Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-03-10


If be is to have re-enforcements, let him
cali them up now. No; he must do this
work alone-alone. He is dying. Feel
for yourself Of the wrist; the pulse is
feebler. Feel under the arm; the warmth
is less. He is dying. Aye, they pro
nounce him dead. And just ut that mo-
ment that they pronounced him dead he
rallied, and from his wounds he I'M
sheathcd o weapon which staggered the
Roman legions down the hill and hurled
the satanic battalions into the pit. 1t was
a weapon Of love-infinite love, all con-
quering love. Mightier than javelin or
spear, it triumphed over all. Put back,
We armies of earth and hell!
The tide of battle turns Jesus hath
overcome. Let the people stand apart
and make n line that he may pass down
from Calvary to Jerusalem, and thence
on and out all around the world The
battle is fought. The victory is achieved
/ The triumphal march is begun Hank
I to the hoofs of the warriors steed and
the tramping of a great multitude. for
he has many friends now! The hero of
heaven and Garth advances. Cheer.
checrl WHO is this that cometh from
Edom. with dyed garments from Boz
ran, travelling III the greatness of his
strength
FIGHTING FOR SALVATION,
We behold here a new revelation of
blessed and startling fact. People talk
of Christ as though he were going to do
J for 7
has done it. People talk as though 10 or
/ 20 years from now, in the closing hours
of our life or i'll some terrible pass of life,
Jesus will help us. He has done the work
already. lie did it 1851 years ago. You
might as well talk of Washington AS
though he were going to achieve our ma
tional independence in 1850 as to speak
of Christ as though he We're going to
achieve our salvation in the future. He
did it in the year of our Lord 3d. ,S6l
4 years ago-on the field of Bozrah, the cap
tain Of our salvation fighting unto death
/ for your and my emancipation
4 All we have TO do is to accept that
/ fact in our hearts, and we are free for
this world, and we are free for the world
to come. But, lest we might not ac-
cept, Christ comes through here today
'traveling in the greatness of his
strength" not to tell you that lie is 60
ing to fight for yon some battle in the
future, but 10 tell you that the battle is
already fought and tho victory already
won.
You have noticed that when soldiers
come home from the wars they carry on
4 their flags the names of the battlefields
where they were distinguished. The
Englishman coming back has ON his ban
ner Inkerman ard Balaklava; the
Frenchman, Jena and Eylau; the Ger
man, Versailles and Sedan. And Christ
has on the banner he carries as conquer
or 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 dismantled for
tress of our strength.
Come ont and greet him today, o We
people! See the names of all the battle
passes on his flag. Ye who are poor, read
on this ensign the story Of Christs hard
crusts and piliowless bead. Ye who are
prosecuted, read here of the ruf1ians VIII,
chased him from his first breath to his
last. Mighty TO soothe Your troubles,
mighty to balk your ealamities, mighty
to tread down your foes. travelling in
the greatness Of his strength" Though
his horse be brown with the dust of the
march, and the fetlocks be wet with the
carnage, and the hit he red with the
blood Of your spiritual foes, lie comes
up now, not exhausted from the battle,
but fresh as when he went into it com
ing up from Bozrah. travelling in the
greatness Of his strength"
TIE GREAT CoNCUERoR.
You know that when Augustus and
Constantine and Trajan and Titus came
back from the wars what time there
was. You know they came on horse
back or il chariots. and there were tro
plies before, and there were captives be-
hind, and there Were people shouting on
all sides, and there were garlands flung
from the window, and over the highway
triumpnal arch was sprung. hesolid
masonry today at Denevento, Rinini
and Rome still tell their admiration for
those heroes. And shall we let our con-
queror go without lifting any acclaim?
Have we not flowers red enough to de
pict the carnage, white enough to celc-
brate the victory, fragrant enough to
breathe the joy?
Those men of whom just spoke drag
ged their victims at the chariot wheels,
but Christ. our Lord, takes those who
once were captives and invites them into
his chariot to ride, while he puts around
them the arm of strength. saying. Il
have loved thee with an everlasting love.
and the waters shall not drown it. and
the fires shall not burn it, and eternity
shall not exhaust it
If this be true, cannot see how any
man can carry his sorrowsa great while.
If 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 thousand illustrious promises
led on by the conquero1 from Bozrah,
travelling. travelling in the greatness Ct
his strength"
On that Friday which the Episcopal
church rightly celebrates. calling it
Good Friday" your soul and mine were
contenGed for. On that day Jesus proved
himself mightier than earth and hell,
and when the lances struck him he gath
cred them up into a sheaf as Il reaper
gathers the grain, and he stacked them.
Mounting the horse of the Apocalypse,
he rode down through the ages travel
ing in the greatness OF his strength" On
that day your sin and mine persisted, if
we Will only believe it.
THE LORD OF BUSINESS.
There may be some one here who may
say: Il don't like TIE color of this con-
Queror's garments. You tell me that his
garments We're not only spattered with
the blood Of conflict, but also they were
soaked; that they were saturated; that
they were dyed in it. admit it. You
say you do not like that. Then | quote
to you twop passages of Scripture: With