Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-20


Judge and Lawglver, this Is Thine own
statute, and all the evidence 10 earth aud
neaVen agrees Ia stating that this man
mss sinned against all these enactmeets.
NOW lei the sword leap from ia scahbard,
Snall man go through the very flames OF
SINAI unsinged Let the law be executor.
lct JUDGEMENT be pronounced. Let him
ole. ! demand that he die.n
christian, es II not look very dark
Tor lhetf VINO VIII plead on Shy side In
30 foriorn a canse2 Sometimes man
win be brought into court OF law. ana
20 VIII have no friends aud no money,
and the judge viii lock over tho bar and
says us theirs anyone who will volunteer
to take this manis casF, and defend himfu
and some young man RISES up aud sats,
" win be his COUNSEL /" perhaps start
ing 90 from that very point to a great
and brilliant career. Now, Ia tins matter
81 the soul, az you have nothing to pay
LOT counsel, do yop think thst any one
VIII volunteerf Yes, YES; / soc one
rising. He IL a young man, only thirty-
three years OF age. / see His counter.
auce euffosed with tears and covered with
blood and all the galleries Of heaven are
thrilled with the spectacle. Thanks be
unto God eve have an advocate with
\ the Father Jesus Christ the righteous.
! y Christian soul, your case begins 70
look better. ! think, perhaps, after all
you may not have to die, The best advo.
/ cate In all the universe has taken your
side. No one was ever 80 well qualified
70 defend man as this advocate is aaal.
fled TO defeud you. He knows all the
law, all It's demands, all its penalties lilo
ia slways ready. No new turu OF the
case can surprise Him, and lie will plead
for you
FOR NOTHING
as earnestly as though you brought
world of treasures TO His feet. BE
sides that he has undertaken
the care of thousands who
were RS forlorn as you, and
| lie has never lost a case. Courage, o
Christian soul ! think that after ali
there may be some chance for you, for
the great advocate rises 20 make his
plea. He says; al admit oil that has
been proved against my client admit
all these sins, aye, more; but look at that
wounded hand Of mine aud look at that
other wounded hand, aud at my right foot
and at my left foot. BY all th6re wounds
plead for hts clearance. Count all the
drops OF my tears. Count all the drops
OF my blood BY the humiliation Of
Bethlehem, by the sweat of Gethsemanu,
by the sufferings OF the cross, de-
mand that he go free. On this
arm he hath leaned; In this
heart he has flown; IN NV tears he hath
washedi on My righteousness he has do.
pended, Let him 20 free. ! am the
ransom. Let him escape the lash,
took the scourglugs Let the cup pass
from him. | drank II TO the dregs Pat
ON him the crown Of lie, for have worn
the crown OF tnorns. over against NV
cross OF shame, set his throne OF trl-
umph.n
Well, the counsel on both sides have
spoken, and there ~ only one more
thing now remaining, and that Ia the
awarding OF the Judgment. II you have
ever been IN u court room you know the
silence and the aoemnlty when
the verdict Is about to be render.
ed, or the judgment about to
be given. About this soul on trial, shall
II DO saved or shall 1t be lost? Atten-
ton, above, around, beneath. All the
universe cries: "IIearl hearth
The Judge rises and gives this decision,
nevsr 10 be changed, never 10 BIO re-
voked. "There ~ therefore now
No CONDEMNATION
TO them who are in Cnrist Jssus.n
TIE soul that on Jesus hath leaned for reposc
vii not. VIII not desert 20 hts foes;
That soul, though all hell bho I'D endoayor to
shake,
I'll never no never, no never forsake,
But, my friends, there Is coming d day
OF trial IN which not only the saint, but
the sinner must appear. That day Of
trial will come very suddenly. The farmer
will be at the plough, the merchant Will
be IN the countlng-room, ;he woodman
will be ringing bis axe on the hlckorles,
the weaver win have his foot on the
treadle, the manufacturer will be walking
amid the buzz OF looms and the clack OF
flying machinery, the counsel may be
landing at the bar pleading the law, the
minister may be In the pulpit pleading
the Gospel, the drunkard may be Keeling
amid his cups, and the blasphemer with
the oath caught between his teetS.
Lot In sun hides. Night comes
down at mid-noon. A wave OF
DARKNESS ROLLS
over the earth The stars appea: ut noon
day, The earth shudders and tbrobs.
There an earthquake opens and
la city sinks as crocodile
would crunch child. Moun.
tAins 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, appearing, cries TO flying
Alps and Bimalaye Beasts below and
moan and snuff Of the darkness. Clouds
fly like hocks OF swift eagles Great
founders beat and boom aud burst. Stars
shoot and fall. The Almighty, rising on
His throne, declares that time shall be no
longer, and the arcnangle's tramp repeats
II Till all the living hear, and the con-
tiuents of dead spring 20 their feet, cry
Ing; thine shall be no longerh on, on
that day will you be ready1
have shown YOU how well the Chris
tlau will get of 10 his trial WIN you
q, Of as well Ia your trialf WIN Christ
plead on your side or viii he plead
against you? Oh, what viii You do In the
-, s,raat aaat1a 10 vonr cuneciance ia