Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-04


The atvocateg speak. The profession Of az
advocate Is full Of responsibility. 10 Eng
land and the Unitei States there have arlsen
men who IN this calling have been hOnored
by their race and thrown contempt upon
those who IN the profession have been guilty
OF great many meanuesses. That probes
sion viii be honorable as long as Il has az
tachei TO IL such names as Mansfield, aud
Marshall, and Story. and k-ut. aud South
ard. and William Wirt. The court room has
sometimes been thescene Of very marvellous
and thrilling things. Some OF YOU ren"n-
Der the famous Girard will case, where one
OfOur advocates pleaded the cause OF the
Bible and Christianity in mastery Aug.0
Saxon, every paragraph sthunderboI.
But turn from the recital Of this men.
able occasion 20 granfer tria', AMI | have
10 tell you that in this trial OF the Christian.
for the life Of his soul the advocates are
mightier, wiser and more eloquent. The
evidence all being I'm. severe and stern
Justice rises on behalf Of the prosecution 70
make his plea. With the Bible open In his
hand, he reads the law, stern and infeXihle,
and the penalty: 1.-THE soul that s,noeth,
it shall die" Then he says: 20, Thou
Judge and Lawgiver, this is Thine own
statute, and all the evidence IN earth anu
heaven agree that the man has sinnei
against these enactments. Now let the
SNNEu lVttp AANil AS sthbuAlhs oAAAN niue
20 through the very flames OF Sinai IN
sincedp Let the law be executed. Let
judgment be pronounced. Let him die.
demand that he dieT"
o. Christian, does IL not look very dark for
thee? Who wi plead on thy side IN so for
lorn causef Sometimes a 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; SIS
there any one who will volunteer to take
this mans case and defend him2" And some
young man rises up and says: 81 will be
his 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; | see
One rising. He is young man, only thirty
three years OF age. l see His countenancs
suffused with tears and covered with blood,
and all the galleries Of heaven are thrilled
with the spectacle. Thanks be unto God,
eve have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous"
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 taken your side. No one
was ever so qualified to defend you. He
knows all the law, all its demands, all its
penalties. lie 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 n world OF treasure
TO His feet. Besides that He has under
taken the case OF thousands who were as
tor'orn as you, and He has never lost q 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: AZ admit all that has been
proved against My client. l admit all these
sim, ay, more; but look at that wounded
hand of Mine and look at that other wound
ell hand aud at My right foot and at Ny left
foot By all these wounds / plead for his
clearance. Count all the drops Of My tears.
Count all the drops OF Ny blood. By the
humiliation of Bethlehem, by the sweat OF
Gethsemane, by the suiferincs Of the cross,
demand that he 20 free. On this arm he
hath leaned; to this heart no hath flown; in
My tears he hath washed on My righteous
ness he hath depended. Let him go free.
am the ransom. Let him escape the lash /
took the scourgings. Lot the cup pass from
him; drank il 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, aud that is the awarding OF
/ the judgment. II you have ever been in a
court room you know the silence and SOL
emnity when the verdict is about 10 be rem
/ dered, or the judgment about TO be given.
About this soul on trial-shall il be saved or
/ shall it be lost? Attention! above. around,
/ beneath. All the universe cries: Hear.
hearg'
! The Judge rises and gives this decision,
mover TO be changed, never to be revoked;
"Hhere is, therefore, now no condemnation
to them who are in Christ Jesus"
But, my friends, there is coming day Of
trial in which not only the saint but the sin
ner must appear. That day OF trial will
come very suddenly. The farmer will be at
/ the plow, the merchant will be In the count.
: ing room, the woodmaH will be ringing his
Ak on the hickones, the weaver will have
his foot on the treadle, the manufactures
will be walking amid the buzz of looms and
the clacking OF flying machinery, the coun.
sci may 5e at the bar pleading the law, the
minister may be in the pulpit pleading the
/ gospel, the drunkard may be reeling amid
his cups aud 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 and throbs. There
an earthquake opens and city sinks as a
| crocodile would crunch child. Mountains
I 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 the flying Alps and Him,
alaya. Beasts below and moan and snuff III
the darkness. Clouds fly like hoGks o.
swift eagles. Great thunders beat aud boom
and burst. Stars shoot and fall. The Al
mighty rising on His throne, declares thai
time shall be no longer, and the archangel.
trump repeats it till all the living hear, ant
the continents Of dead spring TO their feet
crying: "rime shall be no longerr' Oh OF
on that day will you be readv2
have shown you how wei the Christian
will get off in his trial. Will you get off a
well in yourtrial2 Will Christ plead on you
side or against you? On, what will you d
In the last great assize, if your conscience
against you, and this world is against you
and the angels of heaven are against you
and the Holy Spirit is against you, and til
Lord God Almighty is against yOu2 Bette
this day secure an Advocate.
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