The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-26

type or Christ, because he had NO
preuecessor or successor: Josenh a
typeo or Christ, because he was pnt to
death by his brethren; Moses a tvns of
Carist, because he was u deliyerer
rom bondage; Joshua type Of Christ.
because ne WAS a conqueror; Sampson
q typo OF Christ, because of his
strength to slay tAs lions and carry
on the iron gates OF impossibllity:
solomon type of Christ, In the full,
ness ,m ot MS dominion; Jonah typo OF
ShiiSt, because OF the stormy sea In
Wnich he threw himself for
gether Adam and Noah and Msl.
ehiAedeck aud Joseph, and Mose. and
Joshua, and Sampson and Solomor'
and Jonah, and they would not make
fragment OF Christ, 4 Quarter Of a
Christ, the half Of q Chrlst, or the
millionth part OF Christ. He fs,sook
throne and sat down on his own foot
stool. He came
FROM THE TOP OF GLORY
10 the bottom of humiliation. and
changed circumference seraphlo for
oircumferonc9 diabolic. Once wait
gu on by angels, now Kissed at by
pngands. From afar and high up, he
came down, a-past meteOrs, swiftsr
than theyi by starry thrones, himsolf
more lustrous; past larger worlds 10
smaller worlds, down stairs of firma.
menss, aud from cloud to cloud. and
through the tree tops aud into the
oamePs stall. To thrust his shoulder
nnder our burdens and take the Iances
OF pain through his vitale, he wrapnsd
niinsolf In all the agonies which we
deserve Tor our misdOings, and ptond
on tho smiling decks Of wreckiny
SNIP amid tho drenching surf OF the
sea, and passed midnights on tne
mountains amid wild beasts Of prey.
anu stood at the point whero all earth-
y anu internal hostillties Charged on
nlni az once, with thoir keen aabres -.
Our Substitute.
When did attorney ever endure 50
mucn Tor pauper client, or physle An
lor Lne patient Ia the lazaretto, or
mother for the child in mambranous
| Group, as Christ for us, and Christ for
So0, and Christ for meY Shall apy
man or woman or child In this All.
olonc9 who mas ever sufforsd for an.
other, find II hard TO understand this
Christly suffering for us? Shall those
whose sympRthies have been wrune ia
behalf OF tho unfortunate, have no an
proolation OF that one moment which
was lifted out OF all the ages OF eternity
ss most conspicuous, when Christ
gathered up all the sins OF those TO lie
redeemed, under his one arm, aud ali
| their sofrows under his other arm, and
said: VI will atone for these under INV
night arm, and will heal all those un-
dor nay lett armi Strike me with
All thy glittering shafts, o
Eternal JUSTICE. Roll over me with ali
tny surges, ye oceans OF sorrOwiv And
tho thunderbolts struck him from
above, and the seas of trouble rolled
up from beneath, hurricane after hur-
ricano, and
CYCLONE AFTER CYCLONE,
aud thon and there In presence of
hoavon and oarth and hell, yea. all
worlds witnessing, the price, tho bitter
price, the transcendent price, the awful
price, the glorious price, the Infinite
price, the eternal price was paid that
sets us free. That is what Paul means,
that is what mean, that is what ali
those who have ever had their hearts
changed mean by "blood.u l glory In
this roligion Of blood. 1 am thrilled
as | see tho suggestive color In sscra-
mental cup, whether II be Of FURNISHED
silver set on cloth himmaculately white,
or rough-hewn from wood set on table
Ia log-nut mee,ing-houses OF tho will
derness. Now 1 am thrilled as see
the affairs Of ancient sacrl.
flee, crimson with tho blood
OF the slain lamb, and Levitious
IL 20 mo not 50 much the Old Testa-
ment as the New. Now / see why the
destroying angel, passing over Egypt
III tho night, spared all those houses
| L.. A..
doorposta. Now know what Isaiah
means when he speaks OF "one in red
apparel coming with dyed garments
from Bozrah," and whom John means
when no describes q heavenly chief
tain whose "vesture was dipped In
blood;" and what Peter, the apostle,
means when he speaks OF tho "preclous
bl0od," and what John means when he
roterB 10 the blood that cleauseth from
ali sin; and what the old worn out,
decrepit missionary, Paul means when,
~ my text, ho cries, "without she'd
ding OF blood is no remissiOn.v By
that blood you and will be saved or
nevor saved at Rll. In all the ages of
the world God has not once pardoned
single SIN except through tho Sa-
vlot's expiation, and ho never will.
Glory be 10 God that the hill back OF
Jerusalem WAS the battlefield In which
Christ achieved our liberty. The most
ny,aus ,nm,,, M" as o,yorpowering w., day OF last
ns.,Iana,w 1s was nv w uay spent on tho
with
inh MORNING TRAIN FROM DRussELs,
we arrived Ia about an hour at that
iamous spot. A son OF ono who was in
sny battio alid who had heard from his
e ,asner monsanu times the whole
scens reciIeu, accompanied us over
tho iieid. Ihore STOOD the old Hougo.
mont en- Iosn, inc walls dented and
scsa.onsa s.,.a nsa anu proken ana shattered by
she vail vail ny, IN '"v wSIa. '"''s :oa iherJ -
.no ,n WI III when sVy dy-
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Eun E,nun, 'os srminay ay nouss ars, EngiSn nnd
,sn,, rrSn,h M es ,Nn a's. w,esl'eo. ,,n iondsr
','l WOW osn aho ieo guns Of tnc English, aud
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