St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-18

were SICK now that mother was never
away from you. How she watched and
tended you. She would gladly have
taken all your sickness and disease and
borne it in her own body if she could.
knew man, protesting Christian,
who had had some trouble with his old |
father. And this father was dying, and |
he sent for him to come to him, and he |
refused and he would not even attend |
the funeral. Talk to me about that
mans Christianity, why, he is worse
than an infidel. BY and by you may
have children, and they will grow up,
and you will cling to them and love
them dearly, and they will dishoner
and reject you if YOU do not honor and
respect your parents. Young men, if
you want wife get girl that treats
her mother well one that does not sit
in the parlor and allow her mother to
do all the work in the kitchen. And,
young ladies, if you want to marry a
man that you will be happy with, marry
one that loves and honors his parents
for if he does not honor them and love
them, but treats them meanly, he will
treat you the same some day. Now,
we have another weight here, that is
the next command: "Thou shalt not
kill" Most of you say, "That don't
touch me at all | never killed any one;
Pm no murderer" Look at that SER
mon on the Mount, which men think so
much Of Look at it. Did you never
in your heart wish a man dead who had
done you an injury? That's murder.
How are youg Innocent or guilty? If
you have you are a murderer at heart.
Now, there is another weight, and it
is this, "ThOu shalt not commit adul
terry" | don't know any sin that af-
tiicts us like this. 1t is a very delicate
subject to approach, but | never preach
without being compelled to touch upon
1t. Young men among us are being
bound hand and foot with this evil.
Young men, hear this law tonight
''ThOu shalt not commit adultery" Are
you guilty even in thought? ? When
the time comes for you to be weighed
this will be set over against you, and
no libertine, no harlot can enter the
kingdom of heaven. Now, let us take
the eighth weight. | have spoken of
this number of times, and | need not
say much about it now, for my time is
short. During the war we got into eX-
travagant habits. People got good
wages and lived up to their income,
and many beyond their income. And
, now these clerks have been reduced in
salary, but they have not reduced their
expenses, aud they are led to steal. But
| tell you unless you repent, and not
only that but make restitution if it takes
your last dollar, you will find this weight
heavy against you. | would rather be
beggar, than be worth millions and
! walk down street with my conscience
lashing me.
! Now let us pass to the next weight.
"Thou shalt not bear false witness
, against thy neighbor." That takes in
slander. How we do seem to delight III
, slandering. Mr.. Jones says that he
heard Mr.. Smith say that Nj. Sankey
did so and so, and then somebody takes
it up. And how quick it travels. Some
. body has said that lie will travel all
around the earth before truth can get
its boots on to follow it up. Mr.. Some
; body says that he heard that a man
a said that he heard man say who knew.
That is the way it goes. Now, if we
I loved our friends we would not speak
1 i'll of them. How we shield and veil
. any one that we love. Many man
t has gone into his grave under the weight
Il of some bitter, black caIumny. Now
- tulS ldSl NtlSul HOu SlSlil uoN
n covet thy neighbours goods" Are you
Il innocent or guilty How many times
t | used to covet that which belonged to
: other people before | was converted.
2 believe that is one of the greatest sins
$ among us. Are you willing to he
4 weighed with that weight Now can
Il imagine that nearly every man or wo-
$ man is saving to himself or herself, .'I
q | = |, h,,
I are we going to he saved ?n Every one
: of them has been broken by all people
! The moral man is just as guilty as the
d rest. There is not meralist is Boston
t who, if he steps into those scales, can
: again he cannot see the kingdom OF
~ God" Except ye repent ye shall all
: perish" That is on one side of the
Z scales, and He will see on the other
e Except We he converted We shall not
enter the kingdom of God" If should
take this audience and begin with this
t man, and then take those two ladies
!. and | should say
!. THE SCALES ARE READY,
: will you be weighed with these weights
e to-day? A great many of you would
II blush and you would say, 81 don't want
o to be weighed to-day" | think this
moralist would stop when he got to the
u scales and saw written there, Except
r ye become as little child We shall not
II enter the kingdom of heaven" An
u other man looks at the scales and he
, sees, Except We be born again." The
Il rumseller pushes his way up and he
II reads, "Woe be the man that puts the
e bottle to his neighbor's lips" SO, God,
Il he cries, sam | to be weighed to-day
t Must be weighed now ?" We can be
d ready to step in if we have Christ with
It us to balance the law. We have broken
S it, but Christ never did. | feel safe in
g him for l have received him as my way,
t my truth, my light, my hope, my king,
S my all in all. VIII you be saved to-
: day If you do not, when, by and by,
e God summons you into the scales it will
y be written over you: ''Tekel, tekel
e thou art weighed in the balances and
l.. art found wanting" My friends, what
}, will you do tonight? Remain as you
are and be lost, OF accept salvation and
5 be saved
u Squibs.