Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-03-10


ye armies of earth and hell
The tide of battle turns. Jesus hatl
overcome. Let the people stand apar
and make line that he may pass dowI
! from Calvary to Jerusalem, and theme,
on and out all around the world. Thu
} battle is fought. The victory is achieved
The triumphal march is begun. Harl
to the hoofs of the warriors steed ant
the tramping of a great multitude, fol
: he has many friends nowl The hero Of
heaven and earth advances. Cheer
cheerl "Who is this that cometh from
Edom, with dyed garments from Boz
rah, travelling In the greatness of his
strength"
FIGHTING FOR SALVATION.
We behold here q new revelation of q
blessed and startling fact. People talk
of Christ as though he were going to dc
something grand for us after awhile. He
has done it. People talk as though 10 or
20 years from now, in the closing hours
of our life or in some terrible pass of life,
/ Jesus will help US. He has done the worl,
I1O u1O IL lyCOA y Cd1S dSO. Ou
might as we'll talk of Washington as
though he were going to achieve our ma
tional independence in 1850 as to speak
Of Christ as though he were going to
achieve our salvation in the future. He
did it in the year of our Lord 3d. 1851
years ago-on the field of Bozrah, the cap
tain of our salvation fighting unto death
for your and my emancipation.
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
"traveing in the greatness of his
strength" not to tell you that he is 60
ing to fight for you some battle in the
future, but to 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 on
their flags the names of the battle6elds
where they were distinguished. The
Englishman coming back has on his ban
ner Inkerman and 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 10, 900 battlefelds 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 out and greet him today, o We
peoplel See the names of all the battle
passes on his flag. Ye who are poor, read
on this ensign the story of Christ's hard
crusts and pillowless head. Ye who are
prosecuted, read here of the ruffians who
chased him from his first breath to his
last. Mighty to soothe your troubles,
mighty to balk your calamities, 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 fetloclss be wet with the
carnage, and the bit be red with the
oaU 1resn as 1Ee1TI1ewerr -ha-cnmaa
ing up from Bozrah, travelling N Tie
greatness of his strength"
THE GREAT CoNQUERoR.
You know that when Augustus and
Constantine and Trajan and Titus came
back from the wars what q time there
was. You know they came on horse
back or in chariots, and there were tro-
phies 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
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 go 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 1 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 l,
them the arm of strength, saying, 81 ,,
have loved thee with an everlasting love, :
md the waters shall not drown it, and
,he fires shall not burn it, and eternity
shall not exhaust it."
If this be true, I cannot see how any y.
nan can carry his sorrowsa great while. !
# this conqueror from Bozrah is going i.
o beat back all your griefs, why not =
rust him? Oh, do you not feel under :,
his gospel your griefs falling back and +
our tears drying up as you hear the -
ramp of thousand illustrious promises :,
ed on by the conqueror from Bozrah, 4
travelling. travelling in the greatness of :,
is strength" u
On that Friday which the Episcopal II
hurch rightly celebrates, calling it II
Good Friday" your soul and mine were Il
for. On that day Jesus proved q,
imself mightier than earth and hell, ,, ~
nd when the lances struck him he gath l.
red them up into a sheaf as reaper ~
athers the grain, and he stacked them. IL
lounting the horse of the Apocalypse, ri
9 rode down through the ages Gravel p
IL in the greatness of his strength" On n,
lat day your SIN and mine perlshed, II e.
e will only believe it. n1
THE LORD OF BUSINESS. "
There may be some one here who may re
W: 81 don't like the color of this con- n,
leror's garments. You tell me that his sc
lrments were not only spattered with nj
lie blood of conflict, but also they were q
aked; that they were saturated; that re-
icy were dyed in it," admit it. You
y you do not like that. Then 1 quote sr
you two passages of Scripture: with in
1t the shedding of blood there is no ia
mission" "In the blood is the atone mi
ent." But it was not your blood. 1t HI
as his own. Not only enough to redden at
5 garments and 10 redden his morse, but WE
ough to wash away the sins of the wi