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''"When Jesus  drew  near  Jerusalem,  seeing  the  city,  He wept  over  it." — Luke xix. 41.

Ex.: I.  Power  of  Scripture. II. Arguments for  Christ's divinity.

I. Wept  over  city :  1. Divine sympathy. 2. Unselfishness. 3. Popular  response.

II. Foretold ruin :  1. Prophecy. 2. Author  and  subject. 3. Destruction  of  Jerusalem.

III. Cleared Temple:  1. Sacrifice. 2. Traders. 3. St. Jerome.

IV. Lord of  all :  1. Supper-room. 2. Ass  and  foal. 3. True force of  argument.

Per.: 1. Power of  Scripture. 2. Choice  of  means. 3. Omnipotence.

Brethren, if  you  care  this  afternoon  to  take  your family Bible — and  you  should  regard  it  as  a  sacred weekly duty  so  to  do — if,  I  say,  you  care,  after  church, to take  your  family  Bible  and  read  over  and  ponder over the  Gospel  I  have  just  read — Luke  xix. 41-47 — you will  find  there  three  excellent  arguments  against the anti-Christian  spirit  of  our  times — three  convincing proofs  of  Christ's  divinity.

And first,  we  read  that  He  wept  over  Jerusalem. Lamentation over  our  own  misfortunes  is  a  purely human passion,  but  to  forget  self  and  weep  over the ruin  of  another  is  divine. Now, here  was  Christ on the  day  of  His  victory — the  one  day  of  His  whole earthly career  worthy,  humanly  speaking,  to  be called  triumphant. Fresh in  the  popular  memory