Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-04-20
PALM SUNDAY.
Give Us Mon and Worner Good
for Everything.
Something Must suffer For Every Worthy
Triumph-.Jc-us Christie Entrance
of Jerusalem Forms Text for
DIR. Tainiagc's Sermon.

DIR. Talmngc's text Palm Sunday was:
John xii. IS: They took branches of
palm trees and went forth to meet
Him"
How was that possible? How could
palm branches be east in the way of
Christ ms lie approached Jerusalem?
There are scarcely any palm trees in
central Palestine. Even the one that
was carefully guarded ut Jericho has
gone. l went over the 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 10y the
cutting down OF the forests, which are
leafy prayers for rain, the land has be-
come unfricndly 10 the palm tree.
Jericho once stood i'm seven miles OF
palm grove. oli"e. was crowned with
palms. The Dead sea has on It's banlSs
the trunks of palm trees that floated
down from some old-timc palm grove
and arc preserved from decay by the salt
which they received from the Dead sea.
Let woodmen spare the trees OF America.
AZ they would not runously change the
climate and bring To the soil barren
ness instead of fertility. Thanks TO God
aud the legislatures for nrbor day.
which plants trees, trying TO atone Cor
the ruthlessncss which has destroyed
item.
Yes, my text is in harmony with The
COZ dition Of that country on the morn
ing OF Palm Sunday. About 1000 900
people have come toJcrusalCm TO attend
the religious festivities. Great news.
Jesus will enter Jerusalem TODAY. The
Sky is red with the morning. and the
people are locking out TO the foot of
Olivct, and mp and over the southern
shoulder of the mountain. and the pro-
cession coming out from the city meets
the procession cscorting Christ. rs lac
comes toward the city. There is "a turn
in the road, where Jerusalem suddenly
bursts upon the vision. We had ridden
that day all tho way from Jericho. and
had visited the ruins of the house of
Mary and Martha and Lazarus, and
We're 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 whore my text
comes in. Alexander rode Bucephalus.
Duke Ellie rode his famous Marchcgay.
Sir Henry Lawrence rode the high-mct.
tied Conrad. Wellington rode his proud
Copenhagen, but the Conqucror of earth
and Heaven rides n colt, one that had
been tied ut the roadside. 1t was un-
broken, and l have no doubt fractions
at the vocifcration of the populace An
cNtcmporizcd saddle made out OF the
CrlrmnntG ~ tho IL. -.
beast.
While some people grippcd the bride
OF the colt, others revcrcutly waited
upon Christ at the mounting. The two
professions OF people now become one
those who came out of the city aud
those who came over the hill The ori-
entails are more demopstrative than we
ofthc western world, their voices louder.
their Gesticulations more violent. and
the symbols 10y which they express their
emotions moro significant. The
people who left Phocca in the
far east, wishing TO make impressive
that they would never return. took
n rcd-hot bali of iron and threw IL into
the sea, and said they would never re-
turn to Phocca until that bali rose and
Heated on the surface. Bc not surpris-
We ANA1AOlNs Ut inc ORlllt llSITItlOn IN
the text As the colt with its rider de-
, sends the slope of Olivct, the palm
trees lining the road arc called upon to
| render their contribution to the scene
of welcome and rejoicing. The
branches OF these trees are high up
and some one 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 10 tread on.
Long before that morning the palm
trees had been typical OF triumph.
! lIerodotus and Strabo had thus, described
1t. Layard finds the palm leaf cut in
the walls of Nincvch, with the same
| significance In the Greek athclctic
games, the victors carried palms am
very glad that our Lord. who five DAYS
| after had thorns upon His brow. Tor a
little while, at least, had palms strewn
under His feet oh, the glorious palm,
Amrusigna, the Ilindoo scholar.
calls it the king among the grasses.
| Linn;cus calls it "thc prince s,of
! vegetation Among All the trees That
ever cast "a shadow or yielded fruit or
| lifted their arms toward heaven IL has
| no equal for multitudinous uses. DO
YOU want flowers? One palm tree will
put forth a hanging garden of them.
/ one cluster counted by n scientist con.
tanning 207 600 blossoms. DO you want
/ food? II is the chief diet Of whole ma.
tons. One palm in Chilli will yield
| ninety gallons Of honey. In Polynesia
/ it Is the chief food OF the inhabitants
/ In India there arc multitudcs of people
| dependent upon IL for sustcnancc.
! Do you want cables Co hold ships or
/ cords to hold wild bcusts9 u 8. wound
! into ropes unbrcalsablc DO YOU want
/ articles Of house furniture? III is twist
/ eel into mats and woven into baskets
aad shaped into drinking cups and
/ swung into haumorls-. Do YOU want
medicine? It's nus IFS tho chief prevent
! i've OF disease and the chief cure for vast
/ populations. Do you want houses? It's
| wood furnishes The wall for the homes
and IFS leaves tnatch them. DO YOU
need supply far the pantry? n yield,
sugar and starch aud oil and sngo and
mill. and sal. and wax and vinegar and
! candles