Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-26

and more eloquent The evidence
all being in, severe and stern iustice
rises on behalf of the prosecution
10 make his plea. With the Bible
open In his hand, he reads the law
stern and flexible, and the penalty:
ne soul That sinneth il shall die. -
linen ne says: 80 .dou Judge and Law.
gVer' TINS is Thine own statute. and
all the evidence in earth and Heaven
agrees that the man has sinned against
THESE enactments- Now let the sword
leap from its scabbard. Shall a man
go through the very flames of Sinai un-
slnged? Let the law be executed. Let
Judgment be pronounced. Let him die
L demand that he die"
Christian, does il not look veru
dark for thee? Who will plead ON thv
side in so forlorn a cause? Sometimes
a man will be brought into a court OF
law, and he will have no friends and
no money, and the Judge will look over
the bar and say: ''Is there anyone who
Will volunteer to take this mans case
and dsfend him?" And some Young
man rises up and says: 81 will be hi,
counsel" perhaps starting on from,
that very point to great and brilliant
as you have nothing to pay for counsel
40 you think that anyone will volun-
teer? Yes, yes: L see one rising. He
Is young man, only 81 years of age. |
see His countcnance suffused with
tears and covered with blood, and all
the galleries of Heaven arc thrilled
WITH the spectacle. Thanks be unto
200, we have an advocate with the
rather, Jesus Christ the righteous.
Oh, Christian soul, your case begins
to look better. / think, perhaps, after
all, you may not have to die. The best
Advocate IN the universe has taken
your side. No one was ever so quail.
ned to defend you. He knows all the
law, all its demands, all it's penalties.
lie is always ready. No new turn of
the case can surprise him, and he will
plead for YOU for nothing as earn.
cstly as though you brought n
world of treasure to his feet.
Besides that. he mas undertaken
the cases of thousands who were so
forlorn as you, and he has never lost n
case. Courage, Oh Christian soul!
think that, after all, there may be some
chance for you, for the great Advocate
rises to make His plea. He says: hadn't
all that has been proved against NV
client l admit all these sins. ave.
more; but look at that wounded hand
of mine and look at that other wound.
ed hand, and at my right foot, and at
my left foot. by all these wounds I
plead for his clearance. Count all tho
drops of my tears. Count all thu
drops of my blood. by the humiliation
OF bethlehem, by the sweat of Gethse-
name, by the sufferings of the cross. I
demand that he go free. On this arm
ne hath leaned; TO this heart he hath
hown; IN my tears he hath washed; ON
my earnestncss he hath depended Let
him go free. / am the ransom. Let
him escape the lash; l took the scourg.
lngs. Lee the cup pass from him: I
drank 1t to the dregs. Put him on tho
crown of life, for | have worn the
crown of taorns. Over against INV
throne of shame set his throne of tri.
umph"
Well, the counsel on both sides hava
spoken, and there is only one moro
thing now remaining, and that is the
awarding OF the judgment. If YOU have
ever been in a courtroom you know the
silence and solemnity when the verdict
ment about to be given. About this
soul on trial-shall it be saved? At
tentlon! above around, beneath. All
the universe cries, Hear heart"
The judge rises and gives this dccis-
lon' never to be changed, never to be
revoked: There is, therefore, now no
condemnation 20 them who are in
Christ Jesus"
me soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
VIII not, will not. desert to his foes.
Ihat soul, though all hell should endeavor "a
shake, "
III never no never. no never forsake
But, my friends, there is coming =
day OF trial in which not only the santa
out the sinner must appear That day
Oh trlal Will come very suddenly The
FARMER Will be at the pillow, the mcr-
chant VIII be in the counting room. tho
woodman will be ringing his ak on tho
VICTORIES, the weaver will have hin
ioot on the trcadlc, the manufactures
Will be walking amid the buzz of looms
ana the claclS of flying machinery. the
counsel may be at the bar. pleading
the law. the minister may be in tho
pulpit pleading the GOSPEL. the drunk
ard may be rceling amid his cups aud
the blasphemcr with the oath CAUGHT
between his teeth
Lo! The sun hides. Night comes
down at MONDAY. The stars appear at
noon to-day. The earth shoulders and
throbs. There an earthquake opens
and city sinks as crocodile ,vo,ld
crunch a child. Mountains roll i'm their
sockets and send down their pranite
cliffs IN avalanche Of rock Rivers paus,
In their chase for the sea. and ocean. nm
roaring. cries TO flying Alps and Hima-
laya. Beasts below and moan and
snuH up the darkness. Clouds Ay like
locks OF swift eagles. Great thunders
beat and boom and burst. Stars shoot
and fall The Almighty, rising on hi,
throne, declares that time shall be M
longer. and the archangcl's trump re-
peats it till all the living hear. and the
continents OF dead spring to their feet
crying. Time shall DC no Iouuer,7
Oh, ON that day will you bc ready?
/ have shown YOU how well thu
Christian will get off in hi, trial. win
you get off rs well i'm your trial? win
Christ plead ON your side or against
you? Oh. what will YOU do In thc last
great assizc, il your conscience q
against you, and the Holy Spirit is
against you. and the LORD God Al.
mighty is against you. Better Uni, dat
secure an advocate