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 above the  human — so  divine — that  vast  throng  cried out its  profession  of  faith  till  the  hills  and  valleys rang again  with  "  Hosannas  to  the  Son  of  David! " and "  Blessed  is  He  that  cometh  in  the  name  of  the Lord."

Secondly, we  read  the  words  of  Christ  addressed to the  city — words  scarcely  intelligible,  so  broken  are they by  His  sobs  and  tears. " Didst  thou,"  He  says, " but  know  this  joyful  day  that  I  am  the  guardian of  thy  peace,  thou  wouldst  not  seek  to  murder  Me. Didst  thou  but  know  what  things  are  in  store  for  thee in  punishment  for  that  crime,  thou  too  wouldst weep.  But  now  all  this  is  hidden  from  thine  eyes," and then  He  goes  on  to  foretell  the  city's  impending calamities. Here is  our  second  argument  for  Christ's divinity. Experience teaches  us,  and  Holy  Writ further assures  us,  that  the  events  of  the  future  are known to  no  man — no,  not  even  to  the  angels in heaven — but  to  God  alone. " Show  the  things that  are  to  come  hereafter,"  says  Isaias  (xli.  23), " and  we  shall  know  that  ye  are  gods." True, the prophets of  the  Old  Law  foretold  the  events  of  the New, but,  as  St.  Peter  says,  it  was  not  they  who spoke, but  the  Spirit  of  God  who  spoke  in  them  and through them. Between their  prophecies  and  those of Christ,  there  is  this  difference,  that  theirs  pointed ever not  to  themselves  but  to  Christ. What the  Old Testament says  in  prophecy,  the  New  repeats  as already  accomplished. The two  are  well  typified  in the  two  seraphic  spirits  described  by  Isaias  as  flying through the  heavens  crying,  one  to  the  other,