Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-11
GLORY OF THE PALM
Or. TaImage Speaks of the
Type of Christ's Triumph
OVER The ENEMIES or RIGHT
The Entry Into J-rusAlsm-A Lesson for
Areor Day-Thznk God for the
Truth and the Gospel

BsooxLfx, April le-'ghis day is recog-
nized a. Palm Sunday throughout the
world. and that fact gave direetiOR to DIR.
Tzlnasas sernsn- Amoag the aymns
sung was the hynn-
Clad in rzinent pure and white.
Victor palms IN every hand
Text, joan nj, Is. They took branches of
palm trees aud went forth 10 Laest hin"
How Was thar possible, How could
palm branches be cast In the way Of Christ
a. he approached Jerusalem, There are
scarcely any pain trees Ia Central Pales-
tine. Even tbs one that was carefully
guarded for many years at Jericho has
gone. | went over the very read by which
Christ approached Jerusalsm. and there
are plenty Of olive trees and hg trees, bat
no palm trees that eOGld see. You must
remember that the climate has changed
The palm tree likes water. but by the cut
Sng down Of the forests. which are leafy
prayers for rain. the Land has become I'M
friendly to the palm tree. Jericho once
stood ia seven miles OF palm grove Oil
vet was crowned with palma The Dead
sea has on It's banks the trunks Of palm
trees that foated down from some oldtima
palm grove and arc preserved from decay
by the salt which they received from the
Dead sea
SPARE TEE TREES
Let woodmen spare the trees of America,
II they would not ruinously change the eli
mate and bring 70 the soil harrenness in
stead Ut fertility Thanks To God and the
legislatures for Arbor Day. which plants
trees trying 10 atone for the ruthlessness
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 como to
Jerusalem to attend the religious festivi
ties. Great news, Jesus will enter Jeru-
salem today. The sky il red with the
morning, and the people are nocking 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,
"a be comes toward the city. There IL a
turn IN the rosd, 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 Wis
ion Jerusalem, the religious capital Of all
Christian ages That Was the point Of Oh
servation where my text comes In. Alex
andcr rode Bucephalus. Duke Ellie rode his
famous MaFchcgay. Sir Henry Lawrence
rode the high mettied Conrad. wellington
rode his proud Copeahagen, but the con-
queror OF earth and heaven rides a colt,
one that had been tied at the roadside. II
was unbroker, and / hare no doubt frac-
tious 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 peopl. now be-
come one-those who came cot of the city
and those who came over the hill. The
erientAls are more demonstrative than we
Of the western world. their voices louder,
their gesticulxtsons more violent and the
symbols By which they express their emo
Mons more significant. The people who
left Phocea. in the far east. wishing to
make impressive that they would never
return, took a red hot ball of iron and
threw IL into the sea, and said they would
never return 70 Phocea until that ball rose
and hostsd ON the surface. Be not sur
prised. therefore. at the demonstration in
enc text.
As the colt with its rider descends the
slope Of Olives. the palm trees lining the
road are called upon to render their contri-
button to the scene Of welcome and rejoic-
ing. The branches Of these trees are high
up. and sons must needs climb the trees
and tear OF the leaves and throw them
down. and others make Of these leaves an
emerald pavement for the colt TO tread ON.
k.frt hat h. a. rrf rox.
had teen typical Of triumph. Herodotus
and S.rabo had thus described it. I.ayard
ends the palm leaf cut in the walls of
Ei,eveh. with the same significance. In
the Greek athletic games the victors car
ried palsns. am very glad that our Lord,
who five days after had thorns upon his
brow. fer little while at least had palms
arewn under his feet. Oh. the glorious
palrni Amarasings. the Hindoo scholar.
calls it the king among the grssseS" Lin
reus calls It ''the prince OF vegetation"
Among all the trees that ever cast q
shadow OF yielded fruit or lifted their arms
toward heaven. IL has no eqnsl for multi
tudinous uses. Do you want flowers, One
palm tree win put forth n hanging garden
OF them. enc cluster counted by o scientist
containing pT, 900 blooms. Do you want
foods II IL the chief diet Of whole nations
One palm in Chilli will yield ninety gallons
of honey In Polynesia 10 IL the chief food
o. the inhabitants. In India there are null
titudes OF people dependent upon IL for sus-
tensnce.
DO you want cable 70 hold ships or cords
% hold Wild beasts' It IL wound into
ropes unbrcakabls Do you want articles
of house furniture, Il Is twisted into mats
and woven into baskets and shaped into
drinking eups and swung into hammocks.
DO you want medicine, It's nut Is the chief
preventive Of disease and the chief cure for
vast populations DO you want housesf
rx wood furnishes the wall for the bones
and ies leaves thstch their. Do roa need
ssupps for tbs pantry ls yields sugar
and starch and oil and sage and milk and
0lt and wax and vinegar and candles.
GIVE Us MorE PAIN TRIES
Oh. the palsn, II has . variety Of cudow-
p<nss such ss NJ other growth that ever
spos-si the earth or kissed the heavens. To
shs willow. God says. Stand by the water
e~urs-- and weep TO the cedar Re says
~ssth>r The hurricanes into your boeom. y
To the Az tree he says, "Be.r fruit and
pat ie within reach Of AL the people But
n the pssra tree he ssys. BE garden and
ro~>bou-e aud wsr<ircoe Ard repewaik
end chasdiery and bread aud banquet and
usssfscss~y, and then he sype Of what 4
meant wh-n I isspired David, ny servant,
70 .sv. The rigstesas shall Aoarish like .
palm tree -
Oh. Lord esosi. give m more palm trees
-r,en and women made Zoe nething bus TO
~ usefsl: dispositions All seioosn. branches
q isauence l>sea with fruit. pespie good
err everything. ~ the palm tree. II kind
weeds arr wanted they srs ready - utter
shern. n helpful aseds are nsesed they