The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
STREWING PALMS.
d.. Talmage Delivers q Palm Sun
day Discourse.

d.. Talmage Delivers a Palm Sum
day Discourse.
The Entry Of Christ Into Jerusalem-Strew.
ing Pal~s Re1ors the Divine Master
Thk8,lm Free Typical ofrf'uMFs-
Tribute to Mothers.
On Rim Sunday Rev. T. De Witt Tai
magspe cached at Brooklyn from John,
xii. 4 'sThey took branches Of palm
tree and went forth to meet him.
Follow OF isthe sermon:
HoU was that possible? How could
pain branches be cast in the way OF
Christ a he approached Jerusalem!
TheEe are scarcely any palm trees IN
centra, Palestine. Even the one that
was carefully guarded for many years
at Jericho has gone. l went over the
vefy road by which Christ approached
Jerusalem and there are plenty Of olive
and fig trees, but no palm trees as
could see. You must remember that
the climate has changed. The palm
tree iilses water, but by the cutting
dowr Of the forests, which are leafy
prayers for rain, the land has become
unfriendly to the palm tree. Jericho
once stood in seven miles of palm groves.
Olivet was crowned with palms. The
Deaf sSa has Oh its banks the trunks OF
palm tees that foated down from some
old line palm grove and ar preserved
from, decay by the salt which they r
ceived from the Dead sea- Yes. my
text d in harmony with the condition
Of that country on the morning Of Palm
Sunday. About 5000, 900 people have
con.e to Jerusalem to attend the relig-
ious festivities.
Great news! Jesus will enter Jerusa-
luIa o-day. The sky is red with the
merning and the people are focking
out to the foot Of Olivet and up and on
overs the southern shoulder Of the
mountain, and the procession coming
out from the city meets the procession
escorting Christ as He comes toward the
cityS There is a turn in the road where
Jerusalem suddenly bursts upon the
vision. We had ridden that day all the
way from Jerico and had visited the
ruip Of the house of Mary and Martha
and Lazarus, and were somewhat
weary Of sight seeing, when there sud
deny arose before our vision Jerusalem,
the religious capital of all Christian
ages. That was the point of observa
tidN where my text comesin. Alexande:j
rode B~ucephalus, Duke Eli rode his
famous Marchegay, Sir Henry Lawrence
rode the high melted Conrad, Wellins
tqh rode his proud Copenhagen, but tie
CSnqueror of earth and Heaven rid8a
CIT, one that had been tied at the n
SIZE. 1t was unbroken and l have o
Bubt fractions at the vo~ciferatioI bf
the populace. An extemporized SAKE
Aade out of the garments of the pPioe
vas put on the beast. While somdPe9-
Die gripped the bride of the colt hers
re~verently waited upon Christ the
mounting. The two professions peo-
BILE now become one-those wh5came
out of the city and those who ca7e over
She hills. The Orientabf are
more demonstrative than we of
the western world, their voices louder,
their gesticulations more violent and
the symbols by which they express their
.emotions more significant. Asthe colt
with its rider descends the slope of
.Olivet, the palm trees lining the road
are called upon to render their con-
Ttribution to the scene Of Welcome and
rejoicing. The branches of these trees
are high mp, and some must needs climb
the trees and tear off the leaves and
throw them down, and Others make OF
these leaves an emerald pavement for
the colt to tread on.
Long before that mor1ng the palm
tree had been typical of triumph.
Herodotus and Strabo had thus de-
vcribed it. Layard finds the palm leaf
ut in the walls of NIneveh with the
same significance. In the Greek athletic
games the victors carried palms. I am
very glad that our Lord, who five days
after had thorns upon his brow, for a
little while, at least, had palms strewn
under his feet. O, the glorious palm!
Amarasinga, the Hindoo scholar, calls it
'the king among the grasses" Lin
naus calls it ''the prince Of vegetation"
Among all the trees that ever cast a
shadow or yielded fruit or lifted their
arms toward Heaven, it has no equal
for multitudinous uses. Do you want
flowers? One palm tree will put forths
hanging garden of them, one cluster
counted by q scientist containing
go, 900 blooms Do you want food? It is
the chief diet of whole nations. One
palm in Chill will yield ninety gallons
of honey. In Polynesia it is the chief
food of the Inhabitants. In India there
are multitudss of people dependent up
on it for Subsistence. Do you want
cable to hold ships or cords to hold wild
beasts? 1t Is wound into ropes unbreak-
able. Do you want articles of house
furniture II is t~sri.AaAintQ mats and
woven ito baskets and shaped lhO
drinkinC cups and swung into ham,
mocks. Do you want medicine? Its
nut in the chief preventive of disease
and Inc chief cure for vast populations.
Do you want houses? Its wood fur
nishes the wall for the homes and it's
leavesthalch them. Do you need a sup
plv for the pantry? 1t yields sugar and
starch and oil and sage and milk and
salt and wax and vinegar and candles.
G, Lord God. give us more palm trees
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