forth from the city, and we heard their shouts of 'Hosanna in the
Highest!' as they entered the gate of Jerusalem."

"What said your father when he saw all this?" queried Joseph.

"He said but little. There was a shadow on his face, yet he spoke
cheerfully. 'I cannot understand it,' he murmured. 'They are trying to
make Him King of the Jews; but King He will not be, at least not in
their fashion. Yet in some way I know He will be Prince and Deliverer.
I cannot understand, I will wait.'"

"Were you not in Jerusalem when He was put to death?"

"No. My father was frail and ill and we had hastened home to
Bethlehem. News of His death on the cross had only just reached us
when another messenger came to tell us that the sepulcher in which He
had been laid was empty; that He had risen from the dead.

"My father's eyes kindled when he heard this message. He cast aside
his staff and stood firm on his feet. His voice, when he spoke, rang
out like a trumpet. 'Blessed be the Lord God of Israel!' he cried. It
is thus that He redeemeth His people. This Jesus is not to be the
Captain of our armies, but the Savior of our souls. His kingdom is the
kingdom of righteousness, and therefore it is that the prophet hath
said: "Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be
no end."

"Always after that, words of the prophet concerning the Messiah kept
coming back to my father; and once and again he cried out: 'Truly,
this Jesus was the Son of God, the true King of Israel!' As the months