Sermons Preached in English Churches

y toward the valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea. As he watches he sees a stranger approaching him, who has crossed the valley from the heights beyond, where the enemies and the heathen live, and is climbing up into the hills of Judea. It is an heroic figure. The stature is grand. The head is proud and high. The steps are free and stately. The garments are noble, and here and there upon them, staining and illustrating their brightness, are the marks of blood. The Genius of Israel, for so we may conceive of the first speaker, is filled with amazement and challenges the new-comer with this ringing question : " Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Boz- rah ? This that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength?" Then comes the answer: " I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save." As he comes nearer the mysterious and awful stains upon his clothing become more clear, and the Genius questions him again : " Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, andthy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat ? " And then the great stranger answers, with the story of a struggle and a victory: " I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me; for I will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and th... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.