Produced by David E. Brown, Hazel Batey, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcribers Note: Page 7 cocoanut changed to cocoa nut Page 7 overtops changed to over tops Page 33 ensample changed to example Page 68 reoice changed to rejoice Page 68 Bastile changed to Bastille Page 72 in-coming changed to incoming Page 73 undercurrents changed to under-currents Page 107 caldron changed to cauldron Page 111 strengeneth changed to strengthenth Page 112 scarifice changed to sacrifice Page 151 inclosed changed to enclosed Page 152 usally changed to usually Punctuation has been moved inside enquotes where it was outside The Palm Tree Blessing A discourse on the various characteristics of the palm tree, illustrating the many features of the sanctified, Christian life. _By_ Evangelist W. E. Shepard _Author of_ "Wrested Scriptures Made Plain" Etc. NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE KANSAS CITY, MO. COPYRIGHT, 1913 NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE THE PALM TREE IS NOTED FOR ITS BEAUTY 7 CHAPTER TWO THE PALM TREE IS NOTED FOR ITS STRAIGHTNESS 11 CHAPTER THREE THE PALM TREE IS NOTED FOR ITS PERENNIAL FRESHNESS 14 CHAPTER FOUR THE PALM TREE IS NOTED FOR ITS FRUITFULNESS 19 CHAPTER FIVE THE PALM TREE IS NOTED FOR SWEETNESS OF ITS FRUIT 26 CHAPTER SIX THE PALM TREE BEARS FRUIT IN ITS OLD AGE 34 CHAPTER SEVEN THE PALM TREE IS NOTED FOR ITS UTILITY 41 CHAPTER EIGHT THE PALM TREE IS APPRECIATED 56 CHAPTER NINE THE PALM TREE WILL GROW IN THE DESERT 66 CHAPTER TEN THE PALM TREE FINDS THE WATER 71 CHAPTER ELEVEN THE PALM TREE GETS OTHERS STARTED 76 CHAPTER TWELVE THE PALM TREE MOUNTS HEAVENWARD 81 CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE PALM TREE IS PECULIAR IN ITS GROWTH 86 CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE PALM TREE HAS A ROUGH, COARSE EXTERIOR, BUT IS SOFT AT THE HEART 89 CHAPTER FIFTEEN THE LIFE OF THE PALM TREE IS AT THE CENTER 96 CHAPTER SIXTEEN THE PALM BRANCH IS THE SYMBOL OF VICTORY 113 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE PALM TREE WILL NOT ADMIT OF GRAFTING 128 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE PALM TREE IS ADAPTED TO WARM CLIMATES 142 CHAPTER NINETEEN PALM TREE PECULIARITIES 146 a. _The Explosive Flower._ b. _The Living Sacrifice._ c. _The Foreign Missionary._ d. _Differences in Size and Form._ Introduction "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree."--Psalm 92:12.