The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-17
Palm Sunday.

This is Pam Sunday, being the Sunday next before
Easter is the anniversary Of the day on which Christ
rode in triumph into Jerusalem whom the people
went TO meet him. bearing branches Of palm in their
hands, strewiDg them in the way and crying "Hosanna
blessed the King Of Israeli that oometh in the Of
the lord" The day used to be celebrated very much
among the churches and is still partially kept particu
larry Catholic countries 1t is observed by Catholics in
the United States The palm tree does not exist in Eu-
rope nor this latitude Of America and box FIR pine,
yew CEDAR cypress, willow and other trees subst-
tued In London willow is chiefly sold for "palm for
this festival because at this 1t is almost the only
tree in bloom. Formerly the box tree was also much
used as q substitute Coles in his "Adam in Edenv
says, In speaking Of the wlow:-"Thc blossoms come
forth before any leaves appear, and in their
most ourshing estate usually before Easter divers
Sunday and therefore the said flowers are called Paine
Newton in his Herbal for the Bible, published 1887 after
mentioning that tho box-tree and the palm were often
copounded, says This grew at tho first for that
the people in countries used 10 deck their
church with the boughs and branches thereof Ohe box
,roe the Sunday next before Easter, commonly called
Palm Sunday for at that time Of the year all other trees
for the most part are not blown or bloomed."
sun IN Exsa =. for the boys to go out
iTrSou! sunday in the streets Of London for
palm, the purchaser often not knowing the difference
between 1t and the genuine palm tree.
The palm Is Of the most celebrated trees mentioned
IN
bic kingdom. The trunk not solid like other trees but
s filed with pith around which is tough bark. To this
bark the leaves closely joined but rise erect in the
centre and after they advanced above the sheath
old leaf that surrounds bem they expand very wide
every side Of the stem and the older leaf decays the
stalk advances height The leaves grow six or eight
feet long, are very broad when spread out and are used
in the East for covering the tops OF houses and similar
purposes The fruit called tho "dao, and grows be-
low the leaves in clusters One tree bears from 300
400 pounds Of dates considerable part Of the inhab
ants Of Egypt Arabia and Persia sabss on the fruit Of
the palm, and the which this impor
tant applied From the sap spirtuous liquor Is
made; from the bres Of the leaves thread ropes
kets couches, bags, mate, &c It is propagated chiefly
from ts roots, which greatly spread and when the
old tree dies, suckers spring forth, that
nal in its youth, and is thus said 10 be 1T emblem OF the
resurrection. The same word in the Greek, pAyinir
both palm and the tabled bird, the phonix viii en-
is said to rise again from it's own ashes The palm
used both by Jews and Gentles the emblem Of victory
Auus Gelus tell the reason why il borne an
emblem victory s from the nature Of the tree which
ne Iess,s s e d. s
redeemed In heaven arrayed in white Iobes and bear
ing palms in their Misunderstanding their victory
On Palm Sunday the Catholic priest bIesses the "pam
or rather its notwithstanding 1t PALM and sprnkes 1t
with holy water. The people bring home branches Of it,
and place it in their houses as preventative against evil
Some OF them may be small pieces in their
hats The ashes used on Ash wednesday-th first day
Of Lent-are made by burning the palm blessed on the
Palm Sunday Of the preceding year.
The ceremony of bearing palms in procession Palm
Sunday was retained by the Church OF England In Great
Britain after other ceremonies dropped, and
of those which Henry VII in 1885, declared should
cast away. II was, however, discontinued the year
154S. IN the ritual of the Anglican Church, well
in that Of the Episcopal Church this country
special service for Palm Sunday The Russians of the
Greek Church, have very solemn procession Palm
Sunday. Formerly there professions 10 Catholic
countries in which wooden ass, fixed wheels, was
drawn through the Streets branches Of the called
palm stfewn before It, These continue longer but the
blessing of the palm, &C.. stil continues In parts
England, Palm Sunday is called "Fig Sunday and great
quantities OF figs eaten that day just the pasch
eggs are eaten On Easter Sunday.