Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-21

bench at this term" Some judges ar
severe; some are merciful and leDient
Jesus will be merciful and lenient. Io'
have but TO luok at the scars o
His seli-sacrifce to know that
Ga, how kind He is. He woulC
rather acquit you than condemn you
He will give you all the advantages in
the case. | have heard how far he
Nalsed 10 comfort two sisters who had
lost thoir brother and how he turned
aside from flattering reception to helr
a blind man and how that no man ever
We; had a burden to carry and God was
not ready to help carry IL. There is no
measuring the length and the breadth
and the height and the depth OF His
mercy.
Iremark also in regard to that judge
on the last day
He Will be Just Judge.
What would YOU think OF Judge who
should sit upon the bench and say:
"Now let all the prisoners go free.
Throw open all the doors. | cannot
bear to punish any Of them. Let them
all go whatever has been their crimes" "
You would have him impeached. You
would think him fit for en- insane asy-
lum. The greatest farce in the universe
is Judge without justice. The judge
on the last day knows all about the
laws he will vindicate 1t and do you
think II We come up with our crimes all
unforgiven, never having asked pardon
and never securing any advocate, do
you think We will escape? | tell you
nav. Ii mercy, radiant and garlandcd,
sits on one side of the judge, justice
with stern brow and firm lip and gleam-
ing sword sits on the other But must
tell you of those who will be gathered
before this jIdye. 10, there were thun-
derings and lightning and a great earth
quake. Behold he cOmcth with clouds
and every eye shall see him." can
tell you only of three or four classes OF
men that will be arraigned before that
Judge. And in the first place | want to
say that all the good will pass inspection
before that throne. See them, a great
procession passing along, an almost in
procession OF the good; these
sacrificed in the ancient temples;
these taught in modern Sabbath
School; these came up from
field OF graves; these
from a mausOeum OF princes; these
were buried in the Potter's Field; these
heard the trumpet blast under the solid
Of Westminster Abbey; these
lied in their mothers arms; these were
)ctcgenarians, AMI their hair as white rs
he SNOW that driited over their sepul.
,hre; these died on pillows OF elder
lOwn; these put their
Planning Feet in the Burning Chariot
II Smithield. Now, they stand before
he throne with cheek unbleached and
leart unterrihed. They once were cul-
,rits but they got the matter settled. All |
neir sins have been pardoned; all over |
heir heart, written with the judges |
'wn handwriting, is their eternal clear
nee. In all the open books, not one
in uncancelled. Lift up your 1AeShs
a.Ss-vn' 90 sOIIe anu uduSlteio Va 'no
ord God Almighty and heaven keeps
ubi!ec at your coming. Pass on, pass
10. Hail, hail, sons and daughters oi
he Lord God Almighty.
But | remark that all blasphemers
will also come up tor inspection. On
,artb. they made great many hard |
,peeches that they have entirely forgot |
en-. but when the books are opened,
hey will find there has been an unfail-
no record kept OF every bad word they
ever uttered. Perhaps their lie was
,trewn with profanities. At first the
path got between their teeth ana Almost
.hoked their utterance; but afterwards,
hey
spewed Their Profauitles Upon the Air
OF God, though sometimes they
,polog,zed to the ladies'. As the man
standing before the judge heard behind
Lhe curtain the scratching of a pen and
xnew that every word he uttered was
being written down behind the
curtain. so in the last day, 1t
will be found out that every bad word
that a man has spoken has been written
down by the recording angel, and all the
OF his life will come up IN a
horrible troop. And the young man
who thought it smart TO swear, how
will he feel when he stands before MN
with whose name he tritled. Oaths oil
the store, oaths Of the shop, oaths oi the
street, oaths Of the field, they will come
nm and flame on his astOnished vision
and almost consume the eye IN Its
socket, while the live, leaping thunders
repeat wha. was written: all blasphem'
ers shall have their place in the
Lake Which Burneth With Fire and
Birthstone,
which is the second death. Oh, gate OF
doom; oh, gate of darkness open; great
procession OF blasphemerS, pass on, pass
out, pass dOvn-foreyer, forever.
| remark again, that all people OF
whatever character and OF whatever
antecedents, who have refused the ges
pei, will on that day come up Tor trla';;
They heard the gospel and they rejected
II. / do not care where they heard 1t.
These heard il in kings chapel, those IN
sailors bethel; these in gorgeous cathe'
dral, ,hoso in log cabin meeting house.
They heard il and they rejected 1t. Now
they think OF the communion tables 20
which they were invited but upon which
they turned their backs. Now they
think OF the calls from the pulpit which
thev despised. They dashed down the
cup of lie from their lips. They de-
spised the grace that would have sci
their feet on the high road to heaven
They are at the Judgment with all thei'
unforciven sins clamoring Tor their de-
strnction. How will they feel? What
will they do? What will they say
Who will they have TO blame
All the uuimproved SAbbaths pleadinE
against them, the Bible they diC
not read or only carelessly perused
pleading agains; them, the warning
nroyidences that ought 10 have thun
dered them into'the kingdom OF Goo
pleading against them. II will not b'
so much the falling OF the mountains q
the consuming OF the earth but 1t vii
be the memory ftbeir misimproved op
por,unities that will come around th'
soul and push it TO the brink
And Mock Its Agony
| hear a soul on that last day soliioquiz
ING. II SAYS: "This is the ludgmen
seat and | am unprepared for II. ha.
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