The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-04


dare not keep back thn testimony, Tor then !
should not dare % appear again amongst
the slnlCH ones before the great white
Throne
There b only one more wltncssto De called
on behalf ofthe prosecution, aud that "a the
great the holy the august. The omnip0tent
Spirit oi Cod We bow down before HIM.
HOLY Spirit snoWeei Thou this MANI sob,
ye says the holy one, ~ know bin. 4
have slrlyen with bin tcn thousand times.
and though sometimes he did seem % repent
be- iell hack again as often from bis ar.t es.
tate. Ten lhouslnd times ten thousand hai
hs grisved Me. although the Bible wnruac
him. SAYING '0rievs NOT Jno uoly unosL
Oupnch not the Spirit Yes. he has driven
Ne back. Though Il am the Third Person o.
he Trinity. he has trampled on NY Mission,
and the blood OF tine At0noment that /
brought With which 20 cleanse his soul, he
sometimes despisod. / came from tho throne
OF God % convert, and comfort and saneti-
~, and yot look nc that man aud see what hee
Is compared wish what, unreaiEted, would
have made him"
The evidence on the pan Of the proseeu-
ton has closed Now let the defense bring
on the robuttal testimony What have you,
o Christian soul. 90 bring In reply 70 this eve
ldence of the world. % the conscience, oithe
angel and OF the Holy GhosU NO evdencef
Are an these things true3 "Yos. Uneleani
uncloan, " SAYS every Christian soul Wha0
Do you not begin to tremble az the thought
OF condemnation
Wehave now come 10 the most interesting
part oithis great trial The evidence an Ia.
/ The advocates speak. The profession OF an
/ advocate Is full Of responsibility. In Eng
/ land and the United States th0re have arisen
men who in this calling have been h0nored
By their race aud thrown contempt upon
th0se who In the profession have bean guilty
/ OF a great many meanncases. That prolea-
/ sion will be honorable as long as It has at
| tached 10 Il such names as Mansfield. and
| Marshall. aud Story. and Kent, aud South
/ ard, and William Writ. The court room has
| sometimes been thescene OF very marvellous
J and thrilling things. Some OF you remem-
/ Der the famous Girard will case, where one
| OF our advocates pleaded the cause OF the
| Bible and Christianity 10 mastery Anglo-
| Saxon, every paragraph athunderbolt
/ But turn from the recital OF this memoir
/ able occasion 90 erandef trial, and / have
/ 10 tell you that IN this trial Of the Christian
/ for the life OF his soul the advocates are
/ mightier, wiser aud mora eloquent. The
evidence all being In, severe and stern
/ Justice rises on behalf Of tho prosecution TO
make his plea. With the Bible open IN his
/ hand, he reads the law, stern and inhexlble,
I
| II shall die Then he says; 20, Thou
Judge aud Lawgiver, this is Thine own
statute, aud all the evidence in earth and
heaven agree that the man has sinned
| against these enactments. Now let the
sword leap from its scabbard- Shall man
60 through the very flames Of Sinai I'M
singed2 Let the law be executed. Let
judgment be pronounced Let him die.
demand that he der
| o. Christian. does it not look very dark for
thee2 Who will plead on thy side in so for
lorn causaY Sometimes a man will be
brought into a court OF law, and be will
have no friends and no money, and the
Judge will look over the bar and say; sis
there any one who will volunteer to take
this mans case aud defend him2" Aud some
young man rises up and says: II will be
mis- COUNSEL" perhaps starting on from that
very point to great and brilliant career
Now In this matter Of the soul, as you have
nothing to pay for counsel, do you think
that any one will volunteer Yes, yes; / SCI
One rising He Is young man, only thirty
three years Of aga see His countenanee
suflused with tears and covered with blood
and all the galleries Of heaven are thrilled
with the spectacle. Thanks be unto God
1--WE have an advocate with the Father
Jesus Christ the righteous"
Oh, Christian soul, your case begins t.
look better. think, perhaps, after all, you
may not have to die The best Advocate In
the Universe has taken your side. No ont
was ever so qualified to defend you. h,
knows all the law, all its demands, all it
penalties. lie is always ready. No new
turn Of the case can surprise Him, and III
will plead for you for nothing as earnestly
rs though you brought world of treasure
to His feet. besides that. He has under
taken the case Of thousands who were a
tOrlOrn as YOU and He has never lost a case
Courage. o Christian SOUL think that
after all, there may be some chance for you
for the great Advocate rises to make His
plea He says; II admit all that has beer
proved against Ny client. admit all these
Sins, ay, 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 lefl
foot By all these Wounds 1 plead for hi:
clearance Count all the drops Of Ny tears
Count all the drops Of My blood. By tn
humiliation OF Bethlehem, by the sweat o
Gethsemane, by the sufferings Of the cross,
demand that he 90 free. On this arr b
hath leaned; to this heart he hath flown; II
My tears be hath washed; on My righteous
ness he hath depended. Let him so free.
am the ranscm. Let him escape the lash;
took the scourgings. Let the cup pass from
him; | drank 1t to the dres5. Put on hin
the crown Of life, for have worn the crow
OF thorns. Over against my throne OF sham
set his throne Of triumph"
Well, the counsel on both sides hav
spoken, aud there is only one more thin
} now remaining, aud that is the awarding o
the judgment. If you have ever been in
court room you know the silence and sol
] emnity when the verdict is about to be rem
dered. or the judgment about to be given
About this soul on trial-shall 1t be saved o
shall it be lost? Attention! above, around
beneath. All the universe cries: "HeaT
, | heart"
. The Judge rises and gives this decision
. never to be changed, never to be revoked
"There is. therefore, now no condemnatio
to them who are in Christ Jesus"
But. my friends, there is coming q day 0
trial in which not only the saint but the sill
ner must appear. That day of trial wi
come very suddenly. The farmer will be c
| the plow, the merchant will be in the coun
ing room, the woodman will be ringing b
AK on the hickories, the weaver will hay
J his foot on tho treadle, the manufacture
will be walking amid the buzz of looms an
} the clacking of flying machinery, the coul
sci may Do at the bar pleading the law, th