The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-23
Best of Advocates.

Best of Advocates.
But" you say, what is the good ot
my getting a good advocate when / know
] am guilty? lie may plead for mitisa-
ton of punishment, but l must be con-
demned. As you have said that is to lie
a righteous court, and in righteous
court there Is no escape for me- MAJ,
my brother, that is the wonder of Our
religion. God has declared that while
"He is just he is the justiiier of him who
believeth in Jesus" 1t was to work out
that salvation that Christ came, and now
the man who acknowledges his guilt,
who expresses his repentance and COM
mits his case to Christ, is pardoned.
"None of the sins that he has committed
shall be mentioned to him. There -
no condemnation to him who is in Christ
Jesus" See you not the defense? Can
you not now almost hear the Judge say
ing: angels, let the prisoner go free.
On account of Christs blood. let him GO
free?" The gladatorial combats of Rome
during the siege of Emperor Honoriu5
were forever stopped because Christian
monk, Telemachus by name, entered the
arena and threw himself between tire
oombatants and by them was struck
down dead in his endeavors to stop the
conflict The noble sacrifice of a Tele-
machus worked the miracle. So the cor
demnation of Christ's followers at the
Judgment seat of heaven shall ho
changed into acquittal because Christ
Himself, the attorney advocate. has SUI
fered death on account of His clients
crimes Oh, will you not believe it? VIII
you not reach out and say: Lord J9-
sus. be Thou my advocated Be Thou my
defenderi BE Thou my Saviour even at
the bar of eternal justicer' Why not
take Him as our advocate and turn from
our sins now? Could there be any better
time to call Him to our side?
It Saved Her.
There is a beautiful story told of the
conversion of a poor degenerate outcast
in one Of our penitentiaries. For many
years this woman had been incdrcerated.
but the keepers could do nothing with
her. She would not work. When she
was punished, she would take 1t in sui
len silence or with awful. bood-curdling
oasphemy. For the most part she was
kept in solitary confinement in a dark
cell but one Sunday evening about
o'clock she was taken to the vesper SER
vices. While she sat all bent in her seat.
she suddenly looked up. The sun had
come through one of the western win
dows. and. like burning fire, it lighted
up five small words which were written
over the prison affairs: Go and sin
more" This degenerate woman looked
at these words They gave her hope.
She saw the whole past of her wicked
life blOtted out and the future IN Ter
own hands to retrieve the past by Gods
help. Then she whispered: Are those
words for me? Go and sin no morei
Are they for me?" When the service
was ended she sat as If entranced. ard
when the keeper bade her rise, she an
swered quietly and gently: yes. [ viii
go: / do not want Ia see anything bur
these words, Go and sin no more Yes.
will go ] Will GO" These words
changed her heart From being the worsI
criminal in the penitentiary she became
the gentest and best. She lived thence
forth "A Christian life and died Chris
tan death Oh, my friends, over tn.
judgment seat Of Christ today can you
not read the words, Go and sin no