The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-03-10
CHRIST THE C%ONQUEROR.
Or. Talmage on the Truths of the
Christian Religion.

The saviour's Work Accomplished. 1t Re.
mains for Us to Accept 1.-the Mar
tyrs of Commercial and Do
nestle Life.
The subject of a late sermon preached
at Brooklyn by Rev. Il. Dewitt Tai
mage was Christ the ~Conqueror," the
text being Isaiah xiii 1: who is this
that cometh from Edom, with dyed
garments from Bozrah? this hat is
glorious in His apparel, travelling in the
greatness of His strength" DR.. Tai
mage said:
Edom and Bozrah, having been the
scene of fierce battle, when those words
are used here or in any other part of
the Bible, they are figures of speech
setting forth scenes of severe conflict
AS now we often use the word Water
loo to describe a decisive contest of
any kind, so the words Bozrah and
Edom in this text are figures of speech
descriptive of n scene of great slaugh-
ter. Whatever else the prophet may
have meant to describe, he most GER
tainly meant to depict the Lord Jesus
Christ, saying: ''Who is this that
cometh from Edom, with dyed gar
ments from BoZrah, travelling in the
greatness of His strength?"
When n general is about to go out to
the wars, a flag and Il sword is publicly
presented to him, and the maidens
bring flowers, and young men load the
cannon, and the train starts amidst n
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wheels and the shrek Of the whistle.
But all this will give no idea of the ex-
element that there must have been in
Heaven when Christ started out Oh the
campaign of the worlds conquest II
they could have foreseen the siege hat
would be laid to Him, and the NAL
treatment He would suffer. and the
burdens He would nave to carry. and
the battles He would nave to fight, 1
think there would have been a million
volunteers in Heaven who would
have insisted on coming along
with Him; but no. they only ac-
companied Him to the gate, their
last shout heard clear down to the
earth, the space between the two
worlds bridged with a great hosanna-
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between a man's going off to battle
and coming back again When he goes
off, it is with epaulets untangled, with
banner unspecked, with horses sleek
and shining from the groom. All that
there is of struggle and pain is to come
yet. So it was with Christ. He had
not yet fought a battle. He was start
ing out, and though this world did not
give Him n warm-hearted greeting,
there was a gentle mother who folded
Him in her arms; and u babe finds no
difference between a stable and a
palace, between courtiers and camel
drivers. As Jesus stepped on
the stage Of this world, il
was amidst angelic shouts in the
galleries and amidst the kindest mater
nal ministrntions. But soon hostile
forces began to gather. They deployed
from the Sanhedrim. They were de-
tailed from the standing army. They
came out from the Cesarean castles.
The vagabonds in the street joined the
gentlemen Of the mansion. Spirits
rode up from hell, and in long array
there came 4 force together that
threatened to put to rout this newly
arrived one from Heaven. Jesus now
seeing the battle, gathering lifted His
own standard; but who gathered about
it? How feeble the r~ecruits! A few
shoremen, a blind Geggar, n woman
with an alabaster box, another woman
with two mites, and n group of friend
less. ~moneyless and positionless people
came to His standard. What chance
was there for Him? Nazareth
against Him. bethlehem against
Him. Capernaum against Him. Jeru-
salem against Him. Galilee against
Him. The courts against Him. The
army against Him. The throne against
Him. The world against Him. All hell
against Him. No wonder they asked
Him to surrender. But He could not
surrender, He could not apologize, He
could not take any back steps. He had
come I strike for the deliverance of an
| .nslavei race, and He must do the
work. Then they sen out their pick
Its to watch Him. They saw in what
house He went. and when lie came out.
They watched what He ate, and
| Who with: what lie drank, and how
much. They did not dare to make
their final assault, for they knew moi
but that behind Him t ere might be a
reinforcement that was not seen. But
! at last the battle came. 1t was to be
more fierce than Bozrah. more bloody
than Gettysburg, involving more than
Austerlitz, more combatants employed
than at Chalons, a ghastlier conflict
than all the battles of the earth put to-
yether, though Edmund Burke's esti-
mate of t~hirty-five thousand millions
| Of the slain be accurate. The day was
Friday. The hour was between IL and
3 o'clock. The field was a slight hillock
northwest Of Jerusalem. The forces
engaged were earth and hell, joined as
allies, on one side, and Heaven, repre-
,cntcd by q solitary inhabitant, on the
other.
The hour came. Oh, what a time it
was! l think hat hat day the uni
verse looked on. The spirits that could
be spared from the heavenly temple,
and could get conveyance of wing or
chariot, came down from above. and
spirits getting furlough from beneath
came up, and they listened and they
looked, and they watched. Oh, what
an uneven battle! Two worlds armed
on one side; an unarmed man on the
other. The regiment of the Roman
army at that time stationed at Jerusa-
lam began the attack. They knew
how to fight, for they belonged to
the most thoroughly drilled army of
all the world. With spears glitter
ing in the u they charged up
the hill. The horses prance and rear
amidst the excitement of the ~populace
the heels of the riders plunged in the
TANKS, urging them on. The weapons
begin to tell on Christ. See how faint
He looks! There the blood starts, and
there, and there, and there. If He is to
have reinforcements let Him call them
up now. No; He must do this worl
alone-alone. He is dying. Feel fol
yourself on the wrist; the pulse is fee
bier. Feel under the arm; the warmth
is less. He is dying. Ay, they pro
nounce Him dead. And just at that
moment that they pronounced Hin
dead He rallied. and from Hi.
wounds He unsheathed a weapon
which staggered the Roman 10
gions down the hill and hurled the
satanic battalions into the pit. 1t wa,
u weapon of love-infinite love, all-con
quering love. Mightier than ~javelin OIL
spear, 1t triumphed over all. Put back
we armies of earth and hell! The tide
Of battle turns. Jesus hath overcome
Let the people stand apart Inc make
line, that He may pass down from Cal