The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-05
CHRIST TIE COyQUEROR.
Talmage Tells Of The SdTiOT'S De-
paTturo From Heaven.

The Victory on the Cross.
Brooklyn, n. Y, March 4. From the
startling figure Of the text chosen by Rev.
DR.. Talmage in his sermon in the Brooklyn
tabernacle to-day, the preacher brought
out the radical truths of the Christian
religion. 1t was sacramental day in the
tabernacle The subject of the sermon
was Christ the Conqueror." the text
being. lisa CD, /: ''Wh0 is this that cometh
from Edom. with dyed garments from
Bozrah} this that is glorious in his APP
parel, travelling in the greatness Of his
strength"
Edom and Bozrah, having been the
scene of fierce battle, when those words
are used here or in any ether part 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 any kind, 80 the words
BoZrah and EdOm IN this tex are hgureS
of speech descriptive Of a scene of great
slaughter. Whatever else the prophet
may have meant to describe, he most GER
tainly meant to depict 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 a general is about to 90 out to the
wars, a flag and q sword are publicly pre-
sented 10 him, and the maidens bring
flowers, and the young men load the can
non and the train starts amidst 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 benin 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 suf-
fer, 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 accompanied 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 be
tween a mans going of to battle and com
ing back again. When he goes of. it is
with epaulets untangled, with ban
ner 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 vet fought a battle. He was
starting out, and though this world did
not give him a warm-heartcd greeting,
there was gentle mother who folded
him in her arms: and a babe finds no
difference between a stable and palace,
between courtiers and camel-drivers. As
Jesus stepped on the stage Of this world,
it was amidst angelic shouts in the CALLER
les and amidst the kindest maternal min
istrations. But soon hostile forces began
to gather They deployed from the
SanhedTim. They were detailed from the
standing army. They came out from the
Cesarean castles. The vagab bonds in the
street joined the gentlemen of the man
sion. 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
gathering about it, How feeble the re-
cruitsl A few shoremen, blind beggar,
woman with an olabaSter box, another
woman with two mites, and a group of
friendless, moneyless and positionless
people came to his standard. What
chance was there for him} Nazareth
against him. Bethlehem against him.
CapernaUm against him. Jerusalem
against him. Galilee against him The
courts against him. The army against
him. The throne against him. The world
against 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 strike for the de-
hveranCe 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. TWAS
to be more fierce than Bozrah, more
bloody than Gettysburg, involving more
than AuSterlltz, more com batauts en-
ployed than at Chalons, Ehasther con-
t1ict than all the battles of the earth put
together, though Edmund Burke's esti-
mate Of thlrty-hve thousand millions of
the slain be accurate. The day was
Friday The hour was between u aud 3
O'Clock. The field was a slight hillock
northwest Of Jerusalem. The forces en-
gagged were earth and hell, Joined as allies
on one side, and heaven, represented by
solitary lnhabitant, on the other
The hour came. Oh what a time it
was! l think that that day the universe
looked on. The spirits that could be
spared from the heavenly temple, and
could get conveyance of wing or chariot
came down from above, and spirits get
ting turlough from beneath came up; and
they listened, and they looked and they
watched. oh, what an uneven battle!
Two worlds armed on one side; an I'M
armed man on the other. The regiment
Of the Roman army at that time stationed
at Jerusalem began the attack. They
knew how TO fight, for they belonged TO
the most thoroughly drilled army of all
the world. With spears glittering in the
sun, they charged up the hill The
horses prance and rear amidst the ex-
citement of the pOpulace-tho 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 there, and there and there. If
he IS to have achievements, let him call
them up now. No; he must do this work
alone-alone, He is dying. Feel for
yourself OF the wrist the pulse is feebler.
Feel under the arm: the warmth is less.
He IS dying. Ay, they pronounce him
dead. And Just at That moment that they
pronounce him dead he rallied, and from
his wounds he unsheathed weapon
which staggered the Roman legions down
the hill, ana hurled the satanic battaI-
ions into the pit. 1t was weapon
OF love-infnite love, all-conquerlng
love. Mghtier than javelin or spear.
1t triumphed over all. Put back, We armies
of earth and HE'LL The tide of battle
turns. Jesus hath overcome. Let the
people stand apart and make line, that he
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