234 IN A GLOUCESTERSHIRE GARDEN 



■way in the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. And when 

 we admire the beauty and majesty of the palm, we 

 think how it is used as the type of all that is good 

 and lovely : — 



' I have never found in Holy Scripture ' (says S. Francis de 

 Sales) ' that the palm was made use of to represent anything 

 but perfection, and it always serves as a similitude for high 

 and excellent things.' 



And so it is ' as the palm tree the righteous shall 

 flourish,' the beloved of the Canticles is ' of stature like 

 a palm tree,' and, best of all, in the great vision the 

 ' great multitude ' of the redeemed were shown to the 

 beloved disciple 'clothed with white robes and with 

 palms in their hands.' 



