Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16

tne human FAMILY. No, no. We must
have our pride subjugated. our stub
born will made flexible and a supernat-
ural power demonstrated in us at every
step. \ pretty plan of salvation that
would be, of human drafting and man
ufacturing. 1t would be a doxology
sung to ourselves. God must have all
the glory, not one step of our heavenly
throne made by earthly carpentry; not
one string could we twist of the harp
of our eternal rejoicing. Accept all as
an unmerited donation from the skies,
or we will never have it at all.
Nov. says some one, 'if Christ
is the only way. what about the hea-
then. who have never heard of him 2"
But you are not heather, and why
divert us from the question of our
personal salvation? Satan is always
introducing something Irrelevant. He
wants to take it out of a personality
into an abstraction. Get our own sal
vation settled. and then we will dis
cuss the salvation of other people.
But, says some one, what percent
age of the human race will be saved
What will be the comparative number
saved and lost?' There satan thrusts
in the mathematics of redemption. He
suggests that you firf out the mathe-
matical proportion of the redeemed.
But be not deceived. am now dis
cussing the eternal welfare of only
two persons, yourself and myself Get
ourselves right before we bother our
selves about getting others right. o
Christ. come hither and master our
case. Here are our sins-pardon
them; our wounds-heal them; our
burdens-lift them: our sorrows-com-
fort them. We want the Christ Of
Bartimeus TO open our blind eyes. the
Christ of Martha to help us in our do
mestic cares. the Christ Of Olivet to
help us preach our sermons, the Christ
Of Lake Galilee to still our tempests,
dead. Not too tired is he to come
though he has on his whipped shoul-
ders so long carried the worlds woe
and on his lacefated feet walked this
way to accept our salutation.
The Royal Banquet.
BY the bloody throes of the noun
tain on which Jesus died, and by the
sepulcher where his mutilated body
was inclosed in darkened crypt, and by
the 0livet from which he arose while
astonished disciples clutched for his
robes TO detain him in their compan
Ionship. and by the radiant and omnip-
otent throne on which he sits waiting
for the coming of ali those whose re-
demptiOn was settled in heaven. i'm
plore you bow your head in immediate
and final submission. Once exercise
sorrow for what you have done and eX-
ercise trust in him for what he is will
ing to do. and all is well for both
worlds. Then you can swing out de-
fiance to all opposition, human and
diabolic. In conquering his foes he con-
quered yours. And have you noticed
that passage in Colossians that repre-
sents him 'shaving despoiled principali-
ties and powers. he made show of
them, openly triumphing," so bringing
before us that overwhelming spectacle
of Roman triumph?
When Pompey landed at Brindisi.
Italy, returned from his victories, he
disbanded the brave men who had
fought under him and sent them re-
ioicing to their homes. and, entering
Rome his emblazoned chariot was fol-
lowed by princes in chains from king
doms he had conquered, and flowers
such as only grew under those Italian
skies strewed the way. and he came
under arches inscribed with the names
of battlefields on which he had tri-
umphed and rode by columns which
told of the 1,500 cities he had destroyed
and the 100000 people he had con-
quered or slain. Then the banquet was
spread, and out of the chalices filed to
the brim they drank to the health of
the cougueror. Belisarius. the great
soldier, returned from his military
achievements and was robed in purple,
and in the procession were brought
golden thrones and pillars of precious
stones and the furniture of royal
feasts, and amid the splendors of
kingdoms overcome he was hailed to
the bippodrome by shouts such as had
seldom rung through the capital. Then
also came the convivialitieS.
In the year 274 Aurelian made his
entrance to Rome in triumphal car.
in which he stood while winged fig
IRE Of Victory held a wreath above his
head. Zenobia, captive queen of Pal
myra, walked behind his chariot. her
person encircled with fetters of gold,
under the weight of which she nearly
fainted,- but still "A captive. And there
were in the procession 200 lions and
tigers and beasts of many lands and