The Progress., 1897-03-27

.,h,a in log hut meeting house of the will
Serness. Now am thrilled as see the
.ltars of ancient sacrifice crimson with the
Mood Of the slain lamb, and Leviticus Is
r. me not SO much the Old Testament as
the New. Now see why the destroying
aneel. passing over Egypt in the night,
ssraa all those houses that had blood
snrinkled on their doorposts Now I know
what Isaiah means when he speaks OF
zone in red apparel coming with dyed
..rnents from Bosrah," and whom THO
kmc.lypee means when 1t describes q
kscveniv chieftain whose "vesture wos
dinped in blood" and what Petesa tho
.nostle, means when he speaks Of the
s'nrecious blood that cleanseth from all
sin " and what the old, worn out, decreplt
missionary Paul means when, in my text
he cries, without shedding OF blood is no
,smissiou." By that blood you and win
he sayed or never saved at all Glory be
70 God that the hill back Of Jerusalem was
the battlefield on which Christ achieved
cur liberty
The most exciting and overpowex1ng
day Of ono summer was the day'1 spent on
the battlefield Of Waterloo. Starting out
with the morning train from BruSsela. we
arrived in about an hour on that famous
SPOT. A son of one who was in tho battle,
and who had heard from his father thou
sand times the whole eoene recited, accom-
panied us over the field. There stood the
old Hougomont chateau, the walls dented
and scratched and broken and shattered by
Rrapeshot and cannon ball There Is the
we'll in which 800 dying and dead were
pitched. There Is the chapel, with the head
Of the infant Christ shot of. There are
the gates at which for many hours Eng
fish and French armies wrestled. Yonder
were the 100 guns Of the English and the
$50 guns of the French. Yonder the Han
ovefian hussars fled for the woods. Yon-
der Was the ravine Of Chain, where the
French cavalry, not knowing there was a
hollow In the ground, rolled over and
down, troop after troop, tumbling into one
awful mass of suffering, hoof of kicking
horses against brow and breast of captains
and colonels and private soldiers, the hu
man and the beast.Y 9roan kept up until,
the day after, all was shoveled under be-
cause Of the malodor arising In that hot
month Of June.
There, said our guide, "the highland
regiments lay down on their faces waiting
tor the moment to spring upon the foe. In
that orchard z, 500 men were cut to pieces.
mere STOOD wellington, with White lips, and
up that knoll rode Marshal Ney on his
sixth horse, five having been shot under
him. Here the ranks of the French broke,
and Marshal Ney, with his boot slashed OF
sword, and his hat off, and his face Gov
efod with powder and blood, tried to rally
his troops as he cried, Come and see how
marshal of France dies on the battle
neldP From yonder direction Grouchy
WAS expected for tho French re-enforce-
ment, but he came not. Around those
woods Blucher was looked for to re-enforce
the English, and just In time he came up.
Yondcr Is the field where Napoleon stood,
his arm through the reins Of the horses
birdie, dazed and insane, trying to 60
back" Scene from battle that went on
nom 70 minutes to 12 O'Clock, on the 18th
o. June, until o'clock, when the English
seemed defeated, and their commander
csaed out: Boys, can you think OF giving
Hays Remember old Englandi" and the
TIDE turned, and at O'Clock in tho even
ing the man Of destiny, who was called by
MS troops Old Two Hundred thousand.
turned away with broken heart, and the
tate OF centuries was decided.
Lion and Lamb.
NO wonder great mound has been rear