So Jesus came to the great town of Jerusalem: all the people came into the streets to look at him, and even the little children began to praise him, and to call him King. The proud men, that hated Jesus, were very angry at hearing all these praises. They did not like to hear Jesus praised. They came to him and said, Why do you let these children call you king?
But Jesus liked to hear the children sing his praise, and he would not tell them to be silent.
Jesus loved little children, and these little children loved Jesus.
LESSON XXX.
THE TEMPLE.
Luke, xix. 47, 48; xx. 19, 20; xxi. 37, 38.
There was a large place in Jerusalem, like a great church, called the Temple. It was white outside, and very beautiful. The doors were open all day, and people used to go in to pray to God. It was God’s house: Jesus used often to be there with his disciples. Poor blind and lame people came to him there, and Jesus cured them all, and talked to them about his Father.
The little children sang his praises in the Temple. All day long Jesus taught the people about God, and they listened to what he said, and liked to hear him.
The wicked and proud men came to the Temple to laugh at Jesus, and to speak rudely to him; but he bore all as meekly as a lamb.
At night he left the Temple, and went out of the town to a high hill, where he prayed to God alone in the dark.