The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-23
os ANGELES, Cal, December L.

1 Us ANGELES, Cdl, Dtcelhoel ~
This sermon, which presents vivid
- picture of the great assize, is
trumpet call to those who are living in
sin and who are forgetful of their ac-
countability The text is Romans xiv, 10,
1--WE shall all stand before the judgment
seat of Christ"
What is the matter? Why, heaven IS
deserted. A place of many mansions, are
there no inhabitants here? Is there not
one face to greet me? Are there no all
gels or archangels or seraphim or cheru-
bmi around? Are there no inmates for
the thousands and millions of white pal
aces lining the golden boulevards? Is
there no hand to pluck the beautiful
flowers growing in the green pastures by
the side of the still waters? Is there 10
chld's foot to patter down yonder hall
ways or to make the streets echo with
joyous laughter? 1t there no sweet voice
to sing in yonder choir lofts? Where are
the denizens of the celestial mansions?
l step from one deserted street into an
other but l hear not the rumble of one
chariot wheel, or the note of harp, or the
swell of one chorus, or the echo of one
whisper, What is the cause of all this?
Amusement upon amazement seizes me
as l in imagination wander through the
silent streets of paradise. But, as 1 keep
on in my search for some celestial inhab-
liant, suddenly, off in the distance, | see
an angel hurrying along. ! call out at
the top of my voice: "Ho, angel! Whittier
art thou going? What is the matter?
Where are thy associates and the re-
Il 1f %
thee?" With that the angel stops and
says; Eyes, friend, thou canst come
am going to meet the assembled hosts
of all time at the judgment seat OF
Christ All the celestial inhabitants have
already assembled there. Even now tEe
multitude of earth are on the way. DO
you not hear that bugle blast? That IS
the call of the archangel strumpet. See
the crowds there passing toward ono
great center These immortals have Al
ready answered the summons The judS-
ment-the Judgment Hear We not the
call? Come to the Judgment seat Of
Christ! We shall all stand before that
divine tribunal"
Court has convened. The divine tri-
bunal, / suppose, must be like any other
court. Here sits God the Father as the
Judge The bible again and again declares
him to be such. What says the book or
Hebrews? Eye are come unto Mount
Zion and unto the city of the LIVING God,
the heavenly Jerusalem. and to an I'M
Vulnerable company of angels. to the as
sembly and church of the firstborn, which
are written in heaven, and to God, the
Judge of all. Yes, God the Father is the
Judge of all. Here, about that Judgment
seat, are the angels who sang when Christ
was born, the angels who appeared unto
Abraham and Jacob and Elijah and Gid
con and Joshua and David and Mary and
Peter and John. All are here. Then.
to the right of this throne, stands Christ
as the advocate. And here pushes in his
way the recording angel holding under
his arm the awful book which contains
the records of all our past lives. Then
God, the Judge after all is ready, sum
mons his angelic messengers and says;
Bring in those who are to be tried Tor
their past lives. Bring them all in" The
winged messengers fly swifter than the
wings to the farthermost parts of space,
crying the one sentence 1.-THE judgment
the judgment! Come to judgment. Come
to Judgment"