Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-02

Continued from First Pare.

get me book large enough 10 make the
record Of that m0Tslisi's deficits. My
brother, stand in the scales, do not flJ
away from thzm. put Oh your side tie
scales all the good needs you ever did, all
the kiud words you ever uttered; bat on
the Other side the scales put this weight
which God Gays I must put thereon the
other side the scales and opposite to yours
I put this weight: "By the deeds Of the
law shall no Il sh living be Justified. ~
Weighed and found wantiae.
THE BALANCES OF THE SANCTUARY
are suspended and we are ready to weigh
any who come Who SHALL he the ntxt?
We'll, mere Ia g Journalist. He comes ard
be gels into the balances, and IS he gets
in 7 see that al his religion is in genutiaX-
ions and in outward observauces. As be
gels into the scales l say: "What is that
you have in this pocket" 'Oa!' he says
'that is Westminster Assembly Cate
chism" ssy: very good. What have
You in the other pocket?n Ohn he says,
THAT Is the Heidelberg Catechism. +"
VERY gCO1. What is that you have under
your arm, standing IN this balance Of the
sanciusry?D 'Obr be says, 'ths. is q
church record" VERY good. WHAT are
these books on your side the bllance.?n
'Ohl" he says, those are 'Calvin's Insti-
tuies'" MY brother, We are not weigh
ing books; We are weighing you. II can
not be that you are depending for your
salvation upon your orthodoxy. d. you
not know that the cree1s and the forms Of
religion gre merely the scaffOlding for the
building? You certainly are not going
10 mistake the scsfOlding for
the temple. Do you not
know that men have gone TO parditiOn
with q catechism in their pOckel?N
"Bnt," says toe mon 81 cross myself
often" AN that will not save you. "
But" Gays me man, Il am sympathetic
| for the poor That will rot save Gu.
Says the man, Il sat ut communion
table That will net save you. But, "
SAYS the man, 81 have my name on the
church record" That viii not save yOu. "
Bat I hsye bsen professor Of religion
| forty years.N THAT viii not save you. "
stand there on yOur side the balances and
will give you the advantage will let
You have all the creeds, all the church
| records. all the Christian conventions that
we're ever held, all the communion tables
| that were ever built, on your side the bal
| arces. On the ether side the balances l
mrs. put what God SAYS must put there.
| I put this million pound weight on the
other side Of the balances: Having the
form cf godliness, but denying the power
/ thereo. From such turn away.
Weighed and found wanting!
1 f1d fa0m tslkipg with him that re-
l'gion and the Sabbath sra so interruption,
a vulgar interruption, and he hopes on toe
~av tochuTch to drum up answ customer
! All lho week he has been weighing traits,
weigh Ing uests, weighing ice, weighing
cosls, weishiDg CORRECTIONS, weighing
worldly and perisbable commodities, mol
realizing the fact that he himself has been
weighed. Ga your side the balances, U
worldiuel l will give you full advantage.
I gut on Your side ali the banking houses,
an the store hOuses, all tie caTgoes, al TIE
Insurance companies, al the factories, ell
the silver, oll the gold, all the money
vaults. an size safe deposits-au on your
side Bat 10 does not add one ounce, fer al
the very moment We ale CcngTGtulAtiDg
YOU on YOUR fac house and upon your
princslv income God and the angels ers
writing in regard TO your soul: weighed
and found wanting"
ButI must 20 faster and speak o. the
fnal SCRUTINY. The fact is, NY friends,
SIC are moving on amid astounding Eeah
ties. These pulses which now are drum
ming the march Of life, may, after while,
lcsu "a halt. We walk On hair hang
brides over chasms. All around us ere
dangers lurking ready to spring on rs from
lambush. We lie dowa at night, not know
linz wheth.r we shall arise in Che morning.
We start ont for our occupations, moi
| knowing whether we shall come back
CROWNS BEING FURNISHED
| for thu brow or bolts forged for Thy prison
Angels Of light ready 10 shout at thy dc
ivarauc,. OF clouds of darkness stretching
cut skeleton hands 10 pull thee down into
ruin con7umma.e. Suddenly the jadg
nens will bs here. TIE angel with one
foot en- tie 5sa Gud Cha other foo. ON th3
land. Wall swear by HIN tha. live,h for
ever ard ever that time shall he no longe'
Behold, be Comath with clouds, and
every eve shall see him. HsTk 10 tn,
isrri1g Of the mountains. Why, that IS the
sel.in. down Of the scales, the balances
And then there is h7sn 8.
from cloud, bat it ID the eIt
ter of The shining balances, and they
lsre hois.cd. and eli nations are TO be
weighed. The uniorgiyen get in On this
side the bllarccs. They may nave weigh
ed themselves and pronounced a hatterine
DECISION. The world may have weighed
them aud pronounced them moral. Now
they are being weighed in Gods balances
the balances that can make 10 mistake.
! All the property gone, ali the titles CT dis
tincii7n some. all the worldly successes
gone, there is & soul, absolutely nothing
but soul, an immortal soul, an5ve1-dyirg
soul. a soal stripped Of all worldly al
vsntares. Q sGul-on one side the scales.
On the other side the balances are wasted
Sabbaihs, disTegerded sermons, ten thou
sand opportunities Of mercy and pardon
that we're cast aside. The are oa the other
side the scales, and there God stands, and
in the presence Of men and devils, cherU-
BIN and archangel, be announces while
Rroaning earthquake, and cracking con-
asgration and Judgment trumpet and ey-
erlasling storm repeat il: weighed IN the
\ balance, aud found wanting
Rut, say some VINO are Chgietians;
Certainty you don't mean 10 cay that
we will have to &c. into the balance
| Oar sins are all pardoned, our title to
heaven is secure. Certainly you are rot
going to pat us ia the balances?' Yes,
my brother. We must al appear before
the Judgment seat Of Christ, and on that
day y0u are certainly going 10 ba
weighed.
o follower Of Christ, You &c. into the
balance. The bell of the judgmeG. IL
ringing. Ycu must get into the balances
| You get in On this side. Ga the other
side the bslsrces We will place all the op-
portuuiiies OF good which y0u did not
| improve. an the Gttaiuments IN piety
which you might have had, bat which
you refused to take. We place them all
on the other side. They go down, and yolr
soul
A WORLDLING WEIGHT.
Still the balances aye suspended. Are
there any Others who wOuld like 70 be
weighed OF who will be weighed? Yes;
| mere comes wording. He gets into the
sceles. 1 csn very easily see what his
whole life is made up Of Stocks divi-
dsnds. reroentages buyer tea days, y
"buyer thirty days Get in, my friend,
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