The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-08-26

come Christian at ail. Only pelleNe'
"Bring Z4nas, the lawyer"
Another mighty temptation for the le'
gal profession is to Sabbath breaking. A
trial has been going on for ten or fifteen
davs. TIE evidence is all in. II is Sat-
urday night; the Judges gavel falls on
the desk, and he says: "Crier, adjourn
the Court till ten o'clock Monday morn
ing" On Monday morning the counsel.
or is to sum up the case. Thousands OF
dollars, yea, the reputation and life OF
his client may depend upon the success
of his plea. How will he spend the in
tervening Sunday? There is not one
LAWYER out of hundred that can with
sand the temptation to break the Lords
dav under such circumstances, and yet
if he does he hurts his own soul. What
my brother, you can not do before tweI I've
o'clock Saturday night, or af.er twelve
Sunday night God does not want you
to do at all. Besides that, you want the
twenty four hours of Sabbath rest to
give you that magnetic force which will
be worth more to you before the jury
than all the elaboration of your case on
the sacred day, Our own Judge Nelson,
in his interesting "reminiscences of Ruf1s
Choate, says that during the last case
that gentleman tried in New York, the
Court adjourned from Friday until Mon.
day on account of the illness of Rufus
Choate; but the history says that on the
intervening Sabbath Mr.. Choate attend.
ed the old "brick church" /" and listened
to Rev, DR.. Spring. | do not know
whether on the following day Mr.. Choate
won or lost his case; but I do know that
this Sabbath rest did him no harm. Ey-
cry lawyer is entitled to one days rest
out of the seven If he surrenders that,
he robs three-God, his ewn soul, and
his client. Lord Castlereagh and Sir
Thomas Romily were the leaders Of the
bar in their day. They both died sui
Cides. WilberforCe accounts for their
alteration on the ground that they were
never intermittent in their work, and
they never rested on Sunday. "Poor
fellows!" said Wilberforce, 1t was non
observance of the Sabbath. Chief JUS
tiCe Hale says: "When do not properly
keep the Lords day, all the rest of the
week is unhappy and unsuccessful in
my worldly employment" Iquote from
the highest statute book in the universe
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy" The legal gentleman who breaks
that statute may seem for a while to be
advantaged, but in the end the man who
observes this law of God, will have lar
ger retaiuers, vaster influence, greater
professional success than those men
who break the statute. Observance Of
the law of God pays not only spiritually
and eternally, but it pays in hard dol
lars.
another powerful temptation of the
legal profession is to artificial stimulus,
No one except those who have addressed
audiences know about the nervous ex
haustion that comes afterward. The
temptation 10 strong drink approaches
the legal profession at that very point.
Then, trial ia coming on. Through the
ill.ventilated Courtroom the barrister's
health has been depressed for days and
weeks; he wants to rally his energy; he
is mpted to resort to artificial stimulus;
it is either to get himself up or let him.
self down that this temptation comes on.
The flower of the American Bar, ruined
in reputation and ruined in estate, said
in his last moments: "This is the end. l
am dying on borrowed bed, covered
with borrowed sheet, in house built
by public charity. Bury me under that
tree in the middle of the field, that [
may not be crowded. always have
been crowded"
Another powerful temptation of the
legal profession is to allow the absorbing
duties of the profession shut out thoughts
of the future. You know very well that
you, who haye so often tried others, will
after while be put on trial yourself.
Death will serve on you writ of eject
ment, and you will be put off these
earthly premises. On that day all the
affairs Of your life will be presented in
a "bill of particulars" No Certiorari
from higher Court, for this is the high
est Court, The day Lord Exeter was
tried for high treason; the day when the
House of Commons moved for the i'm
parchment Of Lord Lovatt; the Cay that
Charles l. and Queen Caroline were on
trial; the day when Robert Emmett was
arraigned as an insurgent; and all other
great trials in the world are nothing as
compared with the great trial when you
and l shall appear, summoned before
the Judge of the quick and the dead.
There will be no pleading there. The
"statute of limitation; no turning states
evidence" trying to clear yourselves
while others suffer; no moving for non.
suit. The case will come on inexorably,
and we shall be tried. You, my breth.
rem, who have so often been advocate
for others, will then need an advocate
for yourself. Have you selected him,
the Lord Chancellor Of the Universe? If
any man sin, he has an advocate, Jesus
Christ, the righteous. 1t is uncertain
when your case will be called. "Be ye
also ready"
Lord Ashburton and Mr.. Wallace led
the Bar in their day They died about
the same time. A few months previous
they happened to be at the same hotel
in village; the one going to Devonshire
and the other to London. They both
had been seized upon by disease they
knew would be fatal, and they requested
to be carried into the same room aud
laid on sofas, size by side, that they
eight talk over the past and about tie
future. Their request was granted, and
it was said to be very affecting inter-
view between Mr.. Wallace and Lord
Ashburton. My friends, my subject puts
you side by side with those in your pro.
fession who have departed this life; some
of them skeptiCal and rebellious; some
of them penitent, humble and Christian.
Tbese were wandering stars for whom is
reserved the blackness of darkness for.
ever; while the others wentup from the
courtroom of earth to the throne Of the
Eternal God. Through Christ the advo-
cate, these got glorious aCquittal. In
the other case it was hopeless So lawsuit,
an unpardoned sinner versus the Lord
God Almighty. Oh, what a disastrous
litigationl Behold, he comes, the Judge!
The clouds of heaven, the judicial er.
mine, the judicial bench; the pound Of
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