The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-03-09
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that cometh from Edom, with dyed
garments from Bozrah? this that is
glorious in His apparel, travelling in the
greatness of His strength" DIR. 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
che 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 scene of great slaugh-
ter. Whatever else the prophet may
Azve meant to describe, he most GER
zainly meant to depict the Lord Jesus
Christ saying: "Who is this that
coneth from Edom, with dyed gar
Dcnts from Bozrah, travelling in the
greatness of His strength"
When general is about to go out to
the wars, flag and sword is publicly
presented to him, and the maidens
bring flowers, and young men load the
cannon, and the train starts amidst a
huzza that browns the thunder of the
wheels and the shrek of the whistle.
Bot all this will give no idea of the ex-
element that there must have been in
Heaven when Christ started out on the
campaign of the worlds conquest If
they could nave foreseen the siege that
would be laid to Him, and the NAL
treatment He would suffer, and the
burdens He would have to carry, and
Skc battles He would have to fight, L
think there would have been a million
volunteers in Heaven who would
have insisted on coming along
with Him; but no, they only ac-
coDlpanied Him to the gate. their
last shout heard clear down to the
Earth, the space between the two
worlds bridged with a great hosanna.
You know there is a wide difference
between a mans 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 battle. He was start
ing out, and though this world did not
give Him a warm-hearted greeting,
there was gentle mother who folded
Him in her arms; and babe finds no
difference between a stable and a
palace, between courtiers and camel
. drivers. AS Jesus stepped on
the stage of this world, it
was amidst angelic shouts in the
galleries and amidst the kindest mater
nal ministrations But soon hostile
forces began to gather. They deployed
from the Sanhedrim. They were de-
called 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 a 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
5t7 How feeble the recruits! A few
shoremen, blind teggar, a woman
with an alabaster box. another woman
with two mites, and 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 to strike for the deliverance of an
e1sIaved race, and He must do the
work. Then they sent out their pick
cts to watch Him They saw in what
house He went. and when He came out.
They watched what He ate, and
who with: what He drank, aud how
much. They did not dare to make
skeir final assault, for they knew not
but that behind Him there might be a
reinforcement that was not seen. But
at last the battle came. 1t was to be
more fierce than Bozrah, more bloody
SIaan Gettysburg, involving more than
A1sterGtZ, more combatants employed
than at Chalons, a ghastlier conflict
than all the battles of the earth put to-
Rether, though Edmund Burke's esti-
mate of thirty-ive thousand millions
81 the slain be accurate The day was
friday. The hour was between IL and
o'clock. The field was slight hillock
nurthwest of Jerusalem The forces
engaged were earth and hell, joined as
allies, on one side, and Heaven, repre-
sented by solitary inhabitant, on the
.other
The hour came. Oh, what a time it
xasl I think that that day the uni
verse looked on. The spirits that could
be spared from the heavenly temple,
chariot, came down from above, and
spirits getting furlough from beneath
came up, and they listened and they
EcoE1ed, and they watched. Oh, what
an uneven battlei 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 sun 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
eszere, and there, and there. If He is to
hzve reinforcements let Him call them
up nov. No: He must do this work
zLone-alone He is dying. Feel for
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