The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-08-16
I give you the third cause Of Paups

more than we do the left. II in acci-
dent or battle we must lose one hand,
let 1t 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 mightiest Of all earthly weapons.
In all ages and in all languages the
right hand is the symbol Of strength
and power and honor. Hiram sat at
the right hand of Solomon. Then we
have the term, "He is right-hand
man. Lafayette was Washington's
right-hand man. Marshal Ney was
Napoleon's right-hand man; and now
you have the meaning of Paul when he
speaks of Christ who is at the right
hand of God.
That means He is the first guest Of
Heaven. He has right to sit there.
The Hero Of the universe! Count His
wounds, two in the feet, two in the
hands, one in the side-fve wounds. o,
you have counted wrong. These are
not half the wounds. Look ut the Sc
verer wounds in the temples; each
thorn an excruciation.
If a hero comes back from battle, and
he takes off his coat, or rolls up his
sleeve, and shows you the scar of a
wound gotten at Balls Bluff, or at
South Mountain, you stand in admira-
ton OF his heroism and patriotism; but
II Christ should make conspicuous the
five wounds gotten on Calvary-that
Waterloo of all 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 the request OF
God, the Father, and the unanimous
suffrage Of all Heaven, let Him sit
there. In the grand review, when the
redeemed passed by in cohorts of splen.
dor, they will look at him and shout
"Victory"
The Oldest inhabitant of Heaven nev.
er saw a grander day than the one when
Christ took his place on the right hand
of God. Hosanna! With lips of clay
may not appropriately utter it, but let
the martyrs under the altar throw the
cry to the elders before the throne, and
they can toss it 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! Hosan.
nal
A fourth cause of Paups exhilaration:
After clergyman had preached SER
mon in regard to the glories of Heaven
and the splendors of the scene, an aged
woman said: "If all that is to go on in
Heaven, don't know what will become
Of my:poor head" OH my friends, there
will be so many things going on in
Heaven, have sometimes wondered
II the Lord would not forget you and
mel
Perhaps Paul said sometimes: 81
wonder God does not forget me down
here in Antioch, and in the prison,
and in the shipwreck. There are SO
many sailors, so many wayfarers, SO
many prisoners, so many heartbroken
men," says Paul, perhaps God may
forget me. And then | am so vile
a sinner. How whipped those Chris.
tians! with what vengeance mounted
that cavalry horse and dashed up
to Damascusl Oh! 1t will take a
mighty attorney to plead my cause
and get me free" But just at that
moment there came in upon Paul's SOU
something mightier than the surges
that dashed his sAip into Melita, swifte1
than the horse he rode TO Damascus.
1t was the swift and overwhelming
thought of Christ's intercession.
My friends, we must have an advo.
cate. A poor lawyer is worse than nc
lawyer at all. We must have one who
is able successfully to present our cause
before God. Where is he? Who Is heG
There is only one advocate 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 attor.
neys have specialties, and one man
succeeds better in patent cases, an.
other in insurance cases, another in
criminal cases, another in land cases,
another In will cases, and his success
generally depends upon his sticking 10
that speciality. have TO tell you that
Christ can do many things; but II
seems TO me that his speciality is TO
take the bad case of the sinner and
plead 1t before God until he gets eter.
nal acquittal. OH we must have Him
for our advocate.
But what plea can he make? Some.
times an attorney in court will plead
the innocence of the prisoner That
would be inappropriate for us; we are
all guilty guilty. Unclean unclean!
Christ, our advocate, will not plead our
innocence. Sometimes the attorney In
court tries TO prove an alibi He says;
''This prisoner was not at the scene; he
was In some other place at the time. 4"
Such a plea will not do in our case.
The Lord found US in all our sins, and
in the very place of our iniquity. Il h
impossible TO prove an alibi. Some.
times an attorney will plead the in.
sanity Of the prisoner; and say he is
irresponsible on tnat account. That
plea will never do in our case. We
sinned against light, against our lsnowl.
edge, against the dictates OF our own
consciences; we knew what we were
doing. What, then, shall the plea bef
The plea for our eternal deliverance