St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-10-10

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counsel, do you think that anyone
will volunteer? Yes. yes; I zee One
rising. He is = young man, only %
years Of age I see His countenance
suffused with tears and covered with
blood, and all the galleries Of Heaven
are thrilled with the spectacle. Thanks
b to God, I'VE have m advocate with
the Father, Jesus Christ the right
eous."
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
you side. No one was ever 50 qualified
to defend you. He knows all the law,
all its demands, all its penalties. He
is always ready. No new turn Of tho
case can surprise Him, and He will
plead for you for nothing as earnestly
rs though you brought . world OF
treasure to His feet. Besides that, He
has undertaken the case of thousands
who were rs forlorn rs you, and He
.
Christian soul! think that, after
all, there may be some chance for you,
for the great Advocate rises to
make His plea. He says: II adj
init all that has been proved
against my client. l admit all these
sins, ay. more; but look at that wound
ed hand of mine and look 1T 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 Bethlehem,
by the sweat of Gethsemane,
by the suffering of the cross.
l demand that he 60 free. On
this arm he hath leaned; to this heart
he hath dowen; in my tears he hath
washeds on my Righteousness he hath
depended. Let him go free. am tho
ransom. Let him escape the lash; I
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 thornA 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 q court room you
know the silence and solemnity when
the verdict 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, "Hear! heari'
The Judge rises and gives this deci-
cion. never to be changed, never to DO
revoked: "There is, therefore, now
no condemn nation to them who are in
Christ Jesus"
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
will not, will not. desert to His foes
That soul, though all hell should endeavor 70
shake,
III never. no. never, no. never forsake.
But, my friends. there is coming .
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 az on hickories, the weaver will
have his foot on the treadle, the man.
ufacturer will be walking amid the
buzz of looms and the clack Of flying
machinery, the counsel may be Mt the
bar pleading the law. the minister may
be in the pulpit pleading the Gospel,
4 10 a MI nv~l ~ h IS
cups. and the blasphemer with the
oath caught between his teeth.
Lol The sun hides. Night comes
down at midnoon. The stars appear
at noon to-day. The earth shudders
and throbs. There an earthquake
opens and city sinks as a crocodile
would crunch a child. Mountains
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
below and mean and snuff up tho
darkness. Clouds hy like focks of
swift eagles. Great thunders beat
and boom and burst. Stars shoot and
fall. The Almighty, rising on His
throne, declares that time shall be no
longer, and the archangel's trumpet
repeats it till all the living hear, and
the continents of dead spring to their
feet. crying: "Time shall be no
longer!" Oh, on that day will you
be ready:
I have shown you how well the
Christian will get off in his trial. Will
you get of as well in your trial? Will
Christ plead on your side or against
you? Oh, what will you do in the
last great assize il your con-
science is against you, and the world
against you. and the angels OF Heaven
are against you, and the Holy Spirit is
against you, and the Lord God AL
mighty is against you? Better this day
secure an advocate