Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

Bright peace. with healing wings outsprcad
Forcvermore shall dwell;
Let me, hlest seat! my name behold
Among thy citizens enrolled.
And bid the world farewell.
james Mcrrick.
deem him. and he longs for the day when
the crooked shall b made straight and
the rough places plain; when justice
human welcome the world that sets
this right" There is hardly anything
that tires us so soreiy here ana now as
the power of injustice. Even those who
desire To be just do not know how to act
so confused has the mind of man be-
come
And the cruelties of men. the awful
OATS which fly from the tongue, pois-
oned by the blackneSS of the heart, the
ruthless Staying OF peace and comfort
which they carry on who know neither
love nor loyalty-theSe almost force one
to cry aloud: How long, oh, Lord! how
long. Then there are the inequalities o.
life. the want of some vainly trying to
balance the abundance of others. Inc
helplessnc IS of little children in the hands
of ignorant parents or heartless employ
ers; the daring of conscienceleSS men,
who steal and lie and then turn and de-
family face their accusers; the restless
ness of small nations enslaved by the
mighty; the agony Of the weak, over
whom the strong hold d rod of iron;
the SOUS starving for sympathy; the
lives famlshing for a bit of flowing
sunshine. These all call for judgment,
and did we not believe that judgment
would at last come to right human
wrongs we should be miserable.
There is indeed terror in our minds
as, realizing our own sinfuiness. we think
Of standing before the just Judge, who
will bring our tranSgreSSionS to the light
and cause TO be proclaimed, as it were,
from the hcusetops the secret thoughts
and unspoken Or secretly expressed words
of our erring natures. And this used to be
felt more than now. When Thomas OF
Celano wrote In the thirteenth century
that tremendous hymn:
See fulfilled the prophets warning:
Heaven and earth in ashes burning!
o what fear mans bosom rendeth.
When from heaven the Judge descendeth,
On whose sentence all dependent.
he meant to rouse people from death-
like moral lethargy; even as Jonathan
Edwards and Cotton Mather in our own
land nearly two centuries ago preached
concerning the horrors of hell and the
awfulneSs of judgment until the love oi
God in Christ was forgotten. Ard indeed.
sit is fearful thing to fal INTO the
hands Of the living Cod Hebrews, lO:3D.
Sin unrepented. of and unfcrgiven IS Ike
a milestone forcing one down into the
depths of despair But they need net Tear
the Judgment day who believe in the Re
deemer and come to Him now for PARDON
and peace He is the mediator who not
only will stand for us ard claim US as
His own in that great day, but who par.
dons and cleanses and clothes us now II
we will.
When BE shall come with trumnet sound.
o may I then in Him he found.
Clothed in His righteousness alone.
Families to stand before the throne.
On Christ the solid Rock / stand.
All other ground is shifting sand
We need not fear the future If we
trust and serve in the present. Having
given ourselves truly to Christ, no man
is able to pluck us out of His hand.
There are several truths for us to
consider. One is the daily. hourly
Judgment. Another. the fairness OF
Christ's judgment, since He knows us
so -well-our thoughts and our history.
Yet another is the measure OF our lVes
according. to our service. And then
there is the glory of the judgment day.