Democratic messenger., 1894-03-10


call them up now. No; lac must do this
work alone alon" He is dying. Feel
for Yourself of the wrist; the pulse Is
feeblcr Feel under the arm the warmth
is less. lie is dying. Ave, they pro-
nounce him dead. And Just at that mo-
ment that they pronounced him dead he
rallied, and from his wounds he I'M
sheathel IA weapon which st; ggered the
Roman leSions down the hill md hurled
the satanic haitalions into the pit 1t WAS
Il weapon If love infinite |, We. all con-
qucrinG love Migh,cr than javelin or
spear, it triumphsd 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 line that he NAV pass down
from Calvary 10 Jerusalem. and thence
on and ont all around the world The
battle is fought. The victory is achieved
The trinnphal march is begun. Hark
To the hoofs of the warriors steed and
the tramping of great multitude, for
he has many friends now! The hero of
heaven and earth advances. Cheer,
cheer. Who is this that cometh from
Edom. with dyed garments from Boz
rah. travelling i'll the greatness of his
strength
FIGHTING FOR SALVATION.
We behold here new revelation of a
blessed and startling fact. People talk
of Christ as though he We're going To do
something grand for us after awhile. He
has done it. People talk as though l0or
70 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. He did il SCI years ago. You
might as we'll talk of Washington as
though he We're going to ac lieve our ma
tional Independence in 1859 as 10 speak
of Christ as though he We're going to
achieve our salvation i'll the future. He
did it in the year of our Lord 33-l .s6l
years ago-on the field Of Bo .rah, the cap
tain of our salvation iightir Z unto death
for your and my emancipation.
All we have 10 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 III the greatness of his
strength" not to tell you that he is so
ing to fight for you some battle III the
future, but 10 tell you that the battle is
already fought and the victory already
Won.
You have noticed that when soldiers
come home from the wars they carry OH
their flags the names of the battlefields
where they We're distinguished. The
Englishnan coming back has on his ban
ner Inkerman and Balaklava; the
Frcnchman. Jena and Eylau: the Ger
man, Versailles and Sedan. And Christ
has on the banner he carries as conquer
or the names of 1000 battlefields he won
for you and for me- He rides past all
our homes of bereavement-by the door
bell swathe,i i'll sorrow. by the wardrobe
black with Woe. by the dismantlcd 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. Ne who are poor, read
on this ensign the story of Christ hard
crusts and piliowless head. Ye who are
prosecuted, read here Of tie ruffians who
chased him from mis- first breath 10 his
last. Mighty 10 soothe your troubles.
mighty 10 balk Your Gala mites, mighty
to tread down Your foes. travelling in
tho greatness of his strength" Though
his horse be- brown with the dust of the
march. and the fcilOcks h. wet with the
carnage, and the Int be 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"
THE GREAT CoNQCERoR.
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 i'll chariots. and there We're tro-
phics before, and there We're captives be-
hind, and there We're people shouting on
all sides. and there We're garlands flung
from the window, and over the highway
n 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 con-
queror 20 without lifting any acclaim!
Have we not flowers red enough to de-
pict the carnage, white enough to cele-
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. onr Lord, takes those who
once were capiiyes 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 II.
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 yonr griefs falling back and
your tears drying up as you hear the
tramp of thousand illustrious promises
led OH by the conqueror from Bozrah,
travelling. travelling III the greatness of
his strength"
On that Friday which the Episcopal
church rightly celebrates, calling it
Good Friday" your soul and mine were
contended 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 a reaper
gathers the grain, and lie stacked them.
Mounting the horse of the Apocalypse,
he rode down through he ages travel
ing i'll the greatness of his strength" On
that day your sin and mine perished, if
we will only believe it,
TIE LORD OF u tSINESS.
There may be sons one here who may
say: Il don't like the color of this con-
querors garments. You tell me that his
garments We're not onlv spattered with
the blood Of conflict. but also they We're
soaked; tha; :hey were saturated; that
they We're dyed in H.. admit it, You
say you do not like that. Then | quote
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