Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-06-01
cHRIsnHN HlDEAV0R.


Prayer Msstirs repss Fer the Week
Beginning June 8 1870.
Topic. Christ our Judge. = Matt XIV,
IA (ConsANution meettnG) Comment
" Rev. Shesman H Doyle. .. d.
A Judge In civil life Is an of1cial BE-.
fere whom those charged with civil OF
criminal misconduct are brought for
trial In our country there arc various
degrees Of courts, each one limited as
to the character Of cases that may be
tried before It The supreme court of
the United States at Washington Is the
highest form Of court in car land,
passing judgments affecting the con-
sttution Of the United States, and
these Judgments are final. 1t is the
court Of last resort, and its decisions
cannot be appealed to any other TIL
bunal The surroundings Of many
courts are most brilliant, but none will
be 80 glorious when Christ. the Son Of
Man, shall come. with all his holy an
gels, and sit upon the throne Of His
glury and Judge the world. No human
SQUIRT has universal jurisdiction, but
when Christ appears as judge 1t will
be to Judge the world. and His 1udg-
nent will be Anal, and no appeal from
1t win be possible. These facts should
Impress us most seriously. We should
think Of Christ as Judge a. well as
our Lord and Saviour.
The Jurisdiction Of Christ - 4
judge will In the last day be a uni
versal one. and before Him shall
be gathered all nations- The people
Of every nation that lived In the his
tory Of the world will stand before
Him. Therefore We ourselves will be
among that number. No one can e.
cape Many who commit crimes
against civil governments fly TO some
distant land end escape trial but this
cannot be done In the day Of the gen.
sRal judgment Men will cab upon the
hills and rocks to fall upon them and
destroy them, bat nothing Of the kind
VIII happen. The righteous and the
wicked will alilae stand before Christ
the Judge and receive sentence from
Him.
In His capacity as Judge Christ will
divide all nations into two classes.
The first, which he calls the sheep.
viii stand upon His right hand. and
the second. designated as the goats,
win stand upon Hs left hand The
sheep typify the innocent, the gentle.
the good, while the goats represent the
The right hand signifes
honor and favor. while the left hand
denotes the DEPOSITS. This judicial dis
inction between the right hand and
left hand b also found in classical
writer's. To the oDes on the right hand
Jesus In passing Judgment says,
Come, ye blessed Of my Father, In
herit the kingdom prepared for yen
from the foundation Of the world"
to those on the left hand. depart
from me. ye cursed. into everlasting
nre prepared for the devil and his an
gels" What Joy to those upon the
right hand! What awful woe and an
guish to those upon the left hand! On
one Of these two sides we shall stand.
One Of these two judgments win be
upon US. Which? 1t de-
ponds entirely upon rs in the relation
we assume toward Christ in this life.
Christ seems to base His judgments
upon our personal goodness. but He
really goes deeper than that. He re-
calls what they had done unto Him
through doing unto His disciples and
''in His name" Pure humanitarianism
viii save no soul. Works must be
upon faith in Christ. for when
those who were condemned declared
that they had had no opportunity to
do such things He replied that in doing
them not unto the least Of His disci-
pies they did them not unto Him. In
Christ's name and by faith in Him
good works alone are well pleasing TO
Christ and to HIS Father.
The judgment Of Christ is flnal and
for all eternity. No sentence ever
ends. These shall go into everlasting
but the righteous into life
everlasting" How much. therefore,
we have at stake in this judgment of
Christ! Everlasting punishment
Everlasting life!' Which win We
choose?
BIBLE READINGS.
Gen: xviii. 1888; Ps. !. 1-6; Xxi. 20.
1877; lisa. II. 3-5: Nal. Ill. IS; Matt.
VII, 10; Acts <, 34-43; Cor. H. 21-34;
II Cor. v, oil.
Hungary and Egypt Press On.
Ex-Secretary Won Ogden vogt, who
returned from trip to Europe and
the east. has many encouraging things
to say about Christian Endeavor as be