Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-05

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~, sl'sasu ana startling fact. peonie talk II
IISs.ss ~ though he were going "a 40 eo,nh,
ssnlns grand for us after awhile us boa
eone y People talk as thonph n or ID
ysars from now, in the closing bonrs az ON,
nisl Or IN some terrible pass Of lie Jesnt
"fi nelp us lie has done The ,vnrt al,
Ieauy. He did it 1861 wears ago von
mlghtas we'll talk Of Washinetnn n, th,,,,,,,
ne were going to achieve our nntionsi ma.
,tn', suVe IN is'V as TO speak OF Christ "a
though he were going to echieve our cole,
s,Un ia we iuture lie did II in the year o,
g.I iI,ru SS-l'sdl years ago-cn the field Of
ton.
All we have TO do is to accept that fact in
our heart OF hearts, and we are free for this
world, and we are free for the world 10
come But lest we might not accept Christ
comes through here today, Travelling in
the greatness of his strength not 70 tell
you that he Is going to fight for you some
battle In the future, but totell You that the
battle Is already fought and the victory al.
ready won
You have noticed that when soldiers come
home from the wars they carry on their
flags the MINES OF the battle1elds whr-e
they were distinguished The Englishman
coming back has on his banner Inkerman
and Balaklavu; the Frenehman, Jena and
Eilau; the German, Versailles and Sedan
And Christ has on the banner he carries "a
conqueror the nuines OF 10000 battleflelds
he won for you aud for me. He rldes mast
NIL our homes OF bereavement, by the door
bell swathed in sorrow, by the wardrobe
black with woe, by the dismantled fortress
of our strength
Come out and greet him today, o We peo-
plel See the names OF all the battle masses
on his flag Ye who are poor, read on this
ensign the story OF Christ'a hard crusts and
pillowless head. Ye who are persecnted,
read here Of the ruiilans who chased him
from his first breath TO bis last. Mighty
to soothe your troubles. mighty TO balS
your calamitles, mighty to tread down your
foes, travelling in the greatness OF his
strength Though his horse be brown
with the dust Of the march, aud the fet-
locks be wet with the carnage, aud the bit
be red with the blood of your spiritual foes,
he comes up now, not exhausted from the
battle, but fresh rs when he went into it
coming up from Bozrah, travelling in the
greatness Of his strength
now JESUS TREATS MS CAprIVEs.
You know that when Augustus aud Com
stnntine and Trainn aud 1itus came back
from the wars, what a time there was You
know they came on horseback or IN ehariots,
and there were trophies before, and there
were captives behind, and thore were people
shouting on all sides, and there were gar
lands flung from the window, and over the
4 Il. d.
The solid masonry today Mt Bneyento,
Rimini md Rome still tell Decentralization
for those heroes. And shall we let our CON
queror 20 without lifting any acclaim
Have we not flowers red enough TO depict
the carnage, white enough TO celebrate the
victory, fragrant enough to breathe the ioyi
Those men of whom just spoke dragged
their victims at the chariot wheels but
! Christ our Lord takes those who ono,
were captiyes and invites them into biz
chariot 70 ride, while he puts around then
the arm Of his strength, saying 81 hay,
loved thee with an everlasting love, ant
the waters shall not drown it, and the fire
shall not burn it, and eternity shall not eX
haust It,"
II this be true, / cannot see how any maj
can carry his sorrows great while, II thi
conuuorur from Bozrah Is going to boa
back all your griefs, why not trus. him
Oh. do you not feel under this gospel you
griefs falling back and your tears dryin
up MS you hear the tramp Of a thousand j
lustrious promises led on by the oonquerc
from Bozrah, travelling, travelling, in IL
greatness Of his strengthW
THE DEATH OF SIN.
On that Friday which the Epscopl
church rightly celebrates, calling It GOO
Friday" your soul and mine were conten,
ed for. On that day Jesus proved himse
mightier than earth and hell, and when I'll
lnnecs struck him he gathered them up II
to sheaf, as reaper gathers the grail
and he stacked them. Mounting the hor'
of the Apocalypse, he rode down throug
the ages, "trayeling in the greatness of h
strength" On that day your sin and min
persisted, II we will only believe IL.
There may be some one here who ma
saw, 81 don't like the color OF this col
uueror's garments You tell me that b
garments were not ouly spattered with ii
blood OF conflict, but also they were soake'
TINT they were saturated, that they WEI
dved In It." admit It, You say you d
not like that Then / quote to you Nv
nassages OF Scripture. without the she
dina OF blood there is no remission" 81
the blood is the atonementh But it WI
not Your blood. 1t was his own. Not on
enouph to redden his garments and to re-
den Ills horse, but enough to wash ava
tho sins OF the world. Oh, the blood on h
brov,. the blood on his hands, the blood
lila feet. the blood on his sidel 1t seems
n an artery must have been cut
There Is a fountain filed with blood
Drawn from lmmRnunl's yeins,
And sinners plunged beneath That hood
Lose all their guilty stains.
BLOOD ron BLOOD
Al o'clock tomorrow afternoon
among the places of business or toll'
will be no difficult thing for you 70 ~
men who by their looks. show you IN
thew are overworked. They arc preinauu
ly old. They are fastening rapialy toMA
their decease. They have gone tnroul
crises in business that shattered their me- ny,
ons systems and pulled on the BRAN. !
have a shortness OF breath, and o pam IN
! baek Of the head, and at night an ihsom'
i that alarms them ..t.... 90,
a WHY are they drudging at business es l
and iatei For funf No It wouia os u, u,
Gulf IN extract any amusement out OF u
. erhnustion. Because they are avafielo'
I In many cases no. Because their own ?
: sonal expenses are lavish' Noi lew ~ =,
, drcd dollars would meet all their wan
y iTbe s,mnle fact IS, the man is enduring
g that fatigue and evaporation anu "eAfH
e tear 10 keep his home prosperous;
II Tbore Is an invisible line feAenins II
rs mat store. from that bank, from tnal IN
from that scsfoldins, to a quless , sesn
se 49, ~. bloeks. few miles away and tner'
s, l SS -. "a that business Endurance.