n motion,
the method of sending out messengers had proved altogether
unsatisfactory. He must try the effect of his own words in a place
where, and at a time when, he was sure to reach the greatest multitude
of his people. That could only be in Jerusalem, at the time of the great
pilgrimage at the feast of the Passover. Moreover, the desired result
could only be obtained of course if he openly proclaimed himself to be
the Messiah.

Then it was that the Prophet of quiet reversed his words and armed his
disciples. Jesus was fully aware of the illegality of this arming of his
disciples and of his own direction to purchase a weapon; none the less,
he saw no escape from this bitter necessity. The prediction of the
prophet must be fulfilled, according to which the righteous servant of
the Lord must be numbered among the lawless transgressors. True it is
that he did not lead the revolt himself, but tarried with his disciples
at the Last Supper at a house near by the fighting. When he becomes
aware that his secret hiding place on the Mount of Olives has been
betrayed, Jesus hopes for a miracle from God up to the last. Captured,
he is led away to the palace of the high priest's family on the Mount of
Olives, where, while Jesus is questioned by the high priest, Peter,
unrecognized, warms himself at the fire in the courtyard and thrice
denies his master. He was then taken to the Roman governor's
court-martial, where sentence was passed and he was led off to the place
of execution and there deserted by all his followers except a few
Galilean women. Then was heard the last despairing cry of the desolate,
dying martyr, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

Thus ended the career of this deformed Prophet with the sensitive
deluded mind; a martyr who attempted only to effect reforms amongst his
own people, in his own small locality.

MOSES

With regard to the life, the deeds, and the words of the Prophet Moses
we have no history; only myth and legend. The existence of Moses is not
demonstrated by the Biblical books which are falsely ascribed to him,
yet we cannot be certain that such a character did not exist. In any
event, we must judge his character from the writings ascribed to him.

The legend of the child cast upon the waters is to be found in the
folklore of all nations. This legend, concerning Moses, relates that one
day Pharaoh's daughter, while bathing with her maids in the Nile, found
a Hebrew child exposed on t