Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-20

tecr? Yes, yes: | see one rising. lie
is a young man, only 30 years OF age. ]
see His countenance suffused with
tears and covered with blood. and all
the galleries of Heaven are thrilled
with the spectacle. Thanks be unto
God, we 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 quail
fled To defend you. He knows all the
law, all its demands, all its penalties
lie is always ready. No new turn of
the ease can surprise him, and he will
plead for You for nothing as earn
estly as though you brought
world of treasure to his feet.
Besides that. he has undertaken
the eases of thousands who were so
fnrlorn as you, and he has never lost a
ease. Courage, oh Christian soul! |
think that. after all. there may he some
chance for you, for the great Advocate
rises To make Ills plea lie says: II admit
all that has been proved against my
more; but look at that wounded hand
of mine and look at that other wound
eel hand, and at my right foot, and at
my left foot. l;y all these wounds
plead for his Clearance. Count all the
drops of my tears. Count all the
drops of my bloni. BY the humiliation
of Bethlehem, 10y the sweat of GethSe-
name, by the sutferingS of the cross. |
demand that he go free. On this arm
hr hath leaned; To this heart he hath
flown; in my tears he hath washed: on
my earncstnesS nc hath depended. Let
him go free. | am the ran som. Let
him escape the lash; took the scourg-
ingS. Let the cup pass from him;
drank it to the drcgs. Put him on 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 moe
thing now remaining, and that is tho
awarding of the Judgment II you have
ever been in a courtroom you know the
silence and solcmnity when the verdict
Is about to be rem ierei or the judy
mcnt about to he given. About this
soul on trial-shall it be saved? At
tcntion. above around. beneath All
the universe cri :, Hear. h AR
The Judge rises aud gives this dcciS-
ion. never to be changed, never t. be
revoked: There is, therefore, now no
condemnation to them who are in
Christ Jesus"
I In" nj that on Jesus hath IcaIel ro- yep Sc,
| vi mot, viii rot. desert to his fp..s.
That on. though all aciI soul end lyor II
shtkn.
! II never m n,Y'r. no never fo->a'sc
Hut, my friends, there is coming 4
day o. trial in which not only the ~ ats
but the sinner must appear. 1hIt dry
of trial will com, very 81! Icnly The
farmsr will he at TIL pillow. the mer-
chant will b. in tn counting room. tho
woadman will be ringing his az ON H.
hickoricS. the weaver will have his |
foot ON the trra lie. the manufacturer
will he walking amid the bLzz o. lpomS
and the click of flying mach merry. this
counsel may he at ths bar, piclliig
the law, the minister may b. in the
pulpit Ple3d'n: the Gospel. the dram =
ard may he rc,liug amid his cup, and
the blasphcmer with tho oath caught !
between hi, teeth
10! The sun hides, Night comes |
down at MONDAY The star, appear AT !
Hoon tO-dIv. Tho earth shu idcr> an | I
thrJIs, Therc an ear hqualS. opens /
and u city sinks ~ n crocodile won Il
erunch child. Mountains roll in their
sockets an send down their granite
elf, in ava nchc ot ro.'i. Rivers pms,
8 ~ .i- - for the sea. and ocean. MP
r..u.s- .~i. 10 flying Alps and Hmm
...g. T. .-.- below and moan All
>nuff M the darkness clouds fly Ike
tloc,is of swift aG.c., t;reat thunSesff
beat aud boom and burst. s,srs
and fall. The Aim,rh,.,. rs ns on
thronr, dee ar,s that time shall b. 40
Dagger. AMI the archangel's trump re-
pcats it till all the living hear. and the
continents o. dead spring to their feet
Oh on that day will you Ge ready?
| have shown you how well the |
Christian will get off in hi, trial Will |
you a. off as well in your trial? viii |
Christ Plead Oh yuIr side or against |
you" oh, what Will you do II the. last |
great as>izr, if your conscience is |
against you, and the Ito y Spirit is
against you. an the Lord Col Al |
mighty is agaias, yIu. Better this day
secure an a.voca.o