The palm tree . ^t frfm llranA nf Lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds,and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothedwith white robes, and palnis in their hands.—Rev. vii. 9. |HE upright crowned tree, typical below of highand holy truths, is at length glorified above. Him that overcometh is made partaker inParadise regained of the Tree of Life. Conquerors through Christ carry in their hands the palm branch of victory and gladness. A close and intimate connection runs through the whole of the analogies suggested
The palm tree . ^t frfm llranA nf Lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds,and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothedwith white robes, and palnis in their hands.—Rev. vii. 9. |HE upright crowned tree, typical below of highand holy truths, is at length glorified above. Him that overcometh is made partaker inParadise regained of the Tree of Life. Conquerors through Christ carry in their hands the palm branch of victory and gladness. A close and intimate connection runs through the whole of the analogies suggested by this sacred tree. The Jlrst mention of it is most significantly linked with the last. In the Feast of Tabernacles, not only v/ere the leafy boothsor coverts in which the children of Israel were to dwell forseven days, woven of boughs of goodly trees, branches ofpalm trees, with willows of the brook, but all who tookpart in the festival also carried in their right hands a palmbranch entwined with willow and myrtle. A foreshadowing, it
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