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. .E'The New Emphasis
OF Palm Sunday
(Review of Rev. c. J. Armentrouts
Sermon, April %, 1e20.l


Sermon, April 20, 1e20.)
A great service was held in the Pres
byterian church last Sunday morning,
in observance OF Palm Sunday. The
large auditorium was crowded with
devout worshipers. Mr.. Armentrout
spoke on the New Emphasis of Palm
Sunday basing the line OF thought
on the record contained in Matthew
21:1-11.
Palm Sunday is known to us as the
day OF our Lords triumph. We are
observing it with the whole Christian
world. Two thousand years have
passed since that first procession
started out from bethany to Jerusa-
lem. But these cycles OF years have
Increased the procession until this
morning millions are singing their
Hosannas in the name of the Trium-
phant King.
Palm Sunday came at the close of
OF the three years OF our Lords min
istry. the last weeks OF which were
spent with His disciples on what is
called His "Perean ministry" because
It was spent in that region east OF the
Jordan, in which some of the richest
teachings of our Lord were given TO
the church. His march to Jerusalem
was the beginning of the end. He
crossed the fords of the Jordan and
came TO Bethany where He spent His
last Sabbath in the home of HIS
friends, Mary and Martha and Lazrus.
10 arrtrr a.. fr4c @
appeared on the streets or the little
town OF Bethany. which was the signal
for the disciples to gather. and the
Journey was begun. On the eastern
slopes OF Olivet. He paused while He
sent two disciples toward Bethany and
commanded them to bring the ass that
He might begin His trirnphal entry
into the Holy City. The procession
descended the western slopes across
edron. The crowds there encamped.
recognized Him coming In fulbllment
OF prophecy. behold thy King COM
eth unto thee meek and sitting upon
an ass, and colt. the fold OF an ass"
The crowds took OF their outer gar
ments and broke down the palm trees
and strewed them in the way. and the
multitudes cried. saying "Hosannah
10 the Son OF David Blessed Is He
that cometh in the name OF the Lord.
Hosannah in the Highest" This was
christ's entry into His full ministry.
The disciples had known Him only as
a prophet
From the beginning of His life His
prophetic Office had been In evidence
scenes OF His childhood. He was sit
ting in the midst of the doctors asking
and answering questions. In the
opening days OF His ministry. Nicode-
mus came by night saying: we know
that Thou art teacher come from
God" Again the woman at the well
went away saying: Come see a man
that told me all that ever did. Was
He not Christi" Jesus is In the world
today as our prophet The Alpha
and the Omega of Divine Truth. The
human heart is asking with PLATE:
what is TRUTH" The only answer is
prophet He alone has revealed Dr.
vine duty and destiny. otuside the
message OF Jesus. there is no light or
comfort or hope TO the human soul.
The whole Christian world, like that
company on the first Palm Sunday. Is
recognizing Jesus as their prophet. In
His triumph. lie was revealing Him
seif In His priestly office. This was
the day OF the revelation of His priest
hood His acts and sayings of this
day we're with special emphasis upon
His priestly Office He said to the
disciples: Behold. we go up to Jeru-
salem. and the Son OF Man shall be
betrayed unto the chief priests and
the scribes. and they ,shall commit
Him to DEATH
Emphasis was laid upon the sacrifi-
ciai death OF the Son OF God Our
PROFESSIONALLY is laying stress upon
the priesthood of Jesus. IA the Old
Testament He was prophecied as COM
Ing as n priest after the order of Mel
chisedec. without beginning and with
out end. Paul devoted the epistle to
the Hebrews TO the sacrificiai Office of
Christ. In which He enters into the
Holy PiaceIof God, there to make sac