The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-04-25
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
he SPEAKS OF THE TYPE OF
CHRIST'S TRIUMPH.
The Entry Into Jerusaiem-A Lesson for
Arbor Day Thank God for the Trees-
The Gospel OF Self sacrihce-Lessons of
tho Clouds;
The Glorious Palm.

tho Clouds.
The Glorious Palm.
Palm Sunday gave direction to this
sermon. Text, John xii, Ii. ''They took
branches of palm trees and went forth
to meet Him."
How was that possible? How could
palm branches be cast in the way OF
Christ as He approached Jerusalem9
There are scarcely any palm trees in
Central Palestine. Even the one that
was carefully guarded for MANY years
at Jericho has gone. went over the very
road by which Christ approached Jeru-
salem, and there are plenty of olive
trees and fig trees. but no palm trees
that could see. You must remember
that the climate has changed. The
palm tree likes water, but by the cut
ting down Of the forests, which are
leafy prayers for rain. the land has be-
come unfriendly to the palm tree. Jer-
icho once stood in seven miles OF palm
grove. Olivet was crowned with palms.
The Dead Sea has on its banks the
trunks of palm trees that f1oated down
from some oldtime palm grove and are
preserved from decay by the salt which
they received from the Dead Sea.
Let woodsmen spare the trees OF Amer
lea, if they would not ruinously change
the climate and bring to the soil barren
ness instead of fertility. Thanks to God
and the Legislatures for Arbor Day,
which plants trees, trying to atone Tor
the ruthlessncss which has destroyed
them. Yes, my text is in harmony with
the condition Of that country on the
morning of Palm Sunday. About three
million people have come to Jerusalem
to attend the religious festivities.
Great news. Jesus will enter Jerusalem
to-day. The sky is red with the morning,
and the people are focking out to the
foot of Olivet, and up and on over the
southern shoulder of the mountain, and
the procession coming out from the city
meets the procession escorting Christ, as
He comes toward the city. There is
turn in the road, where Jerusalem sud-
denly bursts upon the vision.
We had ridden that day all the way
from Jericho, and had visited the ruins
of the house Of Mary and Martha and
Lazarus, and were somewhat weary OF
sight seeing, when there suddenly arose
before our vision Jerusalem. the religious
capital of all Christian ages. That was
the point of observation where my text
comes in. Alexander rode Bucephalus,
Duke Ellie rode his famous Marchegay,
Sir Henry Lawrence rode the high met
tied Conrad, Wellington rode his proud
Copenhagen, but the conQuerOr OF earth
and Heaven rides a colt. one that had
been tied at the roadside. 1t was I'M
broken, and have no doubt fractions at
the vociferation of the pOpulace. An
extemporized saddle made out OF the
garments of the people was put on the
beast While some people griped the
bride of the colt, others reverently
waited upon Christ at the mounting.
The two professions Of people now be-
come one-those who came out OF the
city and those who came over the hill.
The orientals 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
The people who left Phocea, in the far
East, wishing to make impressive tina,
they would never return, took red hot
ball of iron and threw it into the sea,
and said they would never return to
Phocea until that ball rose and floated
on the surface BE not surprised, there
fore. at the demonstration in the text
AS lDt COll Will It's IluCI uCSNCbuS ehS
slope of Olivet. the palm trees lining the
road are called upon to render theil
contribution to the scene Of welcome
and rejoicing. The branches Of these
trees are high up, and some must need:
climb the trees and tear off the leave:
and throw them down, and others make
of these leaves an emerald pavement
for the colt to tread on.
hafn hot M n
tree had been typical Of triumph. Her
odotus and Strabo had thus described it
Layard finds the palm leaf cut in tn
walls of Nineveh, with the same signifi
canoe. In the Greek athletic games thu
victors carried palms. l am very glat
that our Lord. who five days after ha(
thorns upon His brow. for little Will,
at least had palms strewn under Hi
feet Oh, the glorious palm! Amara
slnga, the Hindo scholar, calls it "th'
king among the grasses" Linn9u:
calls it 1.-The prince of vegetation.
Among all the trees that ever cast ;
shadow or yielded fruit or lifted theil
arms toward Heaven, it has no equal fol
multitudinouS uses. Do you want flow
ers? One palm tree will put forth ;
hanging garden of them, one cluster
counted BY a scientist containing 2O7, OO'
blooms. Do you want food? 1t is tht
chief diet of whole nations One pal n
in Chill will yield ninety gallons CT honey
In Polynesia it is the chief TODD Of tn
inhabitants. In India there are multi
tudes Of people dependent upon 1t TO
Sustenance-
Do you want cable to hold ships o.
cords to hold wild beasts? 1t is wOunt
into ropes unbreakable. Do you wan
articles of house furniture? 1t i
twisted into mats and woven into has
kets and shaped into drinking cups ant
swung into hammockS Do you wan
medicine? Its nut is The chief prevent
i've Of disease and the chief cure for vas
populations. Do you want houses? 1t
wood furnishes the wall for the homes
and its leaves thatch them. Do yol
need . supply for the pantry? 1t yield
sugar ano starch and oil and sage ant
milk and salt and WAX and vinegar ant
candles.
Oh, the palm. 1t has variety Of en-
dowments, such as no other growth tina
ever rooted the earth or kissed the hesv