hath need of them, and forthwith he will let them go." The prophet Zacharias had foretold the coming of the future King, the Messias, in these words : " Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke." These words were well known, and very dear to the hearts of all who looked for the redemption of Israel, and their exact fulfilment in the entry of Christ and His followers into Jerusalem accounts in no small measure for the remarkable outburst of popular enthusiasm with which He was greeted. Here then we have as proofs of His divinity, first, His wonderful insight into the future, amounting to omniscience; second, His entire conformity to the Messianic prophecies, even in the minutest details; and third, His practical assertion of absolute dominion over all things. An unbeliever would probably attempt to explain away the force of the argument by asserting that the ready acquiescence of the man in placing his guest-chamber at the disposal of the Saviour was but the exercise of ordinary hospitality, but nowhere in history do we find that the law of kindness to strangers was wont to be carried to such extremes. Neither is the Socialist's explanation to be admitted, viz., that each incident is but an assertion on the part of Our Lord that each of us has a right in the time of need to help himself to the belongings of his more fortunate neighbor. Christ came not to destroy but to fulfil the law, and the seventh point of the law is, "Thou shalt not steal." He said, indeed, "The
