The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-03-10
THE NAME OF JESUS.
1T CHEERS THE DOWNTRODDEN
OF THIS CENTURY.
Human Race in Body as We'll as In
Soul TaImage on Christ, the Con
queror OF the World,

chosen by Rev. Dr.. Talmagc in hi
sermon in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
to-day, the preacher brought eOut The
radical truths of the Christian religion
1t was Sacramento day in the Taber
nacle. The subject of the sermon was
Christ the Conqueror," the text being
Isa So /: "WhO is this that cometI
from Edom, with dyed garments from
Bozrah? this that is glorious in his
apparel, travelling in the greatness OF
his strengthY
Edom and Bozrah, having been the
scene of fierce battle when thos'
words are used here or in any other
part of the Bible, they are figures OF
speech setting forth scenes of severe
conflict. As now W. often use tbs
word Waterloo to describe decisive
contest of any kind, SO the words
Bozrah and Edom in this text are
figures of speech descriptive Of scene
of great slaughter. Whatever else
the prophet may have meant to de
scribe, he most certainly meant to de,
pict the Lord Jesus Christ, saying,
"Who is this that cometh from Edom,
with dyed garments from Bozrah,
travelling in the greatness Of his
strength?"
When general is about to 90 out to
the wars, a flag and sword are pub.
licly presented to him and the maidens
bring flowers, and the young men load
the cannon, and the train starts amid
a huzza that browns the thunder OF
the wheels and the shrek of the wits,
tie. But all this will give no idea OF
the excitement that there must have
been in heaven when Christ started
out on the campaign of the worlds
conquest. If they could have foreseen
the siege that would be laid to him,
and the maltreatment he would suffer,
and the burdens he would have to
carry, and the battles he would have
to fight, think there would have been
a million volunteers in heaven who
would have insisted on coming along
with him; but no, they only accom-
panied him to the gate, their last
shout heard clear down to the earth,
the space between the two worlds
bridged with great hosanna. You
know there is a wide difference be-
tween 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 a 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 amid angelic
shouts in the galleries and amid the
kindest maternal ministrations But
soon hostile forces began to gather.
They deployed from the Sanhedrim.
They were detailed from the standing
army. They came out from the &C.
sarean castles. The vagabonds in the
street joined the gentlemen of the
mansion, Spirits rode up from hell,
and in long array there came 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 it? How
feeble the recruits! A few shoremen,
blind beggar, woman with an ala
baster box, another woman with two
mites, and group of friendless,
moneyless and positionless people
came to his standard What chance
was there for him? Nazareth
against him. Bethlehem against
him. Cgpernaum 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 enslaved race, and he must do
the work. Then they sent out their
pickets 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, and
how much. They did not dare to
make their final assault, for they knew
not but that behind him there might
be reinforcement that was not seen,
But at last the battle came. 1t was to
be more fierce than Bozrah, more
bloody than Gettysburg, involving
more than Austerlitz more combat
ants employed than at Chalons,
ghastlier conflict than all the battles
of the earth put together, though Ed
mund Burlie's estimate of thirty-fve
thousand millions of the slain be &C.
curate. The day was Friday. The
hour was between Il and 3 o'clock.
The field was slight hillock north
west of Jerusalem, The forces en-
gagged were earth and hell, Joined as
allies on one side, ard heaven, repre-