Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-25
SERVICES IN ARMORY HALL.
Interesting Sermon by the Reverend II.
c. Christian

dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost
thou set at nought thy brother? for we
shall all stand before the judgment seat OF
Christ" The last sentence he chose as his
text. He said he had been impressed dur
ing the meetings held by DIR. Munhall with
the spirit that seemed to lead on the evan
gelist in the line of the last judgment.
He would take line of thought supple
mental to DIR. Munhall's diseourses. and
for that reason had selected for his text the
words, -" for we shall all stand before the
judgment seat of Christ Many asked
the question, is it true that there is to be
A GREAT JUDGMENT DAY,
A day when ali men will be gathered to-
gether before the great Judgment throne of
Christ, and Judged according to the deeds
of their body?" We have been taught
that this is to be the case from our earliest
childhood. We heard it at our mothers
knee, it has been preached TO us from the
pulpit, and Gods holy word proclaims it.
The judgment day was and is the offspring.
not of Gods wrath, but Of his mercy If
there was no mercy in it the sinner would
have been stricken and damned long ago.
If it was not mercy Jesus Christ would not
have suffered for Your sins upon the cross.
He said he desired TO address himself for
few moments to those who did not be-
lieye in the Bible. Many believe in the
Bible, but not in the revelations. He
wanted to reason also with them. There
must be a judgment to come From
the very nature Of God himself there must
be judgment to come. If child is
asked if it believes that God is Just, the re-
ply comes quickly, yes. All OF us believe
that God is good-that he is God of be-
neYolence, love and grace. If he thought
God thought more of the people in Sacra-
mento than he did of the poor Ethiopian
in Africa, he could not
ACCEPT HIM AS \ JUST GOD.
Some men say that God is partial: that
men are not rewarded in this life for the
good they do, nor punished in accordance
with the evil they perform. He then.drew
picture of man who lives in a magnifi-
cent home surrounded by all the luxuries
of life, his elegant mansion surrounded
with beautiful grounds, blooming flowers.
grand, attractive; who never knew what it
was to want for anything; who is an in
fidel, q corrupt man, who blasphemes be-
fore young men, and leads them to reject
Christ. His broad acres Weld abundant
crops, he grows cid in prosperity, and
finally dies and passes away He con-
trasted with this a poor, afflicted, perse-
cuted son of man and child of God, who
had struggled and labored through his en-
tire life, was diseased in body, wrecked in
fortune; an individual who had given his
heart TO Christ, had accepted salvation. vet
was compelled to go about the streets beg
ging for bread. Angels keep vigil over him
at night. When he dies, no one stands by
his bedside to soothe his pain or battle his
fevered brow; none but the angels. who
come and unloose the silver chord, and
BEAR HIM HOME TO HEAVEN.
Has he received all he deserved? You an
swer, no. No man, then, will deny that
there must be time and place somewhere,
when God will call them to judgment and
reward them according to the lives they
have led. There must be retributive JUS
tice that all must meet. All men who be-
lieve in God believe also that there will be
q judgment, but don't believe in great
judgment day. They believe that when a
man dies he Immediately goes into the
presence of God; if he has been good, is
admitted into heaven; if he has lived life
OF sin, is consigned to hell. That is what
most all men believe. God, however. could
not so judge, because when man dies the
work of his life is not over. No man is
dead when he dies, and no man shall die
until judgment day, for the influence of
his life lives on. A pebble thrown into
the center Of lake causes circular wave
to form, which moves on and on, until it
breaks upon the shore long after the atom
which started it in motion had sunk to its
bottom. Every word, every deed, is an
atom dropped into the sea of human
actions.
no MAN Is DEAD WHEN He DIES.
Is Tom Payne dead? Eighty years ago
they buried him, but he still lives through
out the land. While in San Jose some
time since young lady told him she was
an admirer of Tom Paine-believed the
teachings of his " Age of Reason" and re-
jected and disbelieved the Revelations"
Tom Paine is not dead, nor will he die
until Gabriel blows his trdmpet, and time
is no more. One hundred years ago, in
the village of Sparta, in the State of
Georgia, lived an educated French in
structor who was an infdel. He long since
has slept in his grave, but he has lived
since death within radius of twenty
miles of that place ever since, and still
lives. He cannot be judged until the final
judgment, for the evils of his life still live
They cannot die, but live on and on: there
is no death TO their influence. He ad-
dressed the father who was living in sin
before his children, drinking, swearing and
REJECTING THE BLESSED BOOK.
Your influence. damaging as it is in life,
Will I'VE huSi YOU are gone. on must
cease TO do evil. He addressed mothers in
the same manner; if they were leading sin
full lives their children would follow in
their footsteps, and their example, part
of their life, would have an influence long
years after they were laid away in the
church yard. He spoke very feelinglv of
himself saying that when young man he
had led hundreds of young men to do evil.
and many who had followed his sinful ad-
vice and example were now dead Those
thoughts came crushing upon him; will
they stand before the judgment throne up
on the last day, and accuse me of leading
them from God? He prayed fervently to
God for remission of his great sins and
HIS PRAYERS HAD BEEN ANSWERED.
You all have done enough now to stand
against you at The last day We have done
so little in life as ministers that we hope
that what we have done at this revival
meeting will live on. He referred with
much feeling to his mother. long since
deceased, and said if il had not been for
her good example, earnest pleading and
advice he never would have been saved
He said if all the unconverted present were
determined to continue in a life of sin, the
sooner you die the better for you and better
for others, Tor your examples have an in
tiuence upon the lives Of others and your
acts will live after you are dead Jesus
Christ will be the Judge of the quick and
the dead on judgment day. am glad that
Jesus will be there He knows the deep
penitence of my heart and / will receive
my reward. He closed his interesting SER
mon with an exhortation and appeal to
those who had not already given their
hearts to Christ TO do so at once. Some %
or 80 arose in their seats and asked for the
prayers of the Church
The services this evening will be held in
the Congregational Church.
A Card to the Public. .
EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN | was astonished
and surprised to find the following in your
columns on SATURDAY. morning: