The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-02-07

thought of evil and it passes on.
Seemingly tits forgotten, but it is
not; it lives, forever lives to haunt
the brain, unless by some power of |
God it is taken away. The scrip
lures seem to say that in the final
judgment the man will be his own
judge. He will realize himself UNI
worthy to associate with the pure
and good, and so shrink from them.
Some shrink from the association
with the good now and do not love
the man who has purpose to do
right. They do not love anythingl
which reminds them of their own
sinfulness. Apparently they do
not care to do better Surprising
this state of desire continue to be
true of them hereafter? There are
some things that even Gods love
cannot do here and how can it do it |
1t can love but it cannot
compel love in return. Gods love
cannot here on earth give one man
another's experience, or another's
good memory. He cannot give one
man another mans Christian charac-
ter, which can come to him only by
a lifetime of faith and prayer and
righteous living. Nor can He for
give mans sins when he does not
repent of them. Nor can even His
love, however great and infinite, do
what is false or, wrong to favor any
human being, because it is impossi-
BILE for Him to do what is contrary
to His own character of righteous
ness. Paul says in his great adj
dress on Mars Hill to the assembly
of Greek philosophers, God COM
mandeth man everywhere to repent.
Because he hath appointed day in
which he will judge the world in
righteousness, by that man whom
he hath ordained Again in the
epistle to the Romans, In the day
when God shall judge the secrets of
men by Jesus Christ
Some men say that they do not
believe in the church, but they be-
lieve in Christ. Well, what did
Jesus say? If we have controver-
Esy we. must have with him..
Jesus says, sFor the Son of Man
shall come in the glory of the Faith
er, with His angels and then shall
he reward every man according to
his works. Again Jesus said,
when the Son of Man shall come
in His glory, and all the holy angels
with Him, then he shall sit upon the
throne of his glory and before him
shall be gathered all nations
Again Jesus said, The Father judg-
eth no man; but hath committed all
judgment to the Son. It appointed
unto man once to die, but after this
the Judgment Death is here then
practically our judgment day.
When will you and I, stand before
God? We do not know. You may
lie down to sleep tonight and wake
in eternity. overheard man say
to his careless neighbor who had an
important case in court, DO you
know the trial comes off tomorrow?
well, I am ready Have you pre-
pered your case? Have you got your
witnesses here?' No, but l will
risk it will come out all right.
Risk it man? What do you
mean? you have got to have your
evidence. It will be tried accord
ing to the law and the facts as they
appear on that day -
owe may, in what we allow our
selves, stand we'll in our own opin-
ion. We may stand well in the
opinion of our friends, we may
stand well in the opinion of others
who are no better than we are, but
how do we stand in the opinion of
Christ. The engraver traces upon
the plate the fine hair lines of the
bank note or lines of delicate light
and shade as seen in an engraving,
say of a landscape or human face,
tracing it upon the surface of steel.
Some of these tracings, maybe, are
not visible to the naked eye but
when the impression is made from
it every hair line appears.
s.John says in the Revelation,
sAnd | saw the dead small and
great stand before God, and the,
books were opened and another
book was opened which is the book
of Life. And the dead were
judged out of those things which
were written in the books accord
ing to their works. What then is
this Book of Life?' Is it the book
of mans own memory and the mans
own heart? There may be some
Recording Angel who keeps the
records above; but one thing is
certain, that every secret thought
and desire has left its trace upon
the character in fadeless lines. The
man cannot get rid of himself and
there it is. The Judge will only