Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-09
will be the most faithful to his earthly

clients.
The noble Christian lawyer Is most
anxious to serve Alright his associates
I'm a spiritual and in a temporal sense.
Why? He knows that some day all
the acts Of his life shall be passed
upon by the greatest of all supreme
courts, the great judgment seat OF
Christ. A lawyer is always more care.
full of a case II he thinks that case Is
going to be appealed to higher court.
One misstatement in q brief or the
lack of the sworn testimony OF wit
ness may mean the reversal OF the
lower courts decision. How much
more. then, should the fact be ever
present to him that he will one day
have to stand at the bar Of God. The
true Christian lawyer is the man VINO
is prayerfully careful Of every word
and deed and act of his life. All these
acts are to be recorded in the Book or
Life and read at the great "assize or
heaven" VIII you, my legal friend,
live and work with this one thought
before your mind? Live with the idea
that some day the Christ who once
stood as q defendant before PLATE is
the Christ, who as a judge will have
PLATE as a defendant before him.
Remember the Great Assize.
Some young lawyers in the impul-
siveness Of their youth do not stop to
consider this. One day a professor
said to a wild college lad, MY boy,
what do you intend to make out OF
HfeY "Well," answered the boy, Il
intend TO spend four years at college"
"What then" "Then | intend to enter
the law school and work hard and
make my mind a great repository or
legal lore" What then| "Oh, then
| shall throw myself, body, soul and
mind. into my work. l shall force my
self in the front ranks Of the great
LAWYERS of my time. shall be known.
I hope. as a man with eloquence and
power. My fees will be large; my cir
Gle OF friends greater" What thenT'
"Why, then | shall turn my attention
TO politics. | shall stand upon the ros-
trum. Perhaps | shall be able to plead
in the United States senate or sit as
chief Justice upon the supreme court
bench" What them" Then In my
old age I shall retire from work. /
shall have a country and city home.
I shall be known as sage and live in
quiet and ease" What thenT SAID
the professor. with the way you are
living in sin shall your life never be
brought into review and passed upon
by GodY Then the young man hung
his head, for he could say nothing. So
today force this truth upon every one
here present. | will state not only
what the noble Christian lawyer be-
lieves. but also what we are all com
pelled to believe. Every act, every
deed. every hope and prayer and sin OF
our earthly existence must some day
be passed in review by the great as
size. So live that, with Christ as your
Advocate. you can win the verdict OF
everlasting life.
Young men about to enter the lega
profession. congratulate you-my con
gratulations because you are going t(
enter the profession of Judge John NC
Lean. the Christian; Of Elder McDou
gal. the la;c leader of the Cincinnati
bar. the Christian: of Benjamin Harrl
son. who uiod o pass bread and wine
at the holy communion; Of Judge Neil
son. the Christian. and Daniel WEB
ster, the Christian; Of Joseph Story
the Christian. and Of hosts Of Other
leading advocates and judges whose
faith In God vas just as strong a'
their belief that law means justice
tempered with mercy and justice t(
the strong and the weak alike. May
YOU live as they lived. DO such worE
as they were able to accomplish. Di'
In their faith. Have tho sins of YOU
past life clpanscd ny the blood of Jesus
as theirs were wiped OFT. "Vhe law II
good if man use 1t lawfully"
Copyright 1903 By Louis Klopsch.l