Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-14
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
HE SPEAKS OF THE TYPE OF
CHRIST'S TRIUMPH.
The Entry Into Jerusalem-A Lesson for
Arbor Day Thank God for the Trees
The Gospel OF Self sacrifice-Lessons of
fha E,Iouds.
the Clouds
The Glorious Palm.

/ Ihlu SuuUGy gave OIIcCUiOu w Wills
sermon. Text, John xii, 13. "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 Jerusalem?
| There are scarcely any palm trees IN
Central Palestine. Even the one that
was carefully guarded for MANY years
at Jericho has gone. 1 went over the very
road by which Christ approached Jeru-
! salem, and there are plenty or olive
trees and Zig 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-
como unfriendly to the palm tree. Jer-
| icho once stood in seven miles or palm
grove. Olvet was crowned with palms.
| The Dead Sea has on its banks the
| trunks Of palm trees that Heated 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 runously 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 for
! the ruthessncss which has destroyed
| them. Yes, my text is In harmony with
| the condition of thai 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 tloclling out to the
! foot OF Olivct, 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 q
| 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
| tho point of observation whore 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 u colt. ono that had
| been tied at the roadside. 1t was I'M
| broken, and l have no doubt fractions at
the vociferation of tho 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 camo out OF the
| city and those who came oyer the hill.
| The orientalS are moro demonstratlvc
| than we of the Western world, their
| voices louder, their gcsticulations 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 that
| they would never return, took a red hot
| ball Of iron and threw it into the sea,
| and said they would never return to
Phocea until that ball rose and tloated
| on the surface. BE not surprised, there
| fore, at the demonstration in the text.
As the colt with it's rider descends the
| slope Of Olivet, tho 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, and some must needs
| climb the trees and tear off the leaves
and throw them down, and others make
| of these leaves al emerald pavement
| for the colt to tread on.
| Long before that morning the palm
| tree had been typical of triumph. Her
| odotus and Strabo had thus described it.
| Layard finds the palm leaf cut in the
walls of Nineveh, with the same signti-
canoe. III the Greek athletic games the
| victors carried palms. / am very glad
that our Lord, who five days after had
| thorns upon His brow, for a little while
at least had palms strewn under His
! feet Oh, the glorious palm! Amara-
slnga, the Hindo scholar, calls it 1.-THE
| king among the grasses" Linnpus
calls IL "the prince Of vegetation"
Among all the trees that ever cast q
| shadow or yielded fruit or lifted their
arms toward Heaven, it has no equal for
| multitudinous uses. Do you want flow
ers? One palm tree will put forth a
hanging garden of them, one cluster
| counted by scientist containing 2O7, 600
| blooms. Do you want food? 1t Is the
| chief diet of whole nations. Ono pal III
| in Chilli will yield ninety gallons CT honey.
In Polynesia it Is tho chief TODD Of the
inhabitants. In India there are multi
i
| SuStenancc.
DO you want cable to hold ships or
cords to hold wild beasts? 1t is wound
| into ropes nnbreakable. Do you want
articles of house furniture? 1t is
twisted into mats and woven into has
kets and shaped into drinking cups and
| swung into hammocks Do you want
medicine? It's nut is the 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 its leaves thatch them. Do you
need o supply for the pantry? 1t yields
sugar ano starch and oil and sage and
milk and salt and wax and vinegar aud
| candles.
Oh, the palm! 1t has a variety of en-
| dowments, such as no other growth that
| ever rooted the earth or kissed the heav-
ems To the willow, God says, ''Stand by
| the water courses and weep, 70 the
| cedar He says. "Gather the hurricanes
into your BOSOM" To the fig tree He says,
.Bear fruit and put 1t within reach OF all