...which impended over his devoted country, he broke forth amid tears into the melancholy apostrophe — " O, Jerusalem ! Jerusalem ! which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not !" Was it not the gracious Saviour's dying request, urgently and frequently repeated — " This is...

...tomorrow, and the third day 1 shall be perfected. 33 Nevertheless, I must work today and to-morrow, and the day following : for it cannot be that a prophet...would not! 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. a And verily, I say unto you,Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say,...

...pass, and which had been predicted by a number of the prophets. I mean the destruction of Jerusalem: " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not. Behold your house is left unto you desolate." [Luke 13. 34, 35.] Thus, Christ labored to prevent Jerusalem...

...and which had been predicted by a number of the prophets. I mean the destruction of Jerusalem: " 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not. Behold your house is left unto you desolate." [Luke 13. 34, 35.] Thus, Christ labored to prevent Jerusalem...

...to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following : for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. And verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until...

...sorrowful, comfort ; to the sufferer, rest. How pathetic his yearning over the devoted city ! — lí O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not." I wish I could dwell on the skill and pointedness of those answers by which he silenced his opposers,...

...to-morrow, and the day \ following : foi it cannot be that a prophet perish -out of Jerusalem. 34 О " Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not ! « MnU.23.37. "act that the prophets had been chiefly slain there. ' It cannot easily be done elsewhere;...

...of the week, they came unto the shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not ! 3d Behold, your house is left unto you desolate : and verily I say unto you, Ye 31 But that the world...

...to-morrow, and the day following : for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. gether, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and...the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. ERRORS. 1. sa'-cri-fi-ces_/brsac'-ri-fi-ces. 4. Sil-o'-am/br Sil'....

...the penalty of his life. But why go farther, * Matt, xxiii. 35; 2 Chron. xxiv. 21. t Jer. xxvi. 2& " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets,...gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!" This familiar, but tender and beautiful comparison, is often used, in Scripture, to represent the shelter,...