The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-21
MESSAGE Of PALM
sunday DEFINED
Rev. P. A. Simpkin Tells In
port of Opening of Pas
sion Week.

The message of Palm Sunday was the
theme of the sermon of Phillips Con-
gregational church yesterday morning
The Rev. P. A. Simpkin, in speaking OF
its lessons, said:
Palm Sunday is notable for more
than the fact of its marking the open
ing of Passion week in the life of Je-
sus, and the remembrance of the
church. 1t has it's value in the triumph
of the Christ, its testimony to the eth
mic expectancy Of the Redeemer. The
significance of it is not found in the
semi-political aspirations of JeWry that
were voiced in the welcome of Jesus
in the marvellous outpOuring of the peO-
pie and their paens of praise. The full
fillment of prophecy and the fervor of
the great manifestation that mark ed
His triumphal entry into the Jewish
capital both had religious meaning.
The Christian world remembers with
gladness the triumph of Christ that for
a day filled Him with gladness and cast
a glow even into the shadows lying in
the week of agony. The incident has
three lessons at least to speak to us,
who profess to be His followers, to
know His life.
The mind of Christ, that faced the
Eternal will in glad submission, and
with quiet heart moved on to find the
WHY'S end in the upiifted cross and
the opened grave is the greatest ex-
hibit of that far Palm Sunday. That is
the lesson of the Easter. The command
to make the Fathers will life's BUSH
ness comes out of the frenzied acclaim
of that day.
1T was a day of prophecy. The road
from Bethany to Zion did not end at
the temple. The triumphant march of
: esus that day was prophecy whose
tulfillment has been unrolling in a
splendor which has been the ages glory
ana wonder. The peasants, flinging
palms. flowers and garments at the feet
of the Christ and singing the song of
praise are tiny figures at the other
end of the long long road, Today the
triumph proceeds, and the mind and
soul of Christian civilization filings it's
greatest canvases and sculptures, its
.oftiest OratOriOs and stateliest archi-
lecture, its places of pity and it's richest
messages, its hopes and dreams. at His
feet as he rides across the years TO
loves final triumph in the day of
truths fulness. Nothing is more mar
Vicious in all the diverse pictures gra-
ven on the wheel of time than this, the
picture of the Christ thrOned upOn the
chair of peace, arbiter of times dis
putes, fountain of it's hopes guarantor
OF It's final attachments. If any message
OF Ire and gladness tremble on the lip
of man, it is the echo of His song and
whisper, and the acclaim wrung from
the worlds great common heart is for
= him who rides triumphantly, coming in
the name of the Lord
"One message of the Palm-day we
must not forget. Humanity takes the
place of Christ on lifes dusty roads 20
day The commonest thing by the road
"a palm frond. the commonest gift of
the blossoming earth-summer, the
word, the smile of love, the garment. a
bit OF ourselves-these are ours TO
give to our fellows, for throned with
Him are the broken, the grieving, the
needy, the discouraged, the disheart-
ened-and for these we must fling our
bit of love-gift If we would ioin tho
worlds Palm-triumph OF acclaim to the