Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-12-22
CalnaQe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Tali.Iade. d. d.

AAbN shhHtttNe Nattist ifct. w. 4 lllH
sermon. which presents vivid pie.
ture of the great assIzc. is II trumpet
call 10 those who are living In sin and
who are forgetful of their accounta-
blity. The text is Romans xiv. 10. I'VE
shall all stand before the Judgment
seat of Christ"
What Is the matter? Why, heaven
Is deserted. A place of many man
sions. ARE there no inhabitants herei
Is there not one face TO greet me?
Are there no angels or archangels or
seraphim or chcrubim around? Are
there no inmates for the thousands
and millions of white palaces 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 no
chlld's foot TO patter down yonder
Railways or to make the streets echo
with joyous laughter? Is there no
sweet voice to sing in yonder choir
lofts? Where are the dcnlzcns of the
celestial mansions? step from one
AtHtiA'h NAtttA lhAo diApAhNAs pAA
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 rs in Imagination wander through
the silent streets of paradise. But, rs
keep on In my search for some ceLs-
tial inhabitant. suddenly. Off in the
distance. see an angel hurrying along.
I call out at the top of my voice: "IIo.
angel, Whittier art thou goingf What
Is the matter? Where are thy asso-
clates aud the redeemed OF heaven
Cannot go with thceT With that
the angel stops and says: "Ycs. friend,
thou canst come. am going to meet
the assembled hosts Of all time at the
Judgment seat of Christ. All the ce-
iestial inhabitants have already assem-
bled there Even now the multitude
of earth are on the way. DO you not
hear that bugle blast? That Is the
call of the archangel's trumpet. See
the crowds there pressing toward one
great center. These immortals have
already answered the summons The
Judgment judgment. Hear ye
not the call? Come TO the judgment
seat of Christ, We shall all stand be
fore that divine tribunal"
Court has convened. The divine tri-
bunHl. ! suppose. must be like any 9th
err court. Here sits God the Father as
the Judge. The Bible again and again
declares him TO be such. What says
the book of Hebrews? "Yc are come
unto Mount Zion and unto the city Of
the living God. the heavenly Jerusa-
lem. and 10 IN innumerable company
of angels TO the assembly 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
Gideon and Joshua aud David ard Ma
ry and Peter and John. All are here.
Then, TO the right of this throne. stands
Christ as the advocate. And here push
es in his way the recording angel, hold
ing under his arm the awful book which
contains the records Of all our past
lives. Then God. the Judge, after all Is
ready. summons his angelic messen-
gers and says: Bring IN those who are
TO be tried for their past lives. Bring
them all In" The winged messengers
fly swifter than the winds 10 the far
thermost parts OF space. crying the one
sentence: The Judgment the judg-
mcnt! Come TO judgment. Come to
Judgment
Grand Court.