The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-09-17

TEXT: "When the son of man shall
come in his glory, and all the holy angel!
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory; and before him shall b
gathered all nations and he shall separate
them one from another, as shepherd
diYideth his sheep from the ."-0idt
thc,U, ch. 25. .. 81, 80.
Half way between Chamouni, Switzer
land, and Martigny I reined i'll the horse
on which I was riding, and looking of
upon the most wonderful natural amphi.
theatre of valley and mountain and rock
and I said to my companion, "what ar
appropriate place this would be for the
last Judgment. Yonder overhangins
rock the place for the judgment seat
These galleries of surrounding hills oc
cupied by attendant angels. This vas
valley, sweeping miles this way and miles
that, the audience room for all nations.
But sacred geography does not point out
the place. Yet We know that somewhere
sometime, somehow, an audience will be
gathered together stupendous beyond,all
statistics, and just as certainly as you
and I make up part Of this audience
to-day, We will make up. d part of thai
audiencel on thatlday. Z !, j}{~l
a common sense of justice in every
mans heart demands that there shall be
some great winding up day, in which
that which is now inexplicable shall be
explained. Why did that good man
suffer, and that bad man prosper? You
say, II don't know" But I must know
Why is it that good Christian woman
dying of what, ,is, called a spider, cancer
while that-daughtef of follY;sits wrapped
in luxuriance, ease, and health? You
say, "I don't know" But must know.
There are so many wrongs to be wrighted
that if there were not some great right.
ning.up day in the presence of all ages,
there would be an outcry against God
from which His glory would never recov-
er. If God did not at last try the nations,
the nations would try Him. We are,
therefore, ready for the announcement OF
the text.
The world never saw Christ except in
disguise. If once, when Re was on earth,
He had let out His glory, instead of the
blind eyes being healed all visions would
have been extinguished. No human eye
could have endured it. And instead OF
bringing the dead to life, all around
about him would have been slain under
that overpowering efulgence. Disguise
of human flesh (! Disguise Of seamless
robe! Disguise of sandal Disguise OF
voice! From Bethlehem caravansary to
the mausoleum in the rock complete
disguise. But on the day of which I
speak the Son of Man will come in His
glory. No hiding of his lustre. No
sheathing of strength. No suppression
of grandeur. No wrapping out of sight
of the Godhead. Any fifty of the most
brilliant sunsets that you ever, saw Oh
land or sea would BE. .dim,as compared
with the cerulean appearance on that
day when Christ rolls through and rolls
onand plls down in His glory; Theaiy
Will bS dFabloom withShis presence, and
everything from horizon tothorison aAame
with His splendor.
Eliza rode up the sky steep in q chariot,
the wheels Of whi:liDg FIRE and the horses
of galloping fire, and the charioteer
drawing relns of fire on bits Of fire
But Christ will need no such equipage,
for the law of gravitation will be laid
aside, and Christ will descend swiftly
ehoug ii to make speedy arrival, but slow
ly enough to allow the gaze Of millions
of spectators. In His glory! GLORY of
form, glory of omnipotence, glory of
holiness, glory of justice, glory of love.
In His glory! An unveiled an uncover
ed God descending to meet the human
race in an interview which will be pro.
longed only.dor few hours, and yet
which shall settle all the past and all the
present and all the future, and be closed
before the end of that day, which will
close, not with setting sun, but with the
destruction of the planet as q snuffer
takes of the top of burned wick.
It is a solemn time in court room
when there is an important case on hand,
and the judge of the superior cosrt
enters, and he sits down, and with gavel
strikes on the desk commanding bar and
Jury and witnesses and audience into
silence. All voices are hushed, all heads
are uncovered. But how much more
impressive when Christ shall take the
judgment seat on the last day of the last
week of the last month of the last year
of the worlds existence, and with gavel
of thunderbolt shall smite the mountains,
commanding all the land and all the sea
into silence.
Can you have :anyfdou BIT: :about.who it
is on tile seat on the Judgment day?
Better make investigation, to see whether
there are any scars about him that reveal
his person. Apparel may change. You
cannot always tell by apparel But scars
will tell the story after all else fails. i
find under His left arm scar, and on
His right foot scar, and on His left foot
scar. Oh, Yes, He is the Son of Man.
Man in his glory. Every mark of wound
now q badge of victory, every ridge
showing the fearful cash now telling the
story of pain and sacrifice which He
suffered in behalf Of the human race.
But what is all that commotion and
futter, aud surging to and fro above
Him and on either side of Him? 1t is a
detailed regiment of heaven, constabu.
larry angelic, sent forth to take part in
that scene, and to execute the mandates
that shall be issued. Ten regiments, a
hundred regiments, thousand regiments
of angels; for on that day all heaven
will be emptied out of itsinhabitants to
let then, attend the scene. All the holy
angels. From what a center 10 what q
circumference Widening out and
widening out, and higher up and higher
up. Wings interlocking wings. Gale.
ries of cloud above galleries of cloud, all
filled with the faces of angels come to
listen and come to watch, and come to
help on that day for which all other days
were made. Who are those two taller
and more conspicuous angels? The one
is Michael, who is the commander of all
.those-who come out to destroy SIM The
other is Gabriel. who is announced as
commandeg of,all those who come forth
to help Che righteous. Who is that
mighty angel near the throne? That is
the resurrection angel, his lips still aquiv.
er and his cheek flush with the blast
that shattered the cemeteries and woke
the dead. Who is that other great angel,
with dark and. oyershadowing. brow?
That is the one, who, in one night, by
one flap of his wing, turned 185,00O of
Sennacherib's host into corpses. Who
are those bright immortals near the
throne, their faces partly turned toward
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