13. Before the Lord: for he cometh. Even now he is near; his advent should, therefore, be the cause of
immediate rejoicing: already are we in his presence; let us worship him with
delight. For he cometh to judge the earth, to rule it with discretion;
not to tax it, and control it by force, as kings often do, but to preside as
magistrates do whose business it is to see justice carried out between people.
All the world will be under the jurisdiction of this great Judge, and before
his bar all will be summoned to appear. At this moment he is on the road, and
the hour of his coming draweth nigh. He shall judge the world with righteousness. His essential rectitude will determine all causes and cases;
there will be no bribery and corruption there, neither can error or failure be
found in his decisions. And the people with his truth, or rather “the nations in faithfulness.”
Honesty, veracity, integrity will rule upon his judgment-seat. No nation will
be favored there, and none be made to suffer through prejudice. The black man
will be tried by the same law as his white master; the aboriginal will have
justice executed for him against his civilized exterminator.
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