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All Jerusalem seems to have turned out to see him pass and to follow him, the many laughing, the few sad. ALL JERUSALEM SEEMS TO HAVE TURNED OUT TO SEE HIM PASS AND TO FOLLOW HIM THE MANY LAUGHING THE FEW SAD
und myself wondering, in my common, earthly way, whether, with a little trouble to draw them closer together, and some honest work to keep them from getting into mischief, Adam and Eve were not almost better off than they would have been mooning about Paradise with nothing to do but talk. "In the tableau representing the return of the spies from Canaan, some four or five hundred men, women and children are most effectively massed. The feature of the foreground is the sample bunch of grapes, borne on the shoulders of two men, which the spies have brought back with them from the promised land. The sight of this bunch of grapes, we are told, astonished the children of Israel. I can quite understand its doing so. The picture of it used to astonish me, too, when _I_ was a child. "The scene of Christ's entry into Jerusalem surrounded by the welcoming multitude, is a wonderful reproduction of life and movement, and so also is the scene, towards the end, showing his last journey up to Calvary. ILY WERE VERY CONTENTED AND I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING IN MY COMMON EARTHLY WAY WHETHER WITH A LITTLE TROUBLE TO DRAW THEM CLOSER TOGETHER AND SOME HONEST WORK TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING INTO MISCHIEF ADAM AND EVE WERE NOT ALMOST BETTER OFF THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN MOONING ABOUT PARADISE WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT TALK IN THE TABLEAU REPRESENTING THE RETURN OF THE SPIES FROM CANAAN SOME FOUR OR FIVE HUNDRED MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE MOST EFFECTIVELY MASKED THEATURE OF THE FOREGROUND IS THE SAMPLE BUNCH OF GRAPES BORNE ON THE SHOULDERS OF TWO MEN WHICH THE SPIES HAVE BROUGHT BACK WITH THEM FROM THE PROMISED LAND THE SIGHT OF THIS BUNCH OF GRAPES WE ARE TOLD ASTONISHED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL I CAN QUITE UNDERSTAND ITS DOING SO THE PICTURE OF IT USED TO ASTONISH ME TOO WHEN I WAS A CHILD THE SCENE OF CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY THE WELCOMING MULTITUDE IS A WONDERFUL REPRODUCTION OF LIFE AND MOVEMENT AND SO ALSO IS THE SCENE TOWARDS THE END SHOWING HIS LAST JOURNEY UP TO CALVARY
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