Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-14
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Excelsior Springs, Missouri.

that dashed his ship into AIelita, swifter
tban the horse he rode TO Damascus. IL
was the swift and overwhelming thought
Of Christ's intercession.
NV friends, we must have an advocate.
A poor lawyer is worse than no lawyer at
ali We must have one who Is able sue
cessfully to present our cause before God.
Where Is her Who is hei There is only
one advocate in ali the universe that can
plead our causo 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
ter in patent cases, another in insurance
cases, another In criminal cases, another in
land cases another In will cases, and his
success generally depends upon his sticking
TO that specially have to tell you that
Christ can do many things. but it seems to
me that his speciality is to tnke the bad
case Of tho sinner and plead it before God
until he gets eternal acquittal Oil we
must have him for our advocate.
But'what plea can he maker Sometimes
an attorney in court will plead the limo
cence Of the prisoner. That would be map
propriate for us; we are all guilty. guilty.
tnclean, uncleani Christ, our advocate
will not plead our innocence Sometimes
the attorney in court tries TO prove an al
ibi. He says; This prisoner was not at
the scene. He was in some other place ut
the time" Such plea will not do in our
case The Lord found us in all our sins
and In the very place OF our iniquity. 1t Is
impossible to prove an alibL Sometimes
an attorney will plead the insanity OF the
prisoner aud say he is irresponsible on
that account That plea will never do in
our case. We sinned agninst Night, against
knowledge, against the dictates Of our own
conscienccs; we knew what we were doing.
What then shall the plea bel
cHR1sr's MARTYRDoM.
The plea for our eternal deliverance will
be Christ's own martyrdom. He will say;
Look Mt all these wounds. BY all these
sutferings / demand the rescue OF this man
from sin and death and hell. Constable,
knock of the shackles-let the prisoner
10 free" who is he that condemnethi
1t is Christ that died, yea, rather that "
risen again, who Is even at the right hand
Of God, who also maketh intercessiun for
u.s.
But why all this gladness on the faces OF
these sons and daughters Of the Lord AL
IllhANgA hAlAN hllAAb pu AAlt kl4AhllH
Of. 4 Saviour dead; Saviour risen; a
Saviour exalted; u Saviour interceding.
what" say you, lis all that for mep All!
all! Never let me hear you complaining
about anything again. with your par
doned sin behind you, and successful
Christ pleading above you, and glorious
heaven before you, how can you be de
spondcnt about anythingy
"But " Snyg sOmg man in tbe oudippca
AL that il very good and very true for
those who are inside the kingdom, but how
about those of US who are outsider" Then
| say, come into the kingdom, come out OF
the prison house into the glorious sunlight
of Gods mercy and pardon and come now.
1t was In the last days of the reign OF ter
ror, the year 1893. Hundreds and thousands
had persisted under the French Ruillotine.
Francs gronned with the tyrannies Of Robe.
| sphere and the Jacobln club. The last
groupof sufferers had had their locks shorn
| by Monchotte, the prison barber, so that
tho neck might be bare TO the keen knife OF
the guillotine.
The carts came up to the prison, the poor
wretches were placed in the carts and driy.
en- of toward the scaffold. But while they
were going toward the scaifold there was
an cutlery in the street. and then the shock
of firearms, and then the cry! "Robespierra
has TALENT Down with the JGcoblnsl Let
France be freel' But the armed soldiers
rode in upon these roscuers, SO that the
| poor wretches In the carts were taken on
to the scailold and horribly died.
But that very night these monsters Of
persecution were seized, and Robespicrre
persisted under the very guillotine that he
had reared for others, all France clappine
their hands with joy as his head rolled into
the eXec,itioner'3 basket Then the axes Of
the excited populace werc heard pounding
Against the gates of the prison, and the pool
prisoners walked out free, My friends, sin
is the worst Of all Robespierres. 1t is tn,
tyrant OF tyrnnts, 1t has built prison
house for our soul. 1t plots our death. II
has shorn uStor the sacrifice; but, blessed
be God, this morning we hear the axe,
of Gods gracious deliverance pounding
against the door of our prison.
Deliverance has come Light break.
through all the wards of the prison. Revo
lutionl Revolutionl "Where sin abound
ed grace does much more abound, thai
whereas sin reigned unto death even SC
grace may reign unto eternal life through
Jesus Christ our LORD" Glorious truth A
Saviour dead; Saviour risen. n Sayiou