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

am very Blau 10 testlry that this Is q
| bad man"
Stop, o world with the greedy eve
a I'D the hard heart. / fear you are too
III ich interested in this trial to give
impartial evidence. Let all those who
hear the testimony of this witness
know that there is an old family QUAR-
rel between these two parties There
always has been a variance between
the world and the church, and. while
the world, on the witness stand to-day.
has told great deal of truth about this
Christian man, you must take IT all
with much allowance, remembering
that they still keep the old grudpe
good. o world of the greedy eve and
the hard heart, that will do; you NAV
sit down.
The second witness L call in this case
is Conscience. Who art thou, o Con-
science? What is your business?
Where were you born? What are you
doing here? oh, says Conscience. II
was born in Heaven. | came down to
befriend this man. 1 have lived with
him have instructed him. / have
warned him. / showed him the RIGHT
and the wrong, advising him to take
L
have kindled a great light in his
soul. With whip of scorpions |
have scourged his wickedness
and | have tried to cheer him when do
ing right, and yet l am compelled to
testify on the stand to-day that he has
sometimes rejected my mission. Oh.
how many cups of life have pressed to
his lips that he dashed down, and how
often has he stood with his
hard heel on the bleeding
heart of the Son of God? 1t pains
me very much that / have to testify
against this Christian man. and vet |
must, in behalf of Him. who will in no
wise clear the guilty, say that this
Christian man has done wrong. lie has
been worldly. He has been neglectful.
lie has done Il thousand things he
ought not to have done, and left I'M
done thousand things he ought to
have done" That will do, Conscience.
You may sit down.
The third witness | call in the case
is an angel of God. Bright and shin
ing one, what doest thou here? What
mast thou to say against this man on
trial? Oh" says the angel, Il have
oeen messenger to him. | have
guarded him. L have watched him.
with this wing L have defended him,
and oftcntimes, when he knew it not.
| led him into green pastures and be-
side the still waters / snatched from
him the poisoned chalices.
When bad spirits came upon him to
destroy him | fought them back with
infinite tierceness, and yet 1 have to
odd ~ h., h.,
mission. lie has not done as he ought
to nave done. Though l came from
the sky he drove me back. Though
with this wing | defended him, and
though with this voice | woocd him. I
have to announce his multiplied imper-
fections. | dare not keep back the tcs-
timony, for then | should not dare to
appear again amongst the sinlcss ones
before the great White Throne"
There is only one more witness To he
called on behalf of the prosecution.
and that is the great, the holy. the au-
gust, the omnipotcnt Spirit of God. We
bow down before Him. HOLY Spirit.
knowcst thou this man? .'Oh. YES"
says the Holy One, Il know him. have
strivcn with him ten thousand times.
and though sometimes he did seem to
repent, he fell back again as often from
ms hrst estate. Ten thousand times
ten thousand has he grieved me, al
though the Bible warned him, saving:
Grieve not the Holy Ghost Quench
not the spirit. Yes, he has driven me
pack. Though | am the third person
ot the Trinity, he has trampled on NV
mission, and the blood of the atone
ment that | brought with which to
cleanse his soul he sometimes despised.
J came from the throne of God tn com
vert, and comfort and sanctify. and vet
look at that man and see what he Is
compared with what. unresisted.
would have made him"
The evidence on the part of the
prosecution has closed. Now let the
defense bring on the rebuttal testi-
mony.
What have you, o Christian soul, to
bring in reply to the evidence of the
world, OF the conscience, of the angel
and of the Holy Ghost? No evidence?
Are all these things true? Yes. I'm
clean, unclcan," says every Christian
soul. What! do you not begin to
tremble at the thought of condemna-
tion?"
We have come now to the most inter.
cating part Of this great trial. The
evidence all in, the advocates speak.
The profession of an advocate is full
OF responsibility. In England and the
United States there have arisen men
who IN this calling have been honorcd
by their race and thrown contempt
upon those in the profession who have
been guilty OF a great many mean
ncssca. That profession will be honor
orablc so long as it has attached to il
such names as Mansfield, and Mar
shall, and Story. and Kent, and South
ard, and William Writ Tn court.
room has sometimes been the scene of
very marvellous and thrilling things.
some ot Won remember the famous
Girarc will case, where one OF orr adj
'ocatcs pleaded the cause of the Bible
and Christianity in mastery Anglo
saxon every paragraph thundcrbolt.
some o. YOU have read of the famous
trial in Westminster hall of Warren
Hastings the dcspoilcr Of India. That
great man had conquered Indis bv
splendid talents. Joy courage, by brihcs.
By gigantic dishonesty. The whole
world had rung with applause or con-
dcnnatlOu. Gathered in Westminster
nall q place where 80 kings
had been inaugurated, was ono
OF the most famous audiences