The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-04-27
WE PLEAD GUILTY.
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prisa him aad-he will plead for you for
potbing as earnestly. as though you
bTOuoLt a world of treasures TO his leeI'
Resides that He has,undertaken the case
of thousands who were as lOrlOih as
Won and He. has never lost case
Tonnage, o Christian soul. ! Ihlnk lhaJ
after an tlEre may be some chahce LOT
YOU. for the great Advocate rises TO
make HIS plea. He says: L auluit an
that has been proved against my CliSiiI, Ill.I,
admit all these sins, aye, more; DuI LOOK
at that wounded hand of Mine, and look
al that other wounded hand, and at My
ripht foot. and at My left foot. by all
these wounds | plead for his clearance.
COunt ali the drops Of My tears. Count
ali the drops of My blood. BY the humi-
liatiOn of Bethlehem, by the sweat OF
Gethsemane, by the sutferlngs OF the
cross, demand that he go free. On thlS
arm he hath leaned; to this heart he mas
flown; in My tears he hath Washeu; on
NV Righteousness he hath depended.
Let him 90 free; am the ransom. Let
him escape the lash; | took the scOurg-
inps. Let the cuppass from him; drank
it to the dregs. Put on him the crown
of life, for | have worn the crown OF
thOrns. Over against My cross OF shame
set his throne of triumph.
Well, the counsel on both sides nave
BDOkHu,
thing remaining, and that is the award
ing Of the Judgment. If you have ever
been in court room you know Oh the
silence and the sOlemnlty when the YER
diet is about to be rendered, or tne Juug-
ment about to be given. About TINS
soul on trial, shall it be saved OF shali IL
be lost? Attention! above, arOunG, De,
meath. All the universe cries: near
hearl" the Judge rises and gives. this de-
70 40 nhnnOAl
reyoked:-"There is therefore now no
condemnation to them who are III Christ
Jesus"
''The soul that on Jesus hath leaned Tor iepo5e'
Twill not 1 will not, desert to His foes
That SOUL though all hell should endeayor to SHAKE
Tllnever, no never noneyer fOrsake"
But. ny friends, there is coming day
of trial in which not only the SAINT but
the sinner must appear. That day OF
trial will come very suddenly. Inc
farmer Will be at the plough, the mer-
chant will be in the counting room, the
wOOdman will be ringing his axe on the
hickOries, the weaver Will nave ms LOoI
on the tTeadle, the manufacturer Will be
walking amid the buzz of looms and the
cIack of flying machinery, the counsel
NAV be standing at the bar pleading the
law, the minister may be IN lhe pulpit
pleading the Gospel, the drunkard may
be reeling amid his cups, and the BIAS
phemer with the oath caught between
his teeth. LO! the sun hides. Night
comes down at mid-nOOn. A wave or
darkness rolls over the earth. The stars
appear at noon day. The earth shudders
and throbs. There an earthquake opens,
and city sinks as a crocodile would
cruncha child. Mountains roll in their
sockets and send down their granite
cliffs in an avalanche of rock. Rivers
pause in their chase for the sea, and
ocean uprearing cries to flying Alps and
Himalayas. Beasts below, and moan,
and snuff up the darkness. Clouds fly
like fOcks of swift eagles. Great thun-
ders beat, and boom, and burst. Stars
shoot and fall. The Almighty, rising
on His throne, declares that time shall
be no longer, and the archangePs trump
repeats it till all the living hear and the
continents of dead spring to their feet,
crying: "Time shall be no lOngerP U!
on that day. will you be Teadyp
/ have shown you how we'll the Chris
tian will get off in his trial. Will you
get off as well in your trial? Will Christ
plead on your side, or will He plead
against you? o! what will you do in
the last great assize, if your conscience
is against you, and the world is against
YOU, and the angels of heaven are against
you, and the Holy Spirit is against you,
and the Lord God Almighty is against
you? Better this day secure an Advocate.