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They jostle irreverently against their priests. Each individual man, woman, and child on the stage acts, and acts in perfect harmony with all the rest. THEY JOSTLE IRREVERENTLY AGAINST THEIR PRIESTS EACH INDIVIDUAL MAN WOMAN AND CHILD ON THE STAGE ACTS AND ACT IN PERFECT HARMONY WITH ALL THE REST
assed. 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. All Jerusalem seems to have turned out to see him pass and to follow him, the many laughing, the few sad. The people fill the narrow streets to overflowing, and press round the spears of the Roman Guard. "They throng the steps and balconies of every house, they strain to catch a sight of Christ above each other's heads. They leap up on each other's backs to gain a better vantage-ground from which to hurl their jeers at him. 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 ALL JERUSALEM SEEMS TO HAVE TURNED OUT TO SEE HIM PASS AND TO FOLLOW HIM THE MANY LAUGHING THE FEW SAD THE PEOPLE FILL THE NARROW STREETS TO OVERFLOWING AND PRESS ROUND THE SPEARS OF THE ROMAN GUARD THEY THRONG THE STEPS AND BALCONIES OF EVERY HOUSE THEY STRAIN TO CATCH A SIGHT OF CHRIST ABOVE EACH OTHER'S HEADS THEY LEAP UP ON EACH OTHER'S BACKS TO GAIN A BETTER VANTAGE GROUND FROM WHICH TO HURL THEIR JEERS AT HIM
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