Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-17

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| listers and princes sat there. Peers
marched in, clad in ermine and gold.
MIGHTY men and women from all lands
! looked down upon the scene. Amid all
that po1np and splendor and amid an
excitement such as has seldom been seen
in any courtroom Edmund Burke adj
yanced in q speech which will last as
long as the English language, concIud-
ing with this burning charge, which
made Warren Hastings cringe and cow
err: 81 impeach him in the name of the
commons house of parliament, whose
trust he has betrayed. [ impeach him in
the name of the English nation, whose
ancient honor he has suIlied. I impeach
him in the name of the people of India,
whose country he has turned into a des-
ert. And, lastly, in the name Of human
nature, in the name of both sexes, in
the name of every age and rank, I i'm
peach him as the common enemy and
oppressor of all. y
But I turn from the recital of these
memorable occasions to a grander trial,
and I have to tell you that in this trial
of the Christian, for the life of his soul,
the advocates are migntier, wiser and
more eloquent The evidence all being
in, severe and stern Justice rises on be-
half of the prosecution to make his plea.
With the Bible open in his hand he
reads the law, stern and infexible, and
the penalty, 'sThe soul that sinneth. it
shall die Then he says: 80 thou
Judge and Lawgiver, this 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 it's scabbard.
Shall man go through the very flames
Of Sinai unsinged? Let the law be ex-
ecuted. Let Judgment be pronounced.
Let him die. [ demand that he die!'
O Christian, does it not look very
dark for thee? Who will plead on thy
side in so forlorn cause? Sometimes
man will be brought into court of
law, and he will have no friends and no
money, and the judge will look over the
bar and say, us there any one who
will volunteer to take this mans case
and defend him?'' And some young
man rises up and says, II will be his
counsel, perhaps starting on from that
very point to great and brilliant ca
reer. Now, in this matter Of the soul,
as you have nothing to pay for counsel.
do you think that any one will volun-
teer? Yes, yes; / see one rising. He is a
young man, only 33 years Of age. see
his countenance suffused with tears and
covered with blood, and all the galleries
of heaven are thrilled with the spec
tacle. Thanks be unto God, eve have
an advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous. -
O Christian soul, your case begins
to look better. I think. perhaps, after
all, you may not have to die. The best
advocate III the universe has taken your
side. No one was ever SO qualified to
defend you. He knows all the law, all
its demands, all its penalties. He is al
ways ready. No new turn of the case
can surprise him, and he will plead for
you for nothing as earnestly as though
you brought world of treasure to his
feet Besides that he has undertaken
the case of thousands who were as for
lorn as you, and he has never lost
case. Courage, Christian soull
think that, after all. there may be some
chance for you, for the great advocate
rises to make his plea. He says: Il adj
nit all that has been proved against my
L
but look at that wounded hand of mine
and look at that other wounded hand,
and at my right foot and at my left
foot. By all these wounds | plead for
his clearance. Count all the drops of
my tears. Count all the drops of my
blood. By the humiliation Of Bethle-
hem, by the sweat Of Gethsemane, by
the sufferings of the cross, / demand
that he go free. On this arm he hath
leaned to this heart he hath flown III
my tears he hath washed; on my right
eousness he hath depended. Let him 60
free / am the ransom. Let him escape
the lash; I took the scourgings. Let the
cup pass from him; / drank it to the
dregs. Put on him the crown of life, for
I have worn the crown of thorns. Over
against my throne Of shame set his
throne of triumphl''
The Judgment.
Well, the counsel on both sides have
spoken, and there is only one more
thing now remaining, and that is the
awarding of the judgment If you have
ever been i'll a courtroom, you know the
silence and solemnity when the verdict |
is about to be rendered or the Judgment |
about to be given. About this soul on
trial-shall it be saved or shall it be
lost? Attention, above, around, beneath
All the universe cries. "Hear, hearp'
The Judge rises and gives this de-
cision, never to be changed, never to be |
revoked: .'There is, therefore, now no |
condemnation to them who are in
Christ Jesus -
The soul that Jesus hath leaned for repose
! will not, I will not, desert to his foes.
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to /
shake,
I'll never; no. never; no, never, forsake.
But, my friends, there is coming a |
day of trial i'll which not only the saint,
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