The Feast of the Passover drawing very near,
Jesus Christ with his disciples moved forward towards
Jerusalem. When they come to that city, he
pointed to village and told two of his disciples to go
there and they would find ass, with colt tied to
tree, which they to bring to Him. Finding these
animals exactly Jesus had described they brought them
away and Jesus riding the ass entered Jerusalem. An
immense crowd of people collected round him, He
along and throwing their robes the ground and cutting
down green branches from the trees and spreading them
IN Ills path they shouted and cried Hosanna to the Son
of David" david had been great King there) "He
comes in the name Of the Lordi This Jesus the Prophet
of Nazareth And when Jesus went into the Temple and
cast out the tables of the who wrongfuy
sat there together with people who sold Doves saying
My fathers house Is house of PRAYER but We have made