The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

In response: to- the req ucst of nun ~ per per
~ its readers The Times y spalt ctl \ 81
prints to-day ia sermon preached oytlL'r -
Ia ina 20 on Palm sund ay. 1892 @ Tn ser
mon one Of the most inpre ssfe Eye ,l
Z F preached by Dr.. Talmage, follows :Sf
Text. John XII, 10. ''T hey took t bran cnes
~ nalm trees and went forth95to iHlec 81,
HIM" u, I, 1Io,v could
,noai,n branches be cast In the way o. !
4 S.hrist3 az he approached y Jerusalem q !:
There are scarcely any palm trees !, ! - !.
,canfrai Palestine. Even, the one 4 may az
4 u.as On refully guarded for m years =
N Ierich no has gone. Z went oV J " "
very road by which Christ appr rD aci,.'o
Jerusalem, and there are plenty olss t o.ass
that / could see. L You must L rene ,a,
y that the climate has changed me pam
sstrce likes water. but by the & cuttlilg
down Of the forests, which are ieaay
nruyers for rain, tho land has pecolhe
sunfrIcnd to the Palm tree. v!ise
stood in seven gnliles ofpalm grove; SGiys,
Z was crowned with palms. TIT. pead
Sea nae ON It's banks the trunks OF pain
trees that fIoated down from some old
time palm grove, and arc pre- served from 2
decay by the salt which they received
fromgthe Dead Sea. Let woodnen. spare par
the trees OF America. Il they Wo uld an 81.
ruinously change the climate ana pri .1,s
to the soil barrenness insteaa o.
gity. sThanks9t to God and theE7l isla1ures
for Arbor Day, which plants trees. try
Ing 10 atone for the ruthlessness which
has destroyed them. es. my text. "
lin harmony with tho condi ton OF itl nat
country on the morning OF Palm sunday sunday
s About three million people have E come
10 Jerusalem to attend the relig ious les
Ynyy "a
Jerusalem to-day. The sky is red with
tho morning, and the people are :. flo 'l e
0out to tho foot OF Ollyet; and up ana on
over the southern shoulder OF the noun
tain, and the procession coming out from
the city meets the procession esco ,l,
Christ az ho comes wa d.the ,s!,
is a turn NTH road, where Jerusalem
suddenly bursts upon the vision. rs
IA We had ridden that day all t he's
from Jericho and had visited the ruins
OF tho house$o OF Mary and Mart ha g no
Lazarus, and were some what weary OF
sight seeing. when here sud- arose r, s,
before our vision Jerusalem. the ! roligl-
was the point Of observation where my
text comics In. Alexander rode Bucenll--
alus Duke Ellie rode Ills famous M
y gay, Sir Henry LAWRENCE rode the high
melted Conrad, wellington rode. his
proud Copenhag IN, but the coma ueror
Off.,Oa til an heaven C0ue ~ iCOl o!o
that had been tied by tho roadside. Il
was unbroken, and l have no doubt
fractious at the yociferatlon Of the apopu-
lace. An extemporlzed. saddle, made out
of the garments OF the people, was put
on thes he&st. s s Will e3 some people
gripped the .bridlsf of the colt, others
revereiitly waited upon Christ at the
4 mounting, The two processions Of ,speo-
pe now become one-.-those who came
\ out OF the city and those who came over
8theSihill. i The orlentals ARE more de-
monstratiyag than We q OF. the western
world, their voices louder. their gesticu-
lations more violent, and the symbols
BY which they express their emotions
moro Significant The people whoi left
Plocea in the Far l1ast, visiting to maze e,
Impressive that they would neyera reg
& turn, took al rcd hot ball Of Iron + and
threw It into tho sea- and said they
( would ls,yer return to Phocea until that
\ ballsrosc and Hoated 81, the surface, be
not surprised, therefore at the demons
gstratioll sina tho text, AS the colt with
Its rider descepds the slone Of OllYet.
StheYpalm my trees lining the road aft called
/ upon, TOT render their frlbutions to he
/ scene of welcome and rejoicing. ~ e
branches Of these trees are Oh up, a nd
some must needs climb the trees and
Il tear off the leaves and throw T hem DO n,
\ and others mako or t hese caves an aam-
serald pavement for the colt tn tread on.
I'll IlI PALM TYPICAL o II 81 IflUMPIl
u Long before that morning the palm
tree had been typical tof triumph Herod-
2 III g.