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"They saw him supping with his disciples in the house of Simon. They saw poor, loving Mary Magdalen wash his feet with costly ointment, that might have been sold for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor  'and us.' THEY SAW HIM SUPPING WITH HIS DISCIPLES IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THEY SAW POOR LOVING MARY MAGDALEN WASH HIS FEET WITH COSTLY OINTMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR THREE HUNDRED PENCE AND THE MONEY GIVEN TO THE POOR AND US
wly through the byways of a city, busy upon other things. Beside him, a little band of worn, anxious men, clad in thread-bare garments--fishermen, petty clerks, and the like; and, following, a noisy rabble, shouting, as crowds in all lands and in all times shout, and as dogs bark, they know not why--because others are shouting, or barking. And that scene marks the highest triumph won while he lived on earth by the village carpenter of Galilee, about whom the world has been fighting and thinking and talking so hard for the last eighteen hundred years. "They saw him, angry and indignant, driving out the desecrators from the temple. They saw the rabble, who a few brief moments before had followed him, shouting 'Hosanna,' slinking away from him to shout with his foes. "They saw the high priests in their robes of white, with the rabbis and doctors, all the great and learned in the land, sitting late into the night beneath the vaulted roof of the Sanhedrin's council-hall, plotting his death. LLING LITTLE GREY DONKEY PASSING SLOWLY THROUGH THE BYWAYS OF A CITY BUSY UPON OTHER THINGS BESIDE HIM A LITTLE BAND OF WORN ANXIOUS MEN CLAD IN THREADBARE GARMENTS FISHERMEN PETTY CLERKS AND THE LIKE AND FOLLOWING A NOISY RABBLE SHOUTING AS CROWDS IN ALL LANDS AND IN ALL TIMES SHOUT AND AS DOGS BARK THEY KNOW NOT WHY BECAUSE OTHERS ARE SHOUTING OR BARKING AND THAT SCENE MARKS THE HIGHEST TRIUMPH ONE WHILE HE LIVED ON EARTH BY THE VILLAGE CARPENTER OF GALILEE ABOUT WHOM THE WORLD HAS BEEN FIGHTING AND THINKING AND TALKING SO HARD FOR THE LAST EIGHTEEN HUNDRED YEARS THEY SAW HIM ANGRY AND INDIGNANT DRIVING OUT THE DESECRATORS FROM THE TEMPLE THEY SAW THE RABBLE WHO A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS BEFORE HAD FOLLOWED HIM SHOUTING HOSANNA SLINKING AWAY FROM HIM TO SHOUT WITH HIS FOES THEY SAW THE HIGH PRIESTS IN THEIR ROBES OF WHITE WITH THE RABBIS AND DOCTORS ALL THE GREAT AND LEARNED IN THE LAND SITTING LATE INTO THE NIGHT BENEATH THE VAULTED ROOF OF THE SAN HEDRON'S COUNCIL HALL PLOTTING HIS DEATH
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