The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-15

account. That plea will never do in our
case. We sinned against light. against
knowledge, against the dictates OF our own
consciences; we knew what we were doing.
What then shall the plea be-!
The plea for our eternal deiiyerance will
be Christs own martyrdom. re VIII say:
Look at all these wounds BY all these
sufferings demand the rescue of this man
from sin and death and hell. Constable,
knock off the shackles-let the prisoner 80
free" ''Who is he that condemneth! 1t
is Christ that died, yea, rather that IS risen
again, who is even at the ngnt manu- OF
God. who also maketh intercession for U.S..
But why all this gladness on the faces
of thcg. sons and daughters OF the Lord
Almighty? l know what you are thinking
of. A Savior dead, Il Savior risen, Il ga
yior exalted, Savior lnterceding.
what" say you, SIS all that for me-
All! all! Never let me hear you complain
Ing about anything again W ith your par
doned sin behind you, and successful
Christ pleading above you, and glorious
heaven before you, how can you pc dcs-
pendent about anything!
BUT" saws some man in the audience,
"all that is very good and very true Tor
those who are inside the kingdom; Du' now
about those of us who are OUTSIDE men
| say, come into the Kingdom, come o'it VI
the nrsou house into the glorious S'ihilght
of Gods mercy and pardon, and come now:
If was in the last days OF the reign u
terror. the wear 1893. Hundreds ana 'llou-
sands had persisted under the + rchth t'l,
lntjnn. France sroaned with the tyrannieS
of Robespierre and the Jacobin Niup. ne
last group of sufferers had had Ihel, NV ms
shorn by Monchotte. the prison barber SD
that The neck might be bare 10 the Keen
knife of the guillotine. The carts calhe up
Ia the prison the poor wretches were
nIaced in the carts and driven OH to"ald
tbe scaffold: out while they were gong ~
ward the scaffold there was an outcry Ill
the street, and then the shock or 1lreaIinS
and then the cry. "RobcSpierre has failch:
Down with the JacobinS: Let raiio go ~
free But the armed soldiers rode III upon
thes. rcsr,,ers 90 that the poor wretchcs
in the carts were taken on to the seal
fold. and horribly died. But that very nlSht
those monsters of persecution were selZ'd,
and Robcspierre persisted under the very
gui!lotine thai he had reared for others an
France clapping their hands with JOY as
his head rolled into the eXeruhoner
basket Then tae axes OF the eNcIIea
populace were heard pounding against me
gates of the prison, and the poor prisoners
walked out free. Ny friends. sin IS the
worst of all Robespicrrc's: it IS The ~
rant of tyrants; it has built Il prison house
for your soul; it plots our death; IL ms
sborn MS for the sacrifice, but. blessed be
God. this morning we hear the axes of
Gods gracious deverancc pounding against
the door of our prison. Dellvernnce mas
come Light breaks through all the wares
of the prison. Revolution. Revolution!
Where sin abounded. grace does nurn
more abound. that whereas SIN relgncd
unto death, even 80 grace may reign unto
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Glorious truth. A Savior dead. Savior
risen, a Savior exalted. Il Savior interccd-
inrt