The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29

trial, ana L nave TO JolS you THAT IN
this trial of the Christian for the life
of his soul the advocates are mightier,
wiser and moro eloquent The evil
dence all being in, severe and stern
Justice rises on bahalf OF the prosecu-
ton to make his plea. With
the Bible open In his hand, he
reads the law, stern and infiexi-
BILE, and the penalty: '"The soul
that sinneth, it shall die" Then no
says: 20, thou Judge and lawgiver,
his Is Thine own statute, and all the
evidence in the earth and Heaven
agrees that the man has sinned against
these enactments. Now let the sword
leapt from it's scabbard. Shall man
go through the very flames of Sinai
unsinged? Let the law be executed.
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 a 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: lis there any
one who will volunteer to take this
mans case and defend him?" And
some young man rises up and
says: Il will be his COUNSEL" per
haps starting 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 anyone
will volunteer? Yes, yes; 1 see One
rising. He is a young man, only 80
years of age. l see His countenance
suffused with tears and covered with
blood, and all the galleries of Heaven
are thrilled with the spectacle. Thanks
be to God, 1--WE have an advocate with
the Father, Jesus CHRIST the right
eous."
Oh, Christian soul. your case begins
to look better, 1 think, perhaps, after
all, you may not have to die. rhe best
Advocate in the universe has taken
you side. No one was ever SO qualified
to defend you. He knows all the law,
all its 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 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! l think that, after
all, there may be some chance for you,
for the great Advocate rises to
make His plea He says: Il ad-
init all that has been proved
against my client. l admit all these
sins, ay, more; but look at that wound
ed hand Of nine and look at that 9TH
er wounded hand, and at my right foot
and at my left foot. BY all these
wounds l plead for his clearance
Count all the drops OF my tears.
Count all the drops of my blood
BY the humiliation of Betblehem,
by the sweat of Gethsemane,
By the suffering of the cross,
demand that he go free. On
this arm he hath leaned; to this heart
he hath fowen; in my tears he hath
washed; on my Righteousness he hath
depended. Let him go free / am the
ransom. Let him escape the lash;
took the scourgings. Let the cup pass
from him; l drank it to the dregs. Put
on him the crown Of life, for / have
worn the crown of thorns. Over
against my throne of shame set his
throne of Triumph"
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. II you
have ever been in court room you
know the silence and solemnity when
the verdict is about to be rendered on
the judgment bout to be given. About
this soul on trial-shall it be saved or
shall 1t be lost? Attention. above,
around, beneath. All the universe
cries, Hear! heart
The Judge rises and gives this deci.
cion. never tn bc changed, never to be
revoked: There is, therefore, now
no condem nation TO them who are in
Christ Jesus"
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose.
i will not, Will not, desert to His foe,
That soul, though oil hell should endeavor to
shake.
III never. no. never, no, never forsake.
But, my friends. there is coming a
day Of trial in which not only the
saint but the sinner must appear.
That day of trial will be at the pillow,
the merchant will be in the counting
room, the woodman will be ringing
his AK on hickories, the weaver will
have his foot on the treadle, the man
ufacturer will be walking amid tho
buzz Of looms and the clacli of fiying
machinery, the counsel may be at the
bar pleading the law, the minister may
DC in the pulpit pleading the Gospel,
tie drunkard may be rceling amid his
cups, and the blasphemer with tho
oath caught between his teeth.
Lo. The sun hides. Night comes
down at midnoon. The stars appear
at noon to-day. The earth shudders
aud throbs. There an earthquake
opens and city sinks rs a crocodile
would crunch child. Mountains
roll in their sockets and send down
their granite cliffs in avalanche OF
rock. Rivers pause In their chase for
the sea, and ocean, appearing. cries to
flying Alps and Himalaya. Beasts