Part 115 (1/2)

--_From the French_

1589

When you have pro promised, hath passed over froed to stand to the perforh it may be to your own prejudice

1590

A man who means to keep his promises can't afford to make many

--_Rousseau_

1591

He that gives away his property before death must prepare to suffer

1592

FULFILMENT OF A PROPHESY

The es is often overlooked There is a singular and striking instance of this in the triumphal entry of our Lord into Jerusale the colt that would be found tied there, was in fulfillment of a prophesy made five hundred years before by Zachariah, 9th chapter, 9th verse:--”Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: shout O daughter of Jerusale salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass”--That same donkey colt was so essential to the transaction of that day, that the pageant could not have gone on without it

--_Rev L W Irwin_

FOOTNOTES:

[1592:A] _Mark xi, 2v_

1593

Let those who propose, be willing to perform

1594

As distant prospects please us, but when near, We find but desert rocks, and fleeting air

--_Sir Sam'l Garth_

1595

Now that I have a sheep and a cow, everybody bids ood morrow