Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-03-05

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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. Aye, they pro
nounce him dead. And just at that mo.
ment that they pronounced him dead he
rallied, and from his wounds he un-
sheathed a weapon which staggered the
Roman legions down the hill and hurled
the satanic battalions into the pit. twas
weapon of love-infnite love, all con-
quering love. Mightier than javelin Oh
spear, it triumphed over all. Put back,
We armies of earth and hell!
The tide of battle turns. Jesus hath
overcome. Let the people stand apart
and make a line that he may pass down
from Calvary to Jerusalem, and thence
on and out all around the world. The
battle is fought. The victory is achieved.
The triumphal march is begun. Hark
to the hoofs of the warriors steed and
the tramping of a great multitude, for
he has many friends now! The hero of
heaven and earth advances. Cheer,
cheer! s'Who is this that cometh from
Edom, with dyed garments from Boz
rah, travelling in the greatness of his
strengthen
FIGHTING FOR SALVATION.
We behold here new revela Jon Of
blessed and startling fact People talk
of Christ as though he were going to do
something grand for us after awhile. He
has done it. People talk as though 10 or
90 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
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might as well talk of Washington as
though he were going to achieve our ma
tional independence in 1850 as to speak
of Christ as though he were going to
achieve our salvation in the future He
did it in the year Of our Lord 33-1 1851
years ago-on the field of Bozrah, the cap
tain of our salvation fighting unto death
for your and my emancipation.
All we 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 &C
cept, Christ comes through here today
''traveling in the greatness of his
strength" not to tell you that he is 60
ing to fight for you some battle in the
future, but 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 On
their flags the names Of the battlefields
where they were distinguished. The
Englishman coming back has on his ban
ner Inkerman and Balaklava; the
Frenchman, Jena and Eylau; the Ger
man, Versailles and Sedan. And Christ
has on the banner he carries as conquer
or the names of 10, 600 battlefelds he won
for you and for me. He rides past all
our homes Of bereavement-by the door
bell swathed in sorrow, by the wardrobe
black with woe, by the dismantled for
tress of our strength.
Come out and greet him today, O ye
people! See the names of all the battle
passes on his flag. Ye who are poor, read
on this ensign the story of Christs hard
crusts and piliowless head. We who are
prosecuted, read here Of the ruffians who
chased him from his first breath to his
last. Mighty to soothe your troubles,
mighty to balk your calamities, mighty
to tread down your foes, ''traveling in
the greatness Of his strength" Though
his horse be brown with the dust of the
march, and the fetlocl1s be wet with the
carnage, and the bit be red with the
blood Of your spiritual foes, he comes
up now, not exhausted from the battle,
but fresh as when he went into it-com-
ing up from Bozrah, travelling in the
greatness Of his strength"
THE GREAT CONQUEROR.
You know that when Augustus and
Constantine and Trajan and Titus came
back from the wars what a time there
was You know they came on horse
back or in chariots, and there were tro-
plies before, and there were captives be-
hind, and there were people shouting on
all sides, and there We're garlands flung
from the window, and over the highway
triumphal arch was sprung. The solid
masonry today at Benevento, Rinini
and Rome still tell their admiration for
those heroes. And shall we let our con-
queror go without lifting any acclaim?
Have we not flowers red enough to de-
pict the carnage, white enough to cele-
brate the victory, fragrant enough to
breathe the joy?
Those men Of whom just spoke drag
ged their victims at the chariot wheels
but Christ, our Lord, takes those who
once were captives and invites them into
his chariot to ride, while he puts around
them the arm Of strength. saying, II
have loved thee with an everlasting love,
and the waters shall not drown it. and
the fires shall not burn it, and eternity
shall not exhaust it.
If this be true, cannot see how any
man can carry his sorrows a great while.
If this conqueror from Bozrah is going
to beat back all your griefs, why not
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this gospel your griefs falling back and
your tears drying up as you hear the
tramp of a thousand illustrious promises
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