Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-04-27
the history of this country with the

room. and il il announced that the chief
justice of the [ nitcd States and the as
Sociatc Justices ore about To- enter. and
all counsrlors al the bar and all spec
tat"rs rise to- greet them, and the officer
with the words: "OyeZ, oycZ. ovez,"
announces that al is now ready for II
hearing and cNclaimS: "t;od save the
United States of America" So wish We
could in Imagination gather together
those who have occupied that high iu-
dicial place in this and other lands. and
they might enter, and after the falling
Of some mighty gavcl had demanded at :
tention we could look upon them
Marshall, the giant Of American juris-
prudence, and John Jay. of whom Daniel
Webster said in commcmoration:
when the spotless ermine of the jul
dicial robe fell on John Jay. il touched
nothing less spotless than itself" and
Rutledgc and Gushing and Ellsworth
and Joseph Storey. called the Walter
Scott of common law. and Sir Matthew
Hale and Lord Eldon and Lord Tenter-
den and Sir James Mcintosh and Mans
field and the long line of lord chancel-
lors and the great Judges from both
sides of the sea. and after they had
taken their places in our quickened
imagination and distinguished eases of
centuries which they decided might
again he called ON. after the assembled
nations had cjaculated: God save the
United States Of America" God save
L.
All. how the law honors and sanctilies
everything il touches, Natural law.
Civil law. Social law. Commercial law.
Common law. Moral law. Ecclesiastical
law. International law. Oh. the dig
nifty. the impressiveness, the power Of
law. II is the only thing before which
Jehovah bows. but He hows before
that. although the law is of His own
making. The law. By il worlds swing
By il the fate of centuries is decided.
BY it all the affairs of time and all the
cycles of eternity will he governed
We cannot soar So high. or sink so deep.
or reach out so far. or live so long as to
escape it. II is the throne on which the
Almighty sits. To interpret law. what
profession. What a responsibility
What an cxecration when the judge be
Lord .Ieffrcys. What benediction il
he he a Chancellor Kent
In passing let me say that for this
chief tribunal of our country congress
should soon provide a better place. Let
some of the moneys voted for the i'm
provcmcnt of rivers which are nothing
but dry creeks and for harbors which
will never have any shipping and for
monuments to some people whom il is
not at all important for us to remember
he voted for the erection of a building
worthy our United States supreme
court. John Ruskin. in "Stones of Ven
ice" calls attention To the pleasing fact
that in the year sl3 the doge of Venice
devoted himself to putting up two great
buildings-St. Marks, for the worship
of God. and a palace for the administra-
tion of justice tn man. In it's appresia.
ton of what is best let not 1899 be be-
hind SIS. With such granite in ouI
| quarries and such architects capable o'
drafting sublime structure and such
not another year pass before we hear
the trowel ring on the corner stone of :
temple To he occupied by the highest
court of the land.
Have you ever realized how much Goo
has honored law in the fact that all VI
and down the Bible lie makes the judg,
a type of Himself and employs the seen,
| of "A courtroom to set forth the grand
eurs of the great Judgment day? Bool
of Genesis: "Shall not the Judge of al
the earth do right?" Book of Deuter
onomy: THE Lord shall judge His PEG
| pie" Book of Psalms: God is judg,
Himself" Book of the Acts: "Judg,
of quick and dead" Book of Timothy;
THE Lord is the righteous Judge.
| Never will il he understood how Goo
honors Judges and courtrooms until tn,
thunderbolt of the last day shall pounC
the opening of the great assize-th'
day of trial. the day of clearance, tn,
day of doom. the day of Judgment. Tn,
law of the case on that occasion will h,
read. and the indictment of ten counts
which are tho Ten Commandments
Justice will plead the ease against us
but our glorious advocate will plead in
our pehah. 'or we nave an au'oca''
WIN '"e jesus Nhris,' ,h'
r,sh,eo"s' men 'ne case VIII De de
e"'eu I'D our clearance' as 'he Judge an
ho"hees: mere Is now 'here1ore' nc
condemnation To them who are in Christ
| Jesus" Under the crowded galleries o.
cloud on that last day and under The
s""!'hg upnoistery OF burning hea'
ems ana "h,le 'he APPS ana iimaiaya'
ana mount washington are FALLING Ma
on 'he'r races we VIII De aole TO under
s'ahu 'ne significance OF those scrip
."re passages which speak OF God al
Judge ana employ the courtroom o
EARN as TYPICAL oil the scene when al
ha,ions snail he brought into tribunal
10 nave done well. all that such pro
'essioh couid ask OF MN, and to hav'
Haue 'hat PROFESSION SIM more honor
ao'e ny ms brilliant and sublime life, Il
enough Tor national and international
terrestrial ana celestial congratulation
Ahd then 10 expire beautifully Will
the prayers or his church were bein,
ohered AT his bedside. the door q
Heaven opening for his entrance as TIL
door OF earth opened for his departure
me sob OF the earthly farewell caugh
up INTO raptures that never die. Yes, HI
lived and died in the faith'of the old
ashioned christian religion
| Young man. | want to tell YOU tina