The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-29

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49, 3. 3 gpoaf Dwutsns wn''"
,..n e,~,1 sumbsI q an nations. ana
tipdrs0.. aad pscss. end tongues. STOOD
,,.Aors IL throe end before the LA"o
clothed With vhits robes. and palms IN
their hands"
rhls imsxiustivs picture was conss'ved
and put int words 1850 years ago by st.
Id ~ uNln. II y ssssissd on earth
todey - MIS- bsss ysssiy through all the
.,.nv c,onges Of nations and Of peoples.
Gc.f multitude Of all kindseds and
1osrue yin Sand before the altar With
.slu h thsir hands singing the praises
Of ~ highest conception OF purity and
geoinssa
ms chy,stian festival n dlstinctively
eemu,emerative Of the visit OF Jesus to
Jerusalem. whose tragic termination was
o have such q profound influence upon
the huuan race. A. Jesus approached
tho royal city from Bethany much peo-
p,s," - II. John describes II. came out to
usst hlm. They took branches Of palm
trees and went forth to meet hir, and
cried. 'Hosanna! Blessed IL the King Of
Israel that cometh IN the name of tho
Lord"
The oppressed people. bearing long the
burden II . foreign yoke and looking for
ward to an earthly dcliverance. saw In the
approach Of Jesus The Christ the fulfill
msnt Of the prophecy Of zachariah uttered
- yean before and treasured from gener-
alton to genwaticn.
'Ra5oice greatly. o daughter OF Zion:
shout o daughter Of Jerusalem: behold
Thy King comsth unto thee; he is Just and
having salvation; iowly. and riding upon
. colt the foai of an ass"
The palm had always been m emblem Of
honor aad victory among the Jews. the
leaves Of the date evidently being the true
palm Of biblical history. The fatal mistake
of the people N seeing In Jesus no, tho
Redeemer Of mankind. but the promised
earthly king. was the cause Of that awful
sacrincs which soon followed The Jesus
scolirsed by the Roman soldiery and cru
cinsd BY the city rabbls was an impostor
seeking to subvert the imperial authority
Of Rome and to set up q Jewish kingdom.
They had no conception Of the spiritual
kingdom Of which Christ spoke. and Christ
had no intention to mislead the people into
the belief that II was an earthly throne
be sought to establish.
That sxultinG cry by ''the daughters OF
SsrusAlsn" Of welcome TO tho 'Kinx OF
Israel became his death warrant. Pom
titus Plate. hearing OF this approaching
Man Of God who announced Himself IT am
the resurrection and the iife." would have
pad no heed to what he must have con-
s'dsrsd The manndsrings OF one OF Israers
many prophets. but when He wa. pro-
claimed king of the Jews" an ofrense
against the dynasty of Caesar was commit.
ted.
In some countries the olive does servlo.
Tor the palm. In others the holly; but those
countries which use the willow seem al
most to como nearest In appropriateness.
THOSE fatal pains had better have been
dropping branches Of the weeping willow.
TOR II was . day Of sorrow ana no, q, -.
Sciclns To the Christian who see. in IN.
Christ the redeemcr of mankind and no,
Jesus Of Nazareth. the King of the Jews
'ns palm Is becoming symbol and for
oil the good that comes from His life and
~orks the commemoration is a trihu,. "a
sns purest ideal conceived by fraii man OF
something better than life on earth. hops
OF rest. OF peace. OF a sublime future be-
yond tho grave.