Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-03-21
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIyINE'S sun,
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "christ the Conqueror."

VI ucTcb Uhlllt, wren IuO5S words ara uSt1
here or in any other part of the Bible they
are figures of speech setting forth scenes oi
severe conflict. As now we often use the
word Waterloo to describe decisive contest
OF any kind, SO the words BoZrah AMI Edom
In this text are figures OF speech descriptive
OF scene OF great slaughter. Whatever else
the prophet may have meant TO describe, he
most certainly meant to depict the Lord j esus
Christ saying '-Who IL this that cometh from
Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah.
travelling in the greatness OF His strength
When general is about to go out to the
wars, flag and n sword are publicly pre-
sented to him. and the maidens bring flow
ers, and the young men load the cannon.
and the train starts amid a hUzZa t-lat
browns the thunder OF the wheels and the
shrieK olthe whistle. 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 III
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 accompanied 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 wide difference be-
tween mans going of to battle and coming
back again. When he goes off, it is with
epaulets untangled, with banner unspecEed,
gth 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 a battle. He was
starting out. aud though this world did not
give Him 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
II was amid angelic shouts in the galleries
and amid the kindest maternal minstra-
tions. But soon hostile forces began TO
gather. They deployed from the sauhedrin.
Iney were detailed from the standing army.
They came out from the CBsarean castles.
The yagabOnds in the street joined the gem
temen 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 il? How feeble the recruits! A few
shOreiurn, bind heggar. a woman wiln an
liabsstrr box. another woman w,In two
mites aud a group OF ffiendie-- wOn-yiess
ami po-itionie,s people came to "A = - 81 iar,.
What chance was there Tor HimI .zir-tu
against HIM, Bethlehem against Him, CTper-
uaum 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 sur
render
But He could not surrender, He could not
apologize. He could not take any back steps.
He had come to strike for the deliYeTance OF
an en7laved 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 ont. They watched what Hq
ate. and who with what He drank, AMI how
much. They did not dare to make ther
final assault, for they knew not but that be-
hind Him there might be reinforcement
that was rot seen.
But at last the battle came. It was to be
more fierce than BOzrdh. more bloody than
Gettysburg, involving more than Austerlitz.
more cOmbatants employed than at ChaIOns,
ghastlier conflict than all the bSttles Of the
earth put together, though Edmund Burkes
estimate Of thlrty-tiye millions of the slain be
accurate. The day was Friday. The hour
was between y and o'clock. The field
was a slight hillOck mort invest Of Jerusalem.
The forces engaged were earth and he'll,
joined as allies on one side, and heaven,
represented by a solitary inhabitant on the
other.
The hour came. Oh. what a time it was
think 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.
anu oplEll5 kELilu2 ihIlOuRl ltOu btuNIlu
came up antthey listened, and they looked.
and they watched. On, what an uneven bat
tie! Two worlds armed on one side
unarme1 man on the other. The regiment
OF the Roman army at that time stationed at
Jerusalem began the attack. Iney knew
how to fight, for they belonged to the most
thoroughly drilled army OF the world. With
spears SlitterinS in the sun they charged up
the hill. The horses prance and rear
amid the excitement OF the pOpuiace-the
heels Of the riders plunged in the hanEs, urg-
ing them on.
The weapons begin to tell on Christ. See
how faint He looks There the blood
starts. and there, and there, and the-e. If
He Is to have re-snfOrCementS, let Him call
them up now. No He must do this work
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.
Aye, they pronounce Him dead. And Just
AT that moment that they pronounce Him
dead lie rallied, and from His wounds He
unsheathed u weapon which staggered the
Roman legiOus down the hill and hurled the
satanic battaliOns into the pit. II was
weapon OF love-infinite love, all conquer
ing love. bIichtier than javelin or spear, it
triumphed over all. Put back, We armies Of
earth and he'll.
The tide Of battle turns. Jesus hath over
come. Let the people stand apart and make
- line that He may pass down from Calvary
around the world. The battle is fought,
The victory is achieved. The triumphal
march ia begun. Hurk to the hoofS OF the
warriors steed and the trsmping Of a 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 in the greatness OF His
strengthI'
We behold here a new revelation OF a
blessed and n startling fact. People talk Of
Christ as though He were going to do some
thing grand for us after awhile. He has
done it. People talk as though ten or twenty
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 work already. He
did it 1861 years ago. You might as well talk
OF Washington as though he were going to
achieve our national independence in 1859 as
TO speak of Christ as though He were going
10 achieve our salvation IN the future-He
did II in the year OF our Lord 33-lS6l
years ago-on the field OF BOzrah. the
Captain OF our salvation fighting unto death
for your and ny emancipation.
Auw 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 accept, Christ comes
through here to-day "travelIng in the great
ness OF His strength" not TO tell you that He
Is going to fight for you sOme battle in the
future, bit 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 ontheir flags
the names ofthe battlenelds where they were
distinguished. The Englishman coming back
has on his banner Inkerman and BalaRlava
the Frenchman Jena and EylRu ;the German,
Versailles and Sedan. And Christ has on
the banner Tie carries as conqueror the !
names o! 1000 h7tfic1elds He won for You
and for me. He r, les past all our homes Of |
bereavement-ay the door bell swathsd in |
sorrow, 10y the wardrobe black with woe, by !
the disrnantle1 fortress Of our strength. |
Come out and greet Him to-day. o We peo-
pie Soc the names OF all the battle passes
on His FLAG. Io who ara poor, res,' on this |
ensign the story of Christ's hard crusts and |
pj!'owleSS head. Ye who are persecute', |
read here Of the rufiIns WHO chased Him |
from HIS first breath to "a 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, AMI the fetlOcks ba wet with the