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Col
May 6, 2012, 5:28:06 AM5/6/12
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"E Bmums" <e44...@rppkn.com> wrote in message
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> "From the crest of Olivet, Jesus looked upon Jerusalem. Fair and
> peaceful was the scene spread out before Him. It was the season of the
> Passover, and from all lands the children of Jacob had gathered there to
> celebrate the great national festival. In the midst of gardens and
> vineyards, and green slopes studded with pilgrims' tents, rose the
> terraced hills, the stately palaces, and massive bulwarks of Israel's
> capital. The daughter of Zion seemed in her pride to say, "I sit a
> queen, and shall see no sorrow;" as lovely then, and deeming herself as
> secure in Heaven's favor, as when, ages before, the royal minstrel sang,
> "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion,"
> "the city of the great King." Psalm 48:2. In full view were the
> magnificent buildings of the temple. The rays of the setting sun lighted
> up the snowy whiteness of its marble walls, and gleamed from golden gate
> and tower and pinnacle. "The perfection of beauty" it stood, the pride
> of the Jewish nation. What child of Israel could gaze upon the scene
> without a thrill of joy and admiration! But far other thoughts occupied
> the mind of Jesus. "When He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept
> over it." Luke 19:41. Amid the universal rejoicing of the triumphal
> entry, while palm branches waved, while glad hosannas awoke the echoes
> of the hills, and thousands of voices declared Him king, the world's
> Redeemer was overwhelmed with a sudden and mysterious sorrow. He, the
> Son of God, the Promised One of Israel, whose power had conquered death,
> and called its captives from the grave, was in tears, not of ordinary
> grief, but of intense, irrepressible agony."
The Alternative Red Dwarf seems to be improving at last.....
Col
garth2k5
May 12, 2012, 9:19:33 PM5/12/12
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On Sunday, May 6, 2012 10:28:06 AM UTC+1, Col wrote:
> "E Bmums" <e44...@rppkn.com> wrote in message
> news:bc350$4f9a75d9$457010e6$16...@reader.xsusenet.com...
*snip*
> "E Bmums" <e44...@rppkn.com> wrote in message
> news:bc350$4f9a75d9$457010e6$16...@reader.xsusenet.com...
> > grief, but of intense, irrepressible agony."
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> The Alternative Red Dwarf seems to be improving at last.....
>
> Col
Haha.
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> The Alternative Red Dwarf seems to be improving at last.....
>
> Col
Garth
Col
May 20, 2012, 4:06:29 AM5/20/12
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"garth2k5" <gart...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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How's it going Garth?
Col
garth2k5
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