Milford chronicle., 1892-04-15
THE GLORIOUA,
DR.. TALMAeE SPEAKS OF THE X
OF cHRlsT'S TRIUMPH.

The Entry Into Jerusalem-A Lesson Tor
A,4Dor Day-rhank God for the Trees
The Gospel of Self Sacrifice.
Brooklyn, April lO.-This day is recog-
nized as Palm Sunday throughout the
/ world, and that fact gave direction TO Dr.
! Talmage's sermon. Among the hymns
sung was the hymn
Clad in raiment pure and white,
Victor palms in every hand.
| Text. John xii, 10, ''They took branches OF
palm trees and went forth to meet him."
How was that possibleG How could
nalm branches be cast in the way Of Christ
as he approached Jerusalemf There are
scarcely any palm trees in Central Pales-
line. Even the one that was carefully
/ guarded for many years at Jericho has
gone. went over the very road by which
! Christ approached Jerusalem, 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
pravers for rain, the land has become I'M
| friendly to the palm tree. Jericho once
stood in seven miles of palm grove. OH
vet was crowned with palms. The Dead
sea has on its banks the trunks OF palm
trees that floated down from some Oldtime
palm grove and are preserved from decay
| by the salt which they received from the
Dead sea.
SPARE THE TREES.
Let woodmen spare the trees Of America,
/ il they would not ruinOusly change the Gil
mate and bring to the soil barrenness in
stead of fertility. Thanks to God and the
legislatures for ArbOr Day, which plants
trees, trying to 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 come to
! Jerusalem to attend tie religious festiyl
ties. Great newsl Jesus will enter Jeru-
salem TODAY. The sky is red with the
morning, and the people are docking 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 a
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 Wis
! ion Jerusalem, the religious capital Of all
| Christian ages. That was the point Of OBJ
servation where my text comes in. Alex
ander rode Bucephalus, Duke Ellie rode his
| famous Marchegay, Sir Henry Lawrence
rode the high mettled Conrad, Wellington
rode his proud Copenhagen, but the coli
oueror of earth and heaven rides colt,
/ one that had been tied at the roadside. Ii
was unbroken, and have no doubt irac-
/ 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 reyerently 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. Tho
orientals are more demonstrative than we
of the western world, their voices louder
thair gesticulations more violent and the
| symbols by which they express their emo
tions more significant. The people who
left Phocca, in the far east, wishing tC
make Impressive that they would never
return. took a red hot ball Of iron ane
| threw it into the sea, and said they would
never return to Phocea until that ball rose
and aoated on the surface. Be not sur
| orised. therefore, at the demonstration II
the text.
AS the colt with its rider descends the
slope of Olivet, the palm trees lining the
road are called upon to render their contr
bntion to the scene of welcome and rejCic
inc The branches Of these trees are higL
nm and some must needs climb the trees
and tear off the leaves and throw then
| down. and others make of these leaves az
| emerald pavement for the colt to tread on
! LONG before that morning the palm tree
had been typical of triumph. HerOdotu'
and Strabo had thus described it. LayarC
6nds the palm leaf cut in the walls oil
Nineveh. with the same significance. II
! fhe Greek athletic games the victors car
,iad nalns. am very glad that our Lord
who five DAYS after had thorns upon his
brow for n little while at least had palms
strevn under his feet Oh, the gloriou'
| nalui Amarasinga, the HindoO scholar
eaIIs II s.the king among the grasses. Lin
nmus calls it ''the prince of vegetation"
! Among all the trees that ever cast Z
shadow or yielded fruit or lifted their arm'
toward heaven, it has no equal for multi
tudinous uses Do you want flowers? On
naln tree will put forth hanging garden
of them. one cluster counted by scientist
containing 2O7, 900 blooms. Do you wan
! food2 It is the chief diet of whole nations
One palm in Chill will yield ninety gallons
of honey. In Polynesia it is the chief 100,
of the inhabitants. In India there are mul
titudes Of people dependent upon 1t for sus
? no Won want cable to hold ships or cord
IN hold wild beasts? 1t is wound int
roDes unbreakable. Do you want article
of house furniture? It is twisted into mat
and woven into baskets and shaped INT
drinking cups and swung into hammocks
DO YOU want medicine? It's nut is the cine
preventive of disease and the CHIEF cure 10
vast populations. Do you want houses
It's wood furnishes the wall for the homes
and its leaves thatch them. Do you nee'
! snnnI~ for the pantryS It yields suga
and starch and oil and sage and milk AM
saIt and way and vinegar and candles
GIVE Us MORE PALM TREES.
Nh the nalml 1t has variety Of endow
ments. such as no other growth that eve
rooted the earth or kissed the heavens.
he willow. God says, ''Stand by the waite
eonrses and weep" To the cedar he says
.,C,atberthe hurricanes into your bosom
10 fine fig tree he says, Bear fruit an
mt r. within reach of all the people. Bu
10 the palm tree he says, BE garden an
storehouse and wardrobe and ropewal
and chandlery and bread and banquet an
manufactory, and then be type Of what
meant when I inspired David, my servant
to say, The righteous shall flourish IKE
palm tree -, -,
Oh. Lord God, give us more palm tres
80, and women made for nothing but
be useful; dispositions all abloomi braneh'
of influence laden with fruit; people goo
for everything, as the palm tree. II kin
words are wanted they are ready to utt'
them. If helpful deeds are needed the
are ready to perform them. II plans
usefulness are to be laid out they are reao
to project them. II enterprises are 70
forwarded they are ready to lift then
people who say "Yesl Yes!" when the
+. asked for assistance by word or dec
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