Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-20
WHEELING W. VA, MORNING. DECEMBER 90 1886.

think that after all there may be some
chance for you. for the great Advocate
rises to make his plea. He says: 81 ad-
NIT all these sins, aye, more; but look at
that wounded hand of mine, and
look at that other wounded hand.
and at my right foot and
at MY left foot. By all these wounds
plead for his clearance. Count all the
drops of my tears. Count all the drops OF
my blood. By the humiliation of Bethle.
hem, by the sweat of Gethsemane, by the
suferings of the cross, demand that he
go free. On this arm he hath leaned; to
this heart he hath flown; in my tears he
hath washed; on my righteousness he hath
depended. Let him 60 free. am the
ransom. Let him escape the lash, took
the scourgings. Let the cup pass from
him, drank it to the dregs. Put on him
the crown of life, for l have worn the
crown Of thorns. Over against my cross OF
shame set his throne of triumph"
Well, the counsel on both sides have
spoken, and there is only one more thing
now remaining, and that is the
AWARDING OF THE JUDGMENT.
If you have ever been in a court room you
know the silence, and the solemnity, when
the verdict is about to be rendered or the
Judgment about to be given. About this
soul on trial, shall it be saved or shall il
be lost? Attention above, around, be-
meath. All the universe cries: Hear
Hear ~
The judge rises and gives this decision,
never to be changed, never to be revoked:
'There is, therefore now no condemnation
to them who are in Christ Jesus"
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
will not, l will not, desert to His foes;
That SOUL though all hell should endeavor 10
shake,
III never, no never, no never forsake"
But, my 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. The farmer
will be at the plow, the merchant will be
in the counting room, the woodman will
be ringing his axe on the hickories, the
weaver will 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 he standing AT
the bar pleading the law, the minister may
be in the pulpit pleading the gospel, the
urunkard may be reeling amid his cups,
and the blasphemer with the oath caught
between his teeth.
The sun hides. Night comes down at
mid-noon. A wave of 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 cranch a child. Noun
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, uprearing, cries to flying Alps and
Himalayah. Beasts below, and moan,
and snuff up the darkness. Clouds fly
like flocks of swift eagles. Great thunders
beat, and boom, and burst. Stars shoot
and fall. The Almighty, rising on his
throne, declares that time shall be no
longer, and the archangel's trump repeats
it till all the living hear, and the cont.
nents Of dead spring to their feet, crying
''Time shall be no longerw Oh on that
day, will you be ready?
| have shown you how well the Chris
tian will get off in this trial. Will you
get of as well in your trial? Will Christ
plead on your side or will he plead against
you? Oh, 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 youY Better this
day secure an advocate.