Many reformations have expired with the reformers. But our Great Reformer “ever liveth” to carry on his reformation, till his enemies become his footstool, and death and hell are cast into the lake of fire. He will finish the building of his church. When he laid the “chief corner-stone” on Calvary, the shock jarred the earth, and awoke the dead, and shook the nether world with terror; but when he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of “grace!” the dominion of Death and Hades shall perish, and the last captive shall escape, and the song of the bursting sepulchre shall be sweeter than the chorus of the morning stars! Even now, there are new things in heaven; the Lamb from the slaughter, alive “in the midst of the throne;” worshipped by innumerable seraphim and cherubim, and adored by the redeemed from earth; his name the wonder of angels, the terror of devils, and the hope of men; his praise the “new song,” which shall constitute the employment of eternity! SERMON II. THE TRIUMPH OF CALVARY “_Who is this that cometh from Edom_, _with dyed garments from Bozrah_? _this that is glorious in his apparel_, _travelling in the greatness of his strength_? _I that speak in righteousness_, _mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel_, _and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat_? _I have trodden the winepress 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 there was none to help_; _and I wondered that there was none to uphold_: _therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me_: _and my fury_, _it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger_, _and make them drunk in my fury_, _and I will bring down their strength to the earth_.”—Isaiah lxiii. 1–6. THIS passage is one of the sublimest in the Bible. Not more majestic and overwhelming is the voice of God issuing from the burning bush. It represents “the Captain of our salvation,” left alone in the heat of battle, marching victoriously through the broken columns of the foe, bursting the bars asunder, bearing away the brazen gates, and delivering by conquest the captives of sin and death. Let us first determine the events to which our text relates, and then briefly explain the questions and answers which it contains. I. We have here a wonderful victory, obtained by Christ, in the city of Bozrah, in the land of Edom. Our first inquiry concerns the time and the place of that achievement.