The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-20
PALM SUNDAY.
Give Us Men and Women Good
for Everything.
e,hing Must suffer For Every Worthy
TriumpI-Jcsus Christ's Entrance
of Jerusalem Forms Text for
Dr. TaImage's Sermon.

nalm trees and went forth to meet
Him"
"a How was that possible? How could
palm branches oe cast in the way of
Christ as He approached JerusalemP
There are scarcely any palm trees in
central Palestine. Even the one that
was carefully guarded at Jericho has
cone. / went over the road by which
+ Christ approached Jerusalem, and there
are plenty of olive trees and fig. trees,
Int no palm trees that l could see You
must remember that the climate has
\ changed. .f.H .t..
N The palm tree likes water, but by the
cutting down of the forests, which are
lcafy prayers for rain, the land has be-
come unfricndly TO the palm tree.
Jericho once stood in seven miles of
palm grove. Ohvet was crowned with
palms The Dead sea has on its banks
the trunks OF palm trees that floated
4 down from some old-time palm grove
and are preserved from decay by the salt
which they received from the Dead sea-
Let woodmen spare the trees of America,
a If they would not ruinously change the
4 climate and bring to the soil barren
ness instead of fertility. Thanks to God
3 and the legislatures for arbor day,
which plants trees, trying to atone for
the ruthlessness which has destroyed
h them.
Yes, my text is in harmony with the
condition of that country on the morn
4 ing of Palm Sunday. About 5000, 900
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 hocking out to the foot of
Olivet, and up and over the southern
shoulder of the mountain, and the pro-
cession coming out from the city meets
the procession escorting Christ, as he
comes toward the city There is turn
in the road, where Jerusalem suddenly
. 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 sightseeing,
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 un-
broken, and / have no doubt fractions
Mt the vociferation of the populace. An
extemporized saddle made out of the
garments of the people was put on the
beast
While some people gripped the bride
OF the colt, Others reverently waited
upon Christ at the mounting. The two
professions of people now become one
those who came out of the city and
those who came over the hill. The ORR
entails 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
lar east, wishing to make impressive
That they would never return, took
red-hot ball of iron and threw 1t into
the sea, and said they would never re-
turn TO Phocea until that ball rose and
noated on the surface BE not surpris-
ed therefore, at the demonstration in
'he text. AS the colt with its rider de-
sends the slope of Olivet, the palm !
trees lining the road are called upon to {
render their contribution to the scene
OF welcome and rejoicing. The
branches of these trees are high up,
ana some one must needs climb the
trees and tear off the leaves and throw
snem down, and others make of these
leaves an emerald pavement for the I
colt TO tread on. S
Long before that morning the palm
Mees had been typical of triumph. {
nerodotus and Strabo had thus described '
N Layard finds the palm leaf cut in
'ne walls of Nincveh, with the same &
significance In the Greek atheletic
games, the victors carried palms. ana I
very glad that our Lord, who five days I
, Si1er had thorns upon His brow, for a I
H'.e while, at least, had palms strewn
. |. His feet. Oh, the glorious palm! I
the Hindoo scholar, [
Salis 1t 1.-THE king among the grasses" Il
'-'nn'eus calls it ''the prince of r
vegetation" Among all the trees that a
ave. ,,.. cast shadow or yielded fruit or y
,'l'ed their arms toward heaven, it has v
NO equal for multitudinous uses. Do e
,ou want flowers? One palm tree will v
pun forth hanging garden of them, C
. .ue cluster counted by a scientist con- s
,aing 2O7 900 blossoms. Do you want b
.oodT 1t is the chief diet of whole ma "
SONS One palm in Chilli will yield Il
' !, ;N gallons of honey. In Polynesia a