Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15
THE LORD In BATTLE.
CHRIST THE ALL = CON4UEhiN"
HERO.
Or. Talnrnge breaches a Sermon on
the Battles of Christ-His Weapon.
Love, Mightier Than Javelin OF
spear and irresistible.

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Or. Talmage in his sermon in the
Brooklyn Tabernacle to-day the pleach-
tn brought out the radical truths OF
the Christian religion. 1t was sacra-
mental day IN the tabernacle. The
subject of the crmon was Christ the
COnqueror." the text being Is1.ah kill,
|. Who is this that cnmeth from Edom
slith dyed garments from BOZrah--this
that is glorious in his apparel. travelling
in the greatness of his strength"
Edom and Bozrah. having been the
scene of fierce battle, when tEOse~SordS
are used here or in any pat Of the
Bible they are figures of speech setting
forth scenes OF severe conflict. As now
we often use the word Waterloo to
describe a decisive contest of amy kind,
so the words BOZrah and EdOn in this
text are figures of speech descriptive OF
q scene of great slaughter. Whatever
else the prophet may have meant to
describe, be most certainly meant to
depict the Lord Jesus Christ saying,
Who is this that cometh from Edom,
with dyed garments from Boaiah, tray
cling in the greatness Of his strenGthT
When a general is about 10 80 out
10 the wars, a flag and a sword are pub
liciy presented 20 him, and the maidenS
bring flowers and the young men load
the cannon, and the train starts amid
3 huZZa that browns the thunder Of the
wheels and the shrek of the whistle.
But all this will give no idea Of the
excitement that there must have been
10 heaven when Christ started out on
the campaign of the worlds conquest.
II they could have fOreSeen the siege
That would be laid TO him, and the NAL
treatment he would suffer, and the bur-
lens he would have to carry, and the
battles he would have to fight. l think
there would have been a million vol
unteerS in heaven who would have in
sisted on coming along with him. But
Go; they only accompanied him TO the
gate: their last shout heard clear down
10 the earth; the space between the
two worlds bridged with a great ho-
anna.
You know there is n wide difference
between a mans going off to battle
and coming back again. When he goes
of, it is with cpauletS untang4d, with
banner unspecked, with horses sleek
md shining from the groom. All that
there is of struggle and pain is yet to
tome. So it was with Christ. He had
cot yet fought a battle. He was start
ing out, and though this world did not
give him Il warm-hearted greeting there
was Il gentle mother who folded him
10 her arms. And Il babe finds no diff
ference between a stable and a palace,
between cOurtiers and camel drivers.
AS Jesus stepped on the stage of this
world it was amid angelic shouts in
rho pn owl .pI nnNf1 thn 1inlAEt t,n
t9rnal ministrations. But soon hostile
forces began to gather. They de- loyed
from the sanhedrin. They were de-
tailed from tie standing army. They
came out from the Caesarean castles.
The vagabonds in the street joined the
gentlemen of the mansion. Spirits rode
up from hell, and in long array there
came q force together that threatened
70 put to rout this newly artived one
from heaven.
Jesus. row seeing the battle, gather
lag, lifted his w standard. But who
gathered about it? How feeble the re-
fruits! A few shoremen. n blind
heggar, n woman with an alabaster
toox, another with two mites
| and n group of friendleSs, moncyless
aud p~Ositionless people came to his
standard. What chance was thece for
hiil? Nazareth against him, Caper-
aum against him, Jerusalem against
aim, Galilee against him. the Courts
against him, the army against him,
tie throne against him, the world
4@aiust him, all he'll 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 TO stlike for
tue d~eiirerance of an enSlaved race,
a1d he must do the york Then they
! sent out their picketS to watch him.
They saw in what house he went and
when he came out. They watched what
lac ate. and who with; what he drank,
uol how much. They did rot dare to
ctaSe their final assault, for they knew
not but that behind him there might be
d reinforcement that was not seen.
But at last the battle came. it was
- be more fierce than Bozrah. more
bloody than Gettysburg. involving more
than AusterlitZ, more combatants en-
Iioyed than at Chalons. a ghaStlier con
dict tban all the battles of the earth
cat together, though Edmund Burke s
estimate of thirty-five thousand mill
.Ors of the slain be accurate The
dag was Friday. The hour was be-
tween twelve and thrce o'clock. The
Geld was a slight hillock northwest
oT Jerusalem. rhe forces engaged were
rofta and he'll, joined rs allies on one
,sGc and haasen, represented by Il soil.
try inhabitant, III The other.
Tie hour came. oh, what a time il
sas. / think that that day the uni
.crse looked on. The spirits that could
10 spared from the heavenly temple
and could get conveyance of wing or
chariot came down from above, and
spirits getting furlough from beneath
s8me up; and they listened, and they
locked, and they watched. Oh. what
4u uneven battle! Two worlds armed
I'll one side; an unarmed man on tie
ether. The regiment of the Roman
1rfay at that time stationed at Jerusa-
i:m began the attack. They knew how
10 fight. Tor they belonged to the most
thoroughly drilled army Of all the
World. With spears glittering in the
SIN they charged up the hill. The horses
p"ance and rear amid the excitement
of the populace-the heels Of the riders
piunged in the TANKS, urging them on.
The weapons begin to tell on Christ.
See how faint he looks: There the