Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-16
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
The Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sun .
day Sermon.
Subject: "Christ the Conqueror'"

ness of HIS strength? Isaiah KILL l.
Edom and Bozrah, having been the scene
of fierce battle, when those words are useu
here or in any other part OF the BlOie tney
are figures of speech setting forth scenes VI
severe conflict. AS now we often use tne
word Waterloo TO describe decisive contest
of any kind so the words Bozrah ana ECON
In this text are figures OF speech descrlptiVe
of scene of great slaughter. Whatever else
the prophet NAV have meant to describe, he
most certainly meant to depict the Lord Jesus
Christ saying. ''Who is this that cometn from
Edom, with dyed garments from Bozran,
travelling in the greatness Of His strength
When general is about to go out TO the
wars, flag AMI sword are publicly pre-
sented 10 him. and the maidens bring flow
ers, and the young men load the cannon.
and the train starts amid n huzza that
browns the thunder Of the wheels and the
SHREK ofthe 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. Ii
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
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 off to battle and coming
back again. When be goes off, it is with
epauets untapgled, with banner unspecked,
with horses sleek and shining from the
groom, All that there is of struggle and
pain is to come yet. So 1t was with Christ.
He had not yet fought battle. He was
starting out. and 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
stable and 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 ministra-
tions. But soon hostile forces began to
gather. They deployed from the sanhedrin.
They were detailed from the standing army.
They came out from the C@sarean castles.
The vagabonds in the street joined the gem
tlemen 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 iii How feeble the recruits few
shoremen, blind beggar, a woman with an
alabaster box, another woman with two
mites and group of frendlcss, moneyless
and positioness people came to His standard.
What chance was there for Him. Nazareth
against Him, Bethleh sm against Him, Caper-
naum 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 hell 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 deliverance OF
an ensaved race. and He must do the work.
Then they sent out their pickets 10 watch
Him. They saw liz 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 be-
hind Him there might BIO 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 combatanls employed than at Chalons,
ghastlier conflict than all the battles OF the
earth put together, though Edmund Burkes
es innate of thirty-ive millions Of the slain be
accurate. The day was Friday. The hour
WAS U6lWOtA IL duQ y " ClOShs AhO 4AO'>'
was a slight hilock northwest Of Jerusalem.
The forces engaged we're earth and hell,
Joined as allies on one side, and heaven,
represented by solitary inhabitant on the
ether.
The hour came. Oh, what a time it was T!
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.
and spirits getting Through from beneath
came up and they listened, and they looked,
and they watched. Oh, what an uneven bat
tie Two worlds armed on one side; an
unarmed 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 belonge TO the most
thoroughly drilled army Of the world. with
spears glittering in the sun they charged up
the hill. The horses prsnce and rear
amid the excitement of the popuiace-the
heels of the riders plunged in the TANKS, urg-
ing them on.
The weapons begin to tell on Christ. See
how faint He looks There the blool
starts. and there, and there. and there. Il
He is TO have re-en forcements, LET Him call
them up now. No He must do this work
alone. He is dying. Feel for yourself Of
the wrist 1.-The pulse is feebler. Feel under
the arm the warmth is less. lie is dying.
Ave. they pronounce Hin 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 and hurled the
satanic battaions into the pit. 1t was q
weapon of love-inhnite love, all conquer
ing love. Mightier than javelin or spear, II
triumphed over all. Put back, ye armies o.
earth and hell
The tide of battle turns. Jesus hath over.
come. Let the people stand apart and make
a line that He may pass down from Calvary
to Jerusalem, and themes on AMI out al
| around the world The battle is fought.
The victory is achieved. The triumpha
march is begun. Hark to the hoofs OF the
warriors steed and the tramping of great
multitude, for He has many friends now
The hero of heaven and earth advances
Cheer. cheer "Who is this that cometf
from Edom, with dyed garments from Boz s2
rah. travelling in the greatness OF Hi
strength
We behold here a new revelation OF
blessed and startling fact. People talk
Christ as though He were going to do some
thing grand for us after awhile be ma
done it. Peop!etalk as though ten or twent.
wears from now, in the closing hours OF GU
life or in some terrible pass OF life, Jesus VII
help us. He has done the work already. ii
did it 1861 years ago. You might as well tai
of Washington as though he were going t
achieve our NATIONAL independence in 1850
to speak of Christ as though He were gon
to achieve our salvation in the future n
did it in the year OF our Lord SS-l8t
years ago-on the field of Bozraa., tn
Captain OF our salvation fighting unto dealt
for your and my emancipation.
Alive have to do is to accept that Tact j
our hearts, and we are free for this world
| and We are free for the world to come