The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-01
HINGES S1lDlI SERMON
AZ ELOQUENT DISCOURSE

,.s. Lawyers, and Declares That II
We're ON Trial For His Life He
~.u,d Prefer Jury OF Barristers
r.,her Than One OF Ciergymen:
Bring Zenas the lawyer" Titus
adhesion of the law is here intro
~ and within two days in the Capital
I s,s vouuc men Joined 1t, and at this
IN various parts OF the land other
ss,S. are taking their diplomas for that
a',.ious profession, and Is 1t not appro-
70 that | address such young men from
.,I and religious standpoint, as upon
srs now rolling the responsibilities of
sallinc represented in the text BY
'r,s the lawyer
"a sIl admire the heroic and rigorous
J" os paups nature, as when he stands
~. Jsliberate on the deck OF the corn
xhIle the jack tars OF the Mediter-
IN are covering In the cyclone; as
he stands undaunted amid the
..S,es Of the palace before thick necked
-, surrounded with his twelve cruel
~. as when we find him earning his
..yihood with his own needle, sewing
.,.Ioth and preaching the gospel in the
.s,s,iees: as when we find him able to
~ the thirty nine lashes, every stroke OF
ss,b fetched the blood, yet continuing in
missionary work; as when we find him,
.sylless OF the consequence to himself,
1,ssrinc a temperance lecture to Feliz,
Goyernment inebriate. But sometimes
s.tch glimpse of the mild aud genial
y a. paul's nature. II seems that he had
srsnd who was barrister by profession.
!. name was Zenas, and he wanted to see
Perhaps he had formed the acquaint-
"a oi this lawyer in the courtroom. Per-
-. sometimes, when he wanted to ask
,rs question in regard to Roman law, he
-, 10 this Zenas the lawyer. At any rate,
had n warm attachment for the man,
a he proyides for his comfortable escort
N entertainment as he writes to Titus,
ming Zenas the lawyer"
Thls man OF my text belonged to a pro-
sson in which are many ardent suppor-
!, Of Christ and the gospel, among them
,rkstone, the great commentator on Eng
.hhv, and Wilberforce, the emancipator,
n the late Benjamin +. Butler, attorney
pueral Of New York, and the late Charles
ksuneey, the leader Of the Philadelphia
and Chief Justices Marshall and Ten
4 len and Campbell and Sir Thomas More,
A. died for the truth on the scaifold, say
TO his aghast executioner: PLUCK up
srsce man. and do your duty. Ny neck
vry short. Be careful, therefore, and
not strike awry.'
imonr the mightiest pleas that ever
ave been made by tongue of barrister
I've been pleas in behalf of the Bible and
k,i,tianty, as when Daniel Webster stood
the supreme Court at Washington plead
in the famous Girard will case, de-
|gpcing aly attempt to educate the peo-
without giving them at the same time
|Onl sentiment as "low, ribald and vulgar
sn and inildelity:" as when Samuel l..
uhard Of New Jersey, the leader of the
run in his day, stood on the platform at
heeton college commencement advocat-
'lo ,S,,, y ,,,I p,, VI 'up oslip-
vi y, Warra,, Uostin,,s ot - -.
hatot the English government, but in
Aat Of elevated morals, closed his speech
the midst of the most august assemblage
gathered in Westminster hall by say
Il impench Warren Hastings in the
ne Of the House OF Commons, whose
ilOnal character he has dishonored; /
peach him in the name OF the people OF
Ola, whose rights and liberties he has
bverted; impeach him in the name of
nan nature, which he has disgraced.
Tho name OF both sexes, and OF every
aS and OF every station, and OF every
aatIon in the world, impeach Warren
sngs,"
ie, Notwithstanding all the pleas which
Eoiesslon has made in behalf Of God
the church and the gospel and the
hs OIL man, there has come down
Nugh the generations among many peo-
an ABSURD ana wicked prejudice against
30 long ago rs in the time of Oliver
enwell II was decided that lawyers might
enter the parliament hOuSp rs mpmhars