The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-17

uhd D'tit W III 'lilifdI VI Inc iIDGe
by which God would empalace all of us
| could easily think of a plan more
complimentary 10 our fallen humanity
than that which is called the plan OF
salvation" If God had allowed us 10
do part OF the work of recovery and He
do the rest. if w could do tbree-quar-
ters Of il and He do the last quarter,
If we couId accomplish most Of it and
He just put OF the finishing touches,
many could look with more cOmpla-
cency upon the projected rsinstate-
ment of the human family. No. no!
We must have our pride ~subiugated,
cur stubborn will made flexible and a
supernatural power demonstrated in
us AT every step. \ pretty plan of
salvation that would be, of human
drafting and manufacturing 1t would
be II ,~sNo!ogN sung to ourselves. God
must have all the glory, not II step
of our heavenly throne made by earth
~ carpentry; not one string could we
twist OF sbe harp of our eternal re-
ioiciHg, Accept all as an uumerited
donation from the skies, or we will
never have it at all.
New says some one, 'if Christ is
the only way what about the heather,
who have never heard of Him." But
YOU are not heather, and why divert us
from the question of our personal sal
'%aiiou? Satan is always introducing
.,r,,,h;.v i.u,I- IL 4
take il out OF a personality into an
abstraction. Get Our OWN salvation set
tied. aud then we will discuss the saliva
zion of other people. But says some
one, what percentage Of the human
race viii be saved? What will be the
comparative number saved and lrst?"
There Satan thrnsts in the ma,hemat-
les Of redemption. He suggests that
You find II the mathematical proper
ton Of thu redeemed, But be not de-
ceiNed, | am now discussing the eter-
nal welfare Of ol.ly two persons, your
self and myself. Get ourselves right
before we bother ourselves about get
ting others right. o Christ. come hith-
er and master our case. Hero are our
sins-pardon them; our w~ounds-hcal
them; our burdens-lift them: our scr-
rows comfort them. We want the
Christ OF l'urtimeus to open our blind
eyes, the Christ of Martha to help us in
our domestic ,ares, the Christ of OH
vet TO help us preach II sermons. the
OF Lake GaiIlee to still our tenn
pests. the Christ OF Lazarus to raise
our dead, Not too tired is He to come,
though lie has or His whipped shout
derS so long carried the worlds woe and
on His Iurcrated feet walked this way to
our sa!utaticn.
by ,he bloody ;hroes of TIE noun
tain on which Jesus died. and by the
s"pulcher where Ills mutilaled body
iNclosed in Garkened crypt ard by
the Oliyet from which He arose, while
l>t0uished disciples clutched for His
to detain Him in their compan-
oEship, and by the radiant and omnip-
tent throne IN which He sits waiting
.or the coming Of all those whose re-
lomption was settled in Heaven. | i'm.
YOU 10 bow your head in imme-
and final submission. Once exer-
sorrow for what you have done
exercise trust in HIM for what He
: willing to do, and all is well for both
worlds. Then you can swing out de.
to all opposition, human and dia-
'oilc. In conquering His foes He
conquered yours, And have you no.
ICED that passage il tolossians that
.'epresents Him "aaying despoiled prin-
qualities and powers, He made a show
{ them, openly uiumphing," so bring
rg befort us that overwhelming spec
acie OF a Roman triumph?
When Pompey landed at Brindisi,
tally, returned from his victories. he
iSbandej the brave men who had
ought under him and SEN them re-
TO their homes, and, entering ,
his embIaZoned chariot was fol-
owed by princes in chains from king
oms he had conquered, and flowers ,
urh as only grew under those Italian $
A!es strcwed the way, and he came =
ndcr arches inscribed with the names ,
I battletields on which he had IT, .
mphed and rode by columns which told ,
f the 1900 cities he had destroyed and S
lie L, 000. 900 people he had conquered
+ slain. Then the banquet was spread,
nd out of the chalices filled to the
rim they drank to the health of the
,DI1t4p,r IInltsn H., A., -,,n@ -
Ter, returned from his military
and was ROBBED in purple,
nd in the procession were brought
thrones and pillars Of precious
ones and th" furniture of royal feast&,
amid the spleudors of Kingdoms
'ercome he was hailed to the hippo
by shouts such as had. seldom
ing through the capital. Tken also
the convivialities. In the year 374
~ureIian made his entrance to Rome in
'iumphal car. in which he sto u while
winged figure of Victory held a
reath above his mead. Icnol,;a. cap
VI queen of Pa myra. walked behind
is chariot, her person encircled with
va SSits ultS lhC NtlgI vi
hich she nearly tainted. but still a cap
We. And there were in the procession
70 lions and tigers and beasts of many
.nds and 1000 gladiators excused from
lie cruel amphitheater that they might
,corate the day. and Persian and Arab (,
n and Ethiopian ambassadors were in "
Ie procession and the long lines of cap f.
yes. Egyptians, Syrians, Gauls. Gotbs .,
I'd Nandals. n,
1t was to such scenes that the New p,
rstament refers when it spoke of O,
artist having ~despoiled principalities u,
I'd powers. He made a show of them, is
triumphing," But, oh, the diff nj
renee in those triumphs! The Ro- II
an triumph represented arrogance, in