Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes. fountain of tears.

The, calamities that were to come upon Israel filled the prophet with such sorrow that he felt as though his tears should flow like an exhaustless fountain. He hungered for the salvation of his country and people and when he saw that they were determined on. course of destruction it almost broke his heart. Thus has felt many. prophet and many. preacher whose warnings have been unheeded. Thus felt Savonarola when he called the Florentines to repentance and warned them of coming destruction. Thus has felt many. pastor who has sown seed on stony grounds. And thus Christ seemed to feel in that wonderful picture when he stands on Mt. Olivet and weeps over the Jerusalem "that he would have gathered as. hen gathers her brood wider her wings," but which had refused his mercy in the day of grace.