St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-15

of overlooking hearts. Our thoughts turn
naturally towards the words of the text, for
this is the day of the Christion year which is
recognized by the church of God as Palm
Sunday. And these are the words that the
eXultant multitude cried out when Jesus
made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
the mouths of the shouting Gal
ileans. Centuries before, in the
Antiphonal psalm chanted in Jewish feast
were heard the first hOsannas. Hosanna is
an untranslatable word. In the beginning it
seems 10 have meant only prayer-"Save
Lord but afterward it seems to have passed
into the freest expression of praise. Hosan-
ma, therefore, becomes the type of all Christ
peace, it is seeking which ends in truth; it is
aspiration which is lost in present God. 1t
was the time of the great feast of the Jews,
from all parts of the land and from distant
lands pious Hebrews turned their faces
toward the temple and made pilgrimage to
Jerusalem They came by twos and
threes. or by caravans. AT nighttime they
unloaded their asses and camels, and
pitched their tents under the Syrian stars.
Jesus was also a pilgrim. But this pilgrim
age was to be His last. He turned from His
fayoTite haunts in Galilee, and, with an in
creasing company of followers made His
journey southwark toward the Holy City.
The consciousness OF His fate was always
before Him, for He talked often of His de-
cease. . which He must accomplish at Jeru
salem" There is sweet picture of rest in
ton of Lazarus to show that the suffering
Savior was also the life bearer. Finally the
morning of this day dawned, and He made
In His way aia toward the he, city Rounding
sight of the towers and palaces of
Jerusalem. His prophetic vision. saw that
city assaulted by the Roman eagles with all
the horror of its coming desolation. and
pausing TO weep He said: 'Oh, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, how often would l have gathered
you, but We would not Descending the de-
cll'|ty the company was augmented b. the
pilgrims that camped without the wall, for it
was noised about that the prophet of Galilee
would enter AS was wont company issued
from Jerusalem to meet the approaching
hest. and with strewn garments in the way
ana testoons OF palms thrown down amid
the acclalms of those who went before and
those who followed after. He entered into
the city OF David. Such welcome in the
Oriental eXuberance was quite usual TO dis
tlnguish SONS of Abraham, but this entry and
this welcome
HAD FAR PROF oUNDER SIGNIFICANCE.
Indeed, it will often happen that the
most trivial incidents are the expression of
worldwide forces; Perhaps, if we could
truly see, we should learn that there are no
trivial incidents. That robins song which
you heard on the way to church this morn
ing has in it a worlds history. 1t took nat
ure some thousands of years to fashion the
has Soothed the birds heart into vocal glad
ness, has come some 900 0,U00 miles and
more, to do its work. and because the robin
cannot leaf like the trees, or blossom like the
flowers, he just sings. And storms Of nature
and thousand forms of evolution find
peace in Him. So God had been work
ing with man through all the generations of
human history; at last He had fashioned on
His potter's wheel one human vessel more
precious than alabaster into which He C! uld
pour the free expression of His own life.
This chosen man is on His way to the chosen
city that all the dark and tragic places of
human history may at length find meaning
and explanation. Yea, let the multitude cry
out, Hosannauin the highest Let the little
children shout it il the streets and repeat it
i'll the temple. Let the city be stirred crying
out, Who is this?" And while the answer
comes, This is Jesus, the prophet of Cali
lee let all the nations and the ages pom
der the question until they break out in
deep toned chorus of answer. at is none
other than He it is the chosen of the Lord
Two thousand years before the Hebrew
starting point for the development of man
had occupied itself with religion and wit
conduct. 1t was the ethical effort of the
race. Speculatively it had proceeded soundly
until it had arrived at a correct code of
morals and at an apprehension OF the unity
of the Divine Being. Practically it had
worked itself out into hard and petty ritual
of life and had written down its dismal fail
ure i'll the responsiveness OF Phariseeism.
such was the result of mans effort to seek
after the truth. thousand years before,
from different center in Greece. man had
commenced the work of the disenthralment
of the human spirit. The Greek was re-
ligious indeed. but religion with him was
only made the vehicle of another worship
which was his real life. The devotion OF the
Greek was at the affairs of the beautiful which
he manifested i'll statuary. in poetry, and
IN philosophy; but the worship of beauty
had ended in a decayed art and & degenerate
man, and, lacking a true moral element, the
freedom of the spirit had gone down i'll the
marshes of human depravity. In the provi-
lpnpp Hpbrny
truth were brought together in the worlds
civilization. but they lived together hope
lessly divided. Jesus was born a Hebrew,
but He was taught Greek. And to these
masterful elements of b uman development
He brought new culture; He brought it out
Of the heart of God. To the natural order of
history He added the supernatural order of
final revelation in human nature and III
human life; and He taught as he lived, that
goodness was
TIE TRUE END OF MAN
nerceforth the dream of the propbet-phil
nsopher had realization and a superb and
final trinity, the good, the true, and the beau
tiful, because the primal elements out of
which was to be developed the cosmic civil
1Zation or the Christian ages. This was the
meaning of the Messiah, and this is the inner
lesson of the entry into Jerusalem The null
titude pour along with Jesus in their midst;
it is the outflow of natural enthusiasm.
Jesus is borne along by this tickle. current of
human hearts, He is doomed, but He is
was in man already saw the shadow of His
awaiting cross. 1t was the trial of
ideas against institutions. 1t was the
spontaneous outbreak of human thought
and emotion against the hoary strength of
tradition and organization. There could be
but one result; the waves of enthusiasm
break against the battlements of tradition
throned in politics and ecclesiasticism, aud
are broken into defeat and roll back into
darkness. Shrewd worldly wisdom looking
on would say, of course il must be So insti-
tutionS are always the strongest and shrewd
worldly wisdom was justified, for sunday of
the Palms is followed by Friday with its
cross, and the Hero of the multitude dies be
was betrayed, He was murdered: but He was
not defeated. Shrewd worldly wisdom,
which gives itself to the present,
has no hold upon eternity, but Jesus
the Prophet of Truth, the Apostle of Good
ness, and the Beautiful King was waiting for
Him the Easter morning. The white lilies
are yet to bloom; His mastery shall come.
The vindication of Jesus Christ was one for
which He could well wait; for Pharisees
have gone to their oblivion: Roman govern
orS rule and condemn no more; the soldiers
OF Gaul have mingled their life with the
forces of nature: but the imperishable reign
of Jesus, flowing on through a succession of
institutions of ever-growing power and
truth. shall abide for ever, the dominant
force of humanity
Among the large congregation pres
ent at the dedicatory services were