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All this was the work of 'one of the days of the Son of Man. Of Him it was prophesied long ago, 'For Jerusalem's sake I will not rest'; and His life on earth, as well as His life in heaven, fulfils the prediction the one by the toilsomeness of His service, the other by the unceasing energy of His exalted power. He toiled unwearied here, He works unresting there.
The first time I ever recollect my feeling for the heathen world, was from a discourse I heard my brother preach at Moulton, the first summer after I was thoughtful. It was from these words: 'For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake will I give him no rest. It was a day to be remembered by me; a day set apart for prayer and fasting by the church.
So we have not only to look back to the Cross, but up to the Throne. From the Cross we hear a voice, 'It is finished. From the Throne a voice, 'For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest. II. Secondly, Christ's servants on earth derive from Him a like perpetual activity for the same object.
"I want him out of reach of trouble here pending his discharge. No need to certify him mad, is there?" "Mad? All Australians are mad. None of us need a certificate for that. Have you arrested him?" "Not yet." "Then you're too late! He's suffering from bad food and exposure. The air of Jerusalem's bad for him, and he's liable to get pugnacious if argued with. That runs in the blood.
I turned to the fly-leaf and read this: "To my daughter on her eighth birthday from her father. "'I give you the end of a golden string: Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall." "Isn't it lovely?" questioned the child, who had stood by, waiting, while I read. "Yes," I agreed, "very lovely, and very new."
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