Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25

re is u young HdN, only tnlrty-tnr60
years OF age. / see his countenance
silffused with tears and covered with
blood, and all the galleries of heaven
ere thrilled with the spectacle. Thanks
be unto God, I'VE have an advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the right
eous."
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 ia
ken your side. No one was ever so
qualified to defend You. He knows
all the law. all it's demands, all its
! penalties. He is always ready !, No
new turn of the case can surprise him,
and he will plead for you for nothing
as earnestly as though you brought a
world Of treasure to his feet. Besides
that, he has undertaken the case OF
thousands who were as forlorn as you,
and he has never lost case. Courage.
o Christian soul! / think that, after
all. there may be some chance for you.
for the great Advocate has risen to
make his plea. He says: Il admit all
that has been proved against my Gle
ent. | admit all these sins, ay, more:
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;
in my tears he hath washed; on my
righteousness he hath depended. Let
him go free. l am the ransom. Let
him escape the lash; took the ecourg-
ings. Let the cup pass from him; I
drank it to the dregs. Put on him the
crown of tnorns. Over against my
throne of shame set his throne of tri-
umphv'
Well the counsel on both sides have
spoken, and there is only one more
thing now remaining, and that is the
have ever been in 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 1t be saved or
snail it be lost? Attention! above,
around, beneath. All the universe
cries, Hear. heart
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 on Jesus hath leaned for
repose,
I will not, will not, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should en-
deavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake.
But. my friends, there is coming q
day Of trial in which not only the saint
but the sinner must appear. That day
Of trial will come very suddenly. The
farmer will be at the pillow, the mer-
chant will be in the counting-room,
the woodman will be ringing his axe
Oh the hickories, the weaver will have
| his foot on the treadle, the manufac-
turer will be walking amid the buzz
Of looms and the clack of flying ma
ckinery, the counsel may be at the bar,
pleading the law, the minister may be
in the pulpit pleading the Gospel, the
drunkard may be reeling in his cups.
and the blasphemer with the oath
caught between his teeth.
Lo! The sun hides. Night comes
down at mid-noon. 1.-THE stars appear
az noon today. The earth shudders and
throbs. There an earthquake opens
and city sinks as crocodile would
crunch child. Mountains roll in
their sockets and send down their gran
| tie cliffs in avalanche of rock. Rivers
! pause in their chase for the sea, and
ocean. appearing cries to flying Alps
| and Himalaya. Beasts below and
moan and snuff up the darkness.
| Clouds fly like focks Of swift eagles.
| Great thunders beat and boom and
! burst. Stars shoot and fall The AL
| mighty, rising on his throne. declares
that time shall be no longer. and the
archaIgers trump repeats it till all the
living hear, and the continents of dead
spring to their feet. crying: Time
shall be no longer" Oh, on that day
| will you be ready,
| / have shown you hsw well the Chris
tian win get off in his trial viii you
get off as well in your trial? Will
! Christ plead on your side or against
! you? Oh, what will you do In the last
| great assize, IL your conscience is
| against you. and tho world is against
| you, and the angels Of heaven are
| against you. and the Holy Spirit Is
| against you. and the Lord God
Almighty is against you? Better this
day secure an Advocate.
Moskness.
Weakness is love at school; love at
| the Savior's feet. IL is Christian lowli-