The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-17

suN"'lou thut NOuld uc, az human
drafting and manufacturing! ltwould
be doNology sung to ourselves. God
must have all the gle. E. H.. ... .tep
of our heavenly throne u.ou.. b.. ,trth-
~ carpentry; not one string could we
twist of the harp of our eternal re-
ioicing. Accept all MS an urm,r.ted
donation from the skies. or We win
never have it at all.
Now" says some one, "i' Christ is
the only way what about III. heather.
who have never heard of IIim2" But
you are not heather, and VIII, divert us
from the question of our pe.soual sal
walton? Satan is always Introducing
something irrelevant lie wants TO
take ii out of porsonalit, into an
| abstraction. Get our own sarutiCn set
tied, and then we will discuss, %e saliva
lion Of other people But says sene
one, what percentage OF be human
race will be saved2 What viii he the
comparative number saved and lost ?'
There Satan thrusts in the 1nathemat-
les of redemption. lie suggests that
you find out the mathematical proper
ton OF thu redeemed. But be not de-
ceived. ! am now discussing the eter-
nal welfare Of only two persons, your
self and myself. Get ourselves right
before we bother ourselves about get
ting others right o Christ, come hitb-
er and master our case! Here are our
sins-pardon them; our wounds--heal
them; our burdens-lift them; our SCR
rOws-comfort them. We want the
Christ OF Iinrtimeus to open oar blind
eyes, the Christ Of Martha TO help us in
our domestic cares, the Christ of Oil
vet to help us preach our sermons, the
Christ OF Lake Galilee TO still our tenn
pests, the Christ of Lazarus TO raise
our dead. Not too tired is He to come,
though lie has on His whipped shout
ders so long carried the worlds woe and
on His lacersted feet walked this way to-
accept our salutation.
by the bloody ihroes Of the noun
tain on which Jesus died, and by the
sepulcher where His mutilRted body
was Enclosed in Garkened crypt and by
the Olivet from which lie arose, while
nstonished disciples clutched for His,
robes TO 6etain Him in their compan-
ionship, and by the radiant and omnip-
for the coming of all those whose re-
demption was settled in Heaven, i'm
plorc you to bow youI head in imme-
date ana final submission. Once exer-
else sorrow for what you have done
and exercise trust in HIM for what He
Is willing to do, and all is well for both
worlds. Then you can swing out de
nance to all opposition, human and dia-
bolic. In conquering His foes He
conquered yours. Md have YOU no
tictd that passage ia Colossians that
represents Him "having despoiled prin-
CAPABILITIES and powers. lie made a show
of them, openly uiumphing," SO bring
ing before MS that overwhelming spec
tacle of n 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 strcwcd the way, and he came
under arches inscribed with the numes
Of battlefelds on which he had tr.-
umphrd and rode by columns which told
of the 1900 cities he had destroyed and
the 100000 people he had conquered
or slain. Then the banquet was spread,
and out of the chalices filled to the.
brim they drank to the health Of the
conqueror. Helisarius, the great sol
dicr, 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,
md amid the splendors of kingdoms
overcome he was hailed to the hippo
drome by shouts such as had seldom
rung through the capital. Then also
came the convivialities. In the year 374
Aurelian made his entrance to Rome in
triumphal car, in which he stood while
a winged figure of Victory held
wreath above his mead. Zenohia. cap
tive queen Of Pa InNra, walked behind
his chariot, her person encircled with
letters of gold. under the weight of
which she nearly tainted, but still a cap
tive. And there were in the procession
200 lions and tigers and beasts Of many
lands and 900 gladiators excused from
the cruel amuhitheater that they might
decorate the day, and Persian and Arab
tan and Ethiopian ambassadors were in
the procession and the long lines of cap
tives, Egyptians, Syrians, Gauls, Cloths
and Naudals
1t was to such scenes that the New
Testament refers when il spole of
Christ having despoiled principalities
and powers, lie made a show Of them,
openly triumphing." But, oh, the diff
ference in those triumphs The Ro-
man triumph Represented arrogance,
cruelty, oppression ard wrong, but
Christ's triumph meant emancipation
and holiness and JOY The former was
procession of groaus accompanied by
a cank of chains. the other process