. The life of our Saviour Jesus Christ : three hundred and sixty-five compositions from the four Gospels. t. Preaching, prayer and quiet meditationwere all alike impossible; the state of things was scandalous; no one could now retire to thecool shade of the Temple in the morning, for it was then that the traffic was at its reali:(ed the abuses resulting from the deplorable invasion; but no one had the cou-rage to take the initiative in trying to put a stop to it. fesus alone, with the authority whichradiated forth from His person-ality, could have hoped to bringsuch an attempt
. The life of our Saviour Jesus Christ : three hundred and sixty-five compositions from the four Gospels. t. Preaching, prayer and quiet meditationwere all alike impossible; the state of things was scandalous; no one could now retire to thecool shade of the Temple in the morning, for it was then that the traffic was at its reali:(ed the abuses resulting from the deplorable invasion; but no one had the cou-rage to take the initiative in trying to put a stop to it. fesus alone, with the authority whichradiated forth from His person-ality, could have hoped to bringsuch an attempt to a successfulissue. He took off a kind ofgirdle, made of rope, which Hewore round His robes, twisted itinto a sort of scourge and usedif as a whip to drive out themthat sold. Behind Him in pro-cession followed His discipleswho, amidst great confusion,gradually cleared out the pur-chasers, till the portico zcas re-stored to its original tranquillity. There can be no doubt thaieverybody except the me reliantthemselves, zvfio zvere thus un-ceremoniously hustled out wit IItheir goods and chattels, zcas. Jevush children. very glad of this success fill measure of repression; the people could not /i//7 to appreciatethe fact that the healthiness of the Temple had gained greatly in every zcay; whilst thecleansing of the porticoesandtheir restoration to tranquillity zvere of paramount importanceto them as the spots sacred to religious zcorship. Moreover, the purification of the waters ofthe cisterns; the restoration of the place set apart for the teaching of the prophets: the returnof saiictitv to the holy spot; in azcord, everything combined to make the in fervent ion of fesuspeciiliarlv opportune. The High Priests alone, the exalted officials of the fezcish nation, onwhom had devolved the right of organising the police of the Temple, were hurt at the initiativebeing thus taken out of their hands, feeling that it icas of the nature of a reproach to view zvill come out clearl
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