The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-03-16

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 pronounced
Him dead He rallied, and from his
wounds He unsheathed a weapon
which staggered the Roman legions
down the hill and hurled the satanic
battalions into the pit twas weapon
of love-infnite love, all7conquering
love. Mightier than javelin or spear.
It triumphed over all. Put back, Yel
armies of earth and hell The tide OF
battle turns. Jesus hath overcome.
Let the people stand apart and make a.
line. that lie may pass down from CAL
vary to j Jerusalem, and thence on and
out all abound the world. The battle
is fought. The victory is achieved.
The triunphaE march issbegun. Hark'
to the hcofs of the warriors steed,
and the tramping of a great multitude!
for He has many friends now. The
Hero of earth and Heaven advances.
Cheeri cheeri "Who is this that conn
eth from Edom, with dyed garments,
from Bozrah. travelling in the great
ness OF n Is SbrenRtn $3.50 tt8 ts3
We behold here new revelation OF
a blessed and startling fact People
talk of Christ as though !. He were GO
ing to do omething 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 didit eighteen hundred
and sixty -one years ago. You might
as well talk of Washington as though
he were going to achieve,our national
independence in 1850, as to speak
of Christ as though He was going TO
achieve our salvation in the future He
did it in the year of our Lord i3S, eight
cen hu adred and sixty-o years ago,
on the field of nozrah, the captain of
| our salvation fighting unto death for
your and my emancipation, All we
| have 10 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 to come. But, lest, we might
not accept, Christ comes through here
to-day, travelling in the greatness OF
His strength not to tell you that he
is going to fight for you some battle
in the future, but to tell you that the
battle is already fought, and the vic
tory already won.
You have noticed that, when soldiers
come home from the wars, they carry
on their flags the names of the battle
fields where they were distinguished
The Englishman coming back has or
his banner Inkermann and Balaklava
the Frenchman, Jena and Eylhu; the
German, Versailles and Sedan. Ant
Christ has on the banner He carries al
conquerer the names of ten thousant
battlefields He.won for you and for me
He rides past all our homes CT be
reavement-by the door bell swatheC
in sorrow, by the wardrobe black will
woe, by the dismantled fortress of ou
strength Come out and greet Him to
dav, o, We people! See the names o
, all the battle-passes on his nag
Ye who are poor read on thu
ensign the story of Christ's hare
crusts and pillowless head. Y
who are prosecuted read here of tn
ruffians who chased Him from His frs
breath to His last. Mighty to sooth
YOUR troubles, mighty to balk you
1 foes, travelling in the greatness OF Hi
strength" p" Though the horse o
; brown with the dust of His master, an
6 the fetlocks be wet with the carnage
! and the bit be red with the blood o
: your spiritual fees, He comes up no"
: not exhausted from the battle, bu
fresh as when He went into it-comin
up from Bozrah, '.traveling IN tn
/ greatness of His strength"
: You know that when Augustus, an
? Constantine, and Trajan, and T1tu
n came back from the wars what tim
/. | there was You know they came
e horseback or in chariots, and ther
!. were trophies before and there wer
e captives behind, and there were pee
!. pie shouting from all sides, an
r there were garlands flung frol
e the windows, and over the higl
# way a triumphal arch was sprung
k The solid masonry to-day at Benevel
e tum, Rimini and Rome still tie
d their admiration of their heroe
It And shall we let our Conqueror s
v without lifting any acclaim? HaN
n ,Ee not flowers red enough to depl
Te the carnage, white enough to cele bra
(, tAe victory, fragrant enough &
10 breathe the joy2 Those men of who
W lust spoke dragged their victims
1t ,he chariot wheels; but Christ, o.
n. Lord. takes those who once were ca
as lives and invites them into His chari
re 10 ride, while He puts around the
10 the arm of His strength, saying:
t. have loved thee with an eyerlastil
a love, and the waters shall not drov
es it. and the fires shall not burn it, al
ID eteruity shall not exhaust it."
u If this be true, can not see how a.
g. man can carry his sorrows a gre
as while. If this Conqueror from Bozr
Id is going to beat back all your grie
n whv not trust Him? Oh! do you n
th feel under this Gospel your griefs ia
le. ing back, and your tears drying up,
rv Won hear the tramp of a thousand ill
trious promises led on by the Conquer
IL from Bozrah, travelling, travelling,
-. the greatness of His strength?
al On that Friday which the EpiscoI
lv church rightly celebrates, calling
N Good Friday" your soul and mi
nm were contended for On that q
Oh Jesus proved Himself mightier Tn
e. earth and hell; and when the Ian
ey struck Him, He gathered them up il
le. a sheaf, as a reaper gathers the gra
IN and He stacked them. Mounting
gi horse of the Apocalypse, He rode do
n. j through the ages. travelling IN
at greatness of his strength. On Il
.or day your sin and mine perished, II
lv. will only believe it.
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