Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-08-30

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The tomb Is nII unbarrei.
The gates Of death were closed in vain
This Lord Is rIssn-He lives aSan-
give You the third cause OF PauT's exhll-
a-It:on. We honor the right hand more than
We DO the left. II in accident or battle we
must lose one hand. let it be the LEFT, The
left hand being nearer the heart, we may not
DO much OF the violent work of life with that
hand without physical danger, but he who
has the right arm in full play has the miGhti-
est Of all earthly weapons. In all ages and
IN all languages the right hand is the symbol
o. strength and power AMI honor. Hiram
sat at the right hand OF solomon. Then we
have the term, as he right hand man."
LAFAYETTE was Washingtons right hand man.
Marshal Ney was Napoleon right hand man.
And now you have the meaning ofPaul when
he speaks of Christ who is at the right hand
of God.
That means He Is the first guest OF heaven.
He has n right to sit there. The hero OF the
| universei Count His wounds two IN the
feet, two In the hands. one in the side-ilve
| wounds. On. you have counted wrong.
These are not half the wounds Look at the
severer wounds in the temples. Each thorn
an excruciation.
| Ea hero comes back from battle. and he
| takes Off his hat or rolls up his sleeve and
| shows YOU the scar of wound gotten at
| Balls Bluff or at South Mountain, you stand
! in admiration at his heroism and patriotism,
| but if Christ should make conspicuous the
| I've wounds gotten on Calvary-that Water
loo OF ali the ages-He would display only a
! small part of His wounds. Wounded all over,
/ let Him sit at the right hand OF God He has
| a right to sit there. By tho request of God
| the Father and the unanimous suffrage ofau
/ heaven let Him sit there. In the grand re-
| view when the redeemed pass by in cohorts
| of splendor they will look at Him and shout
| ''Nictory: -
The Oldest inhabitant of heaven never saw
n grander day than the one when Christ took
| His place on the right hand OF dod- Hosan-
| ma With lips Of clay may not appropriate
| " utter 1t. but let the martyrs under the altar
| throw the cry TO the elders before the throne
| and they can toss Il to the choir on the sea OF
| glass until all heaven shall lift it-some on
point of scepter, and some on string OF harp,
! and some on the tip of the green branches.
| Hosanna hosannal
| fourth cause of Paul's exhiliration
| After a Clergyman had preached sermon in
| regard to tho glories Of heaven and the
splendors of the scene an aged woman said,
s'If all that is TO go on In heaven, don't
| know what will become OF my poor head.
! OH nv friends there will be so many things
going on in heaven have sometimes Won
:ered II the Lord would not forget you and
eni
Perhaps Paul said sometimes 81 wonder
| God does not forget me down here in An
| tioch. and in the prison, and in the ship
: wreck. There are so many sailors, 50 many
wayfarers, so many prisoners, 50 many helrt-
! broken men," says Paul, "perhapS God may
forget me. And then am so vile sinner
| How l whipped those Christians! With what
vengeance mounted that cavalry horse and
dashed up to Damascus Oh, II Will take a
mighty attorney to plead my cause and ger
| me free But Just at that moment there
came in upon Pauls soul something nilS It
than the surSes that dashed his ship into
| Melita swifter than the horse he rode to
Damascus. 1t was the swift and overwhelnr
ing thought of Christ's intercession-
NV friends, we must have an advocate. a
roor lawyer is worse than no lawyer at iuL
I we must have one who is able successfully
| TO present our cause before God. Where IL
| Hep Who is Hep There Is only one ad-
yocate in all the universe that can plead our
cause in the last judgment, that can plead
our cause before God in the great tribunal.
Sometimes in earthly courts attorneys
have specialties, and one man succeeds bet
! fer in patent cases. another in insurance
| coses another in criminal cases, another lr
| land cases, another in will cases, and MS
success generally depends upon his sticking
to that specially. L have TO ten you tnal
me that His speciality is TO taSe the bad case
OF tho sinner and plead II before Goa un'l
He rets eternal acquittal. oh, we must have
Him for our advocate. .,
But what plea can He make? Sometimes
; an attorney in court will plead the innocence
! ofthe prisoner That would be inappropriate
, for us We are all guilty guilty! Unclean
| un,leanl Christ our advocate, Will not
{ | Mead our innocence. Sometimes the attor
nev in court tries to prove an alibi. He says
: | .sThis prisoner was not at the scene. Hewa4
| IN some other place at the time. S1ch Z
| oIe, will not do in our case. The Lori iount
| Us in all our sins and in the very place OF ou
| iEiuuity. II Is impossible to prove an alibi
Sometimes an attorney will plead the insanit!
. | of the prisoner and say he Is irresponsible ol
= that account That plea will never do in ou
| case We sinned against light, aSains
knowledge, against the dictates OF our owl
consciences. We knew what we were doing
| What then, shall the plea be?
The plea for our eternal defverance will
be Christ's own martyrdom. He will say
''Look at all these wounds. By all these
D | su'Yerings l demand the rescue of this mar
! | from sin and death and hell. Constable
Il | knock off the shackles-let the prisoner &c
. free" "Who is he that condemneth! 1t Il
D Christ that died, yea, rather tnat is risen
o again, who Is even at the right hand OF God
: who also maketh intercession for u.s."
But why all this gladnes5 on the faces o
these sons and daughters of the Lord Al
| mighty? know what you are thinking of
= | A Saviour dead "a Saviour risen Saviour
exalted a Saviour interceding. "What.
\ | say YOU sis all that for me?' All, all
: | Never let me hear you complaining about
, ANYTHING again. With your pardoned sir
| behind YOU and successful Christ pleading
above you, and glorious heaven before you
= how can you be despondeat about any
= | thing2
NBut." saws some man in the audience, al
L that Ia very good and very true for thost