The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-08-27

JudSe ana l1aWglVcr This IS thine own
statute, and. all the evidence in heav--.
en- and earth agrees that the man has
sislned against these enactments. Now
let sword leap from it's scabbard.
Snail man go through the very
flames Of Sinai unsinged? Let the law
be executed. Let Judgment be pro-
nounced. Let him die! Idemand that
lie diep' IA ) -.
I 0 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 a court of
law, and he will have no friends and
no money, the jndg will look over
the bar and say: us there anvona
who will volunteer to take this mans
case and defend him?' And some
young man rises up and says: ssI win
be his COUNSEL perhaps starting On
from that very point. to. a.. great and
brilliant career. Now, in this matter Of
the soul, as you have nothing to nav
for counsel, do YOU think that anyone
will volunteer? Yes, yes; I see One
| rising. He is a young man, only thir-
ty-three years of age. I see his coun-
tenance suffused with tears and Gov
cred with blood, and all the galleries
OF heaven are thrilled with the specta-
Gle. Thanks be unto God, 1--WE have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous
:. -, 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 taken
| your side. No one was. ever so quail
lied to defend you. He knows all the
law, ali its demands, all it's penalties.
ne 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 cases Of thousands
VINO were as forlorn as you, and he
has never lost a case.
Courage, 0, Christian soul! I 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 been proved against
my client. I admit. all. these sins, ave-
| more; but look at that wounded hand
OF mine, and look at that other wound
ed hand land at my right foot, and at
| my left foot. By all these wounds I
| plead for his clearance. Count all the
| drops of my tears. Count all the drops
of my blood. BY the humiliation Of
| bethlehem, by the sweat of Gethsem-
| ane, by the suferings Of the cross, T
demand that he go free. On this arm
| he hath leaned; to this heart he hath
| HoWn; 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; 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 tri-
umph!"
| 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 in a court room YOU
know the silence and solemnity when
thesverdict 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, s'Hcar! hear!' a:l Il
The Judge rises and gives this de-
cision, meyer to be changed, never to
be revok:d: ''There is, therefore, now,
no condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus" a&
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for
repose, ~
| will not, will not, desert to his foes;
That soul. though all hell should en-
deavor to shake, d
Ill never, no, never, no, Dever, 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 come very sud-
denly. The farmer will be at the pillow,
the merchant will be at the counting
house, the woodman will be ringing his
ak on the hickories, the weaver will
have his foot on the treadle, the manu-
facturer will be walking amid the buzz
OF looms and the clack of flying ma
chinery, the counsel may be at the bar
pleading the law, the minister may be
in the pulpit pleading the Gospel, the
drunkard may be reelin gamid his cups
and the blasphemer with the oath
caught between his teeth.
Lo! The sun hides. Night comes
down at mid-noon. The stars appear
at noon to-day. The earth shudders
|
opens and a city sinks as crocodile
would crunch child. Mountains roll
in their sockets and send down their
granite cliffs in avalanches 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 in 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
Archangeps trump repeats it till the liy-
ing hear, and the continents of dead
spring to their feet, crying: ''Time
shall be no longerv' o, on that day
will you be ready?
| I have shown you how we'll the
Christian will get off in his trial. Will
you get off as we'll in your trial? Will
Christ plead on your side or against
you? Oh. what will you do in that last
great assize, if your conscience is
against you, and the world is against
you, and the angels of heaven are
against you, and the Holy Spirit is
against you, and the Lord God Al