The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-03

There is, however, no man who has
more temptations or graver response
bilities than the barrister, and he who
attempts to discharge the duties of his
position with only earthly resources,
is making a very great mistake. Wit
ness the scores of men who have in that
profession made eternal shipwreck.
Witness the men who, with the law
of the land under their arm, have vio-
lated every statute Of the eternal God.
Witness the men who have argued
placidly before earthly tribunals, who
shall SILVER in dismay before the judge
of quick and dead Witness Lord
Thorlow. announcing his loyalty to
earthly government in the sentences:
IF l forget my earthly sovereign, may
God forget me-" and yet stooping to
unaccountable Witness
Lord Coke, the learned and the reckless.
Witness Sir George Mackenzie, the
execrated of all Scotch Covenanters,
so that until this day. in Gray Friars'
churchyard, Edinburgh, the children
whistle through the bars Of the tomb,
crying:
bloody Mackenzie. come out If you daur.
Lift the sneck and draw the bar.
No other profession more needs the
grace of God to deliver them in their
temptations, to comfort them in their
trials, to sustain them in the
discharge of their duty. While 1
would have you bring the merchant to
Christ, and while 1 would have you
bring the farmer to Christ, and while
! would have you bring the mechanic
to Christ. l address you now in the
words of Paul to Titus. bring Zenas
fha -wrAO IN n.,
his duties are delicate and great,
by so much does he need
Christian stimulus and safeguard. We
all become clients. 1 do not suppose
there il q man so years of age who has
been in active life who has not been
afiicted with q law suit. Your name
is assaulted, and you must have legal
protection. You boundary line is in
vaded, and the courts must re-establish
it Your patent is infringed upon,
and o must make the offending
manufacturer pay the penalty. Your
treasures are taken, and the thief
must be apprehended. You want to
make your will. and you do not want
to follow the example of those who,
for the sake of saving 800 from an at
torney, imperil $3.50, 900, and keep the
generation following for 20 years quar-
reling about the estate, until it is all
exhausted. You are struck by an as
sassin, inc you must invoke for him
the p~enitentiary. All classes of per-
sons In course of time become clients,
and therefore they are all interested
in the morality and the Christian in
tegrity of the legal profession. Bring
Zenas the lawyer"
INT how Is an attnrnaV tn decide aa
to what are the principles by which he
should conduct himself in regard to
his clients? On one extreme, Lord
Brougham will appear, saying: THE
innocence or guilt of your client is
nothing to you. You are to save your
client regardless of the torment, the
suffering, the destruction of all others.
You are 10 know but one man in the
world-your client. You are to save
him though you should bring your
country into confusion. At all haz-
ards you should save your client" So
says Lord Brougham. But no right
minded lawyer could adopt that senti-
ment. On the other extreme, Cicero
will come to-you and say, You must
never plead the cause of a bad man."
forgetful of the fact that the great
est villain on earth ought to have
q fair trial, and that an attorney
be judge and advocate at
the same time. 1t was grand when
Lord Erskine sacrificed his attorney
generalship for the sake of defending
Thomas Paine in his publication of his
book called THE Rights of Man."
while, at the same time, he, the advo-
cate, abhorred Thomas Paine's ire
sentiments. Between these two
opposite theories of what is right,
shall the attorney do? God alone
car direct him. To that chancery he
must be appellant, and he-will get an