. In His footsteps : a record of travel to and in the land of Christ : with an attempt to mark the Lord's journeyings in chronological order from His birth to His Ascension . aving its reception to its own charms and to thelowly humility,self-denial, andgreatness withwhich it was de-livered. With what sor-row must hehave entered hisFathers house onthis occasion. Itis a time of joyfor others, yet hemust come as acriminal hiding from justice. The feast of tabernacles(or ingathering) was intended to commemorate the passageof the Israelites through the wilderness, and was celebratedwith such unive
. In His footsteps : a record of travel to and in the land of Christ : with an attempt to mark the Lord's journeyings in chronological order from His birth to His Ascension . aving its reception to its own charms and to thelowly humility,self-denial, andgreatness withwhich it was de-livered. With what sor-row must hehave entered hisFathers house onthis occasion. Itis a time of joyfor others, yet hemust come as acriminal hiding from justice. The feast of tabernacles(or ingathering) was intended to commemorate the passageof the Israelites through the wilderness, and was celebratedwith such universal joy that both Josephus and Philo callit the holiest and greatest feast, and it was known amongthe Jews as the fcasf preeminently. It was kept for sevenconsecutive days, from the 15th to the 21st of Tisri, andthe eighth was celebrated by a holy convocation. Duringthe seven days the Jews celebrated their desert wanderings,lived in booths made of thickly foliaged boughs of olive andpalm and pine and myrtle. During the week of festivities allthe courses of priests were employed in turn ; seventy bullockswere offered in sacrifice for the seventy nations of the world ;. THE WATERS OF MEROM. Geikie, Life of Christ. 78 Third Years Ministry the law was daily read, and on each day the temple trumpetssounded twenty-one times an inspiring and triumphant joy of the occasion was deepened by the fact that thefeast followed but four days after the ceremonies of the greatday of atonement, in which a solemn expiation was made forthe sins of the people. As soon as the Lord entered the temple he was recognizedand attacked. He is accused of having a devil. Nicodemus,who came to him by night, a member of the Sanhedrin, en-deavors to have justice done, but he is himself charged withbeing in league with Jesus. The spirit of the Jews is no-
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