The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-07

TO achieve our national independence in
1850 as to speak of Christ as though He
were soing to achieve our salvation IN
the future. He did II in the year of our
Lord 33--1,S61 years ago-on the field
OF Bozrah. the captain Of our saliva
tion fighting unto the death for your and
my emancipation.
All we have to do is 10 accept that
fact i'm our heart Of hearts and we are
free for this world, and we are free for
the world 10 come. But lest we might
| not accept Christ comes through here to-
| day. travelling in the greatness of His
| strength" not to tell you that He is go
| ing TO fight for you some battle In the
| future. but to tell you that the battle
| IL already fought and the victory al
ready won.
You have noticed that when soldiers
come home from the wars they carry
| on their flags the names of the battle
| fields where they were distinguished. The
| Englishnan coming back has on his ban
| ner Inkerman and Balaklava; the
Frenchman. Jena and Eilau: the Ger
man, Versatile and Sedan. And Christ
has on the banner He carries as con-
queror the names of 10000 battlefields
| He won for you and for me. He rides
| past all our homes Of bereavement. by
| the door-bell swathed in sorrow. by the
wardrobe black with woe. by the dis
mantled fortress Of our strength.
Come out and greet Him today, . We
| people, See the names OF all the battle
| passes on His flag. Ye who are poor.
| read on this ensign the story of Christi
| hard crusts and pillowless head. Ye who
! are prosecuted. read here Of the ruffians
who chased Him from His first breath
| to His last. Mighty to soothe your
| troubles. mighty to balk your calamities.
mighty to tread down your foes, tray
| cling IN the greatness OF His strength.
| Though His horse be brown with the
dust Of the march, and the fetlocks be
| vet with the carnage. and the bit be red
| with the blood of your spiritual foes. He
| comes up now, not exhausted from the
| battle. but fresh as when He went into
| it-coming up from Bozrah, travelling
| in the greatness Of His strength
How Jesus Trents His Cnptives.
You know that when Augustus and
| Constantine and Trajan and Titus came
| back from the wars what a time there
was. You know they came on horseback
or i'm chariots. and there were trophies
before. and there were captives behind,
and there were people shouting on all
Sides and there were garlands flung
| from the window, and over the highway
a triumphal arch was sprung. The solid
! masonry today at Benevento Rimini and
| Rome still tell their admiration for those
| heroes. And shall we let our conqueror
20 without lifting any acclaim? Have
we not flowers red enough 10 depict the
| carnage. white enough TO celebrate the
| victory, fragrant enough to breathe the
| JOY?
Those men Of whom 1 just spoke
| dragged their victims at the chariot
| wheels, but Christ our Lord takes those
who once were captives and invites them
into His chariot 10 ride while He puts
around them the arm Of His strength
| saying. II have loved thee with ever
lasting love. and the waters shall not
| drown II. and the fires shall not burn it,
| and eternity shall not exhaust it."
II this be true / cannot see how any
man can carry his sorrows a great while
II this conqueror from Bozrah is going
to beat back all your griefs, why not
| trust Him? oh, do you not feel under
this gospel your griefs falling back and
your tears drying up as YOU hear the
tramp OF a thousand illustrious promises
led on by the conqueror from Bozrah.
travelling in the greatness Of His
strength p"
The Death of sin.
ON that Friday which the episcopal
church rightly celebrates. calling II Good
Friday" your soul and mine were con-
tended for. on that day Jesus proved
Himself mightier than earth and hell and
when the lances struck Him He gathered
| them up into a sheaf. as a reaper gathers
| the grain. and He stacked them. Mount
| ing the horse Of the Apocalypse. He rode
down through the ages, travelling I'm the
| greatness Of His strength" on that day
your sin and mine persisted II we will
| only believe IL.
There may be some one here who may
say: II don't like the color or this con-
querors garments. You tell me that His
| garments were not only spattered with
| the blood Of conflict but also they were
soaked. that they We're saturated. that
| they We're dyed In it, I admit IT, You
say you do not like that. Then ! quote
| you two passages Of scripture; Without
| the shedding OF blood there IL no remia-
| sion" I'm the blood IS the tenement ="
| But Il was not your blood. II WAS His
| own. Not only enough to reddCn His
garments and To redden his horse. but
| enough 60 wash away the sins OF the
world. oh. the blood on His brow. the
blood on Ills hands the blood on His
| feet the blood on His side II seems a.
| II an artery must have been cut.
There IL fountain filled with blood
Drawn from lmmenuel's veins. a.,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains
Hood and DIood.
At 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon go
among the places or business on toll. II
will be- no difficult thing FOR YOU to ind
men who. by their looks. show YOU that
they are overworked, They are prema-
turely old. They are fastening rapidly
toward their deceaae. They have gone
| through crises In business that shattered
| their nervous aystcma aud pulled un the
| brain. They have "A ahortnees Of breath
aud u pain in the back OF the head. and
at night mn insomnia that alarms them.
Why are they drudging AZ business
| early ana late2 For fun No; II would
| be difficult 10 extract any amusement
| out Of that exhaustion. Because they
/ are avnriciOusP In many eases no. lie
| cause their own personal expenses are
/ lavish No. a few hundred dollars
| would meet all their wants. The simple
| fact rs, the man ~ enduring all that
| fatigue ana evaporation ana wear ana
tear to keep his home prosperous.
/ There ~ an Invisible line reaching from
| that store. from that bank. from that
/ shop. from that acaffoldlnR, Co quiet
/ scene n few blocks. "a few miles away,
| and there Is the secret OF that business
/ endurance lie h simply the champion
| OF a. homestead for which ~ wins bread
/ and wardrobe and education and pros
/ perlty. and In such battle 10000 men fall.
/ or ten business men whom bury nine
/ die OF overwork for others. Some sud
/ den disease finds them with no power Of
/ resistance. and they are gone. Life for
/ life. Blood for blood. Substitution!
| AZ 1 O'Clock tomorrow morning, the
| hour when elumber - most unlnter-
i rupted and most profound walk amid
/ tho dwelling houses OF the city. Here
/ and there you viii find a dim light, be-
| cause II Is the household custom 90 keen
| "A Ril1dued light burning, but most OF the