The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-06

" w. Wo8S IS ympoSoy 1OI Suo pun
ought 70 be, what its devotion to all good
ought to be- That 10 On one side. That
side comes down. and the church, not being
able to stand the test rises in the balances.
It does not make any difference about
your magnificent machinery. A church
is built for one thing-to save soulA II it
saves q few souls when 1t might save q
multitude Of souls. God will spew it out of
His mouth. Weighed and found wantingl
So God estimates nations. How many
times He has put the Spanish monarchy
into the scales. and found it insufficient
and condemned it! Tue French Empire
was placed Of one side the scales. and
God weighed the French Empire. and
NAPOLEON said: Have I not enlarged
the bOulevards: Did I not kindis the
glories OF the Champs Elysees: Have
I not adorned the Tuileries? Have I
not built the guided opera house:"
Then God weighed the nation. and He
put ON on Q side the scales the Emperor,
and the boulevards. and the Tuileries,
and the Champs Elysees, and the gilded
opera house, and on the other side He puts
that mans nominations, that mans lib
ertinism, hat mans self1shnes9 that
mans goddess ambition. This last came
down. and all the briliiancy Of the scene
vanished. What is that voice coming up
from Sedan? Weighed and found want
ing!
But ] must become moro individual and
moro personal in my address. Some peo-
pie say they do not think clergymen
ought to be personal in their re- igious ad-
dress. but ought to deal with subjects in
tho abstract. l do not think that way.
What would you think Of . ter who
should 20 to the Adirond.tk, to shoot
deer in the abstractf All! NO. He loads
the gun. he puts the butt Of it against the
breast. he runs his eye along the barrel.
he takes ain and then crash 80 the antlers
o. the rocks. And SO. il we want to be
hunters for the Lord, we must taks sure
aim and fire. Not in the abstract are we to
treat things in religious d s cushions.
Peop,e say there is q day OF judgment
coming. My friends, every day is . day
Of judgment, and you and l to-day are
being canvassed, inspected, weighed.
Here are the balances Of the sanctuary.
They are lifted, and We must all be
weighed. Who will come and be
weighed first: Here is q moralist Who
volunteers. He is one Of the most up.
right men in the country. He comes.
We'll, my brother. get in-get in the bal
ances now and b weighed. But IS he
gets into the balance. / say: ''What il
that bundle you have along with you?"
o." he says. that is my reputation for
goodness, and kindness, and charity and
generosity, and k'ndliness generally"
20 my brother! we can not weigh that;
We are going to weigh yOu-you. Now.
in the scales-you, the moralist"
Pail your debts:" YES" you say,
paid all nv debts" ':Have you acted in
an upright way in the community: ;" Eyes.
yes" Have you been kind to the poorf
Are you faithful in . thousand rela-
tions in life:" YES" so far, so
good. But now. before you get out of
this scale. I want to ak you two or three
questions Have your thoughts always
been right" NO" you saw. mo" Put
down one mark. 'Havs you loved the
Lord with all your heart and soul. and
mind and strength" mo" you say. Make
another marx. Come, now. be frank.
and confess that in ten thousand things
you have come short-have you mol"
Yea" Make ten thousand marks. Come,
get me q book large enough to mske
the record Of that moralist's deficits Ny
brother, . and in the scalea do not hy
away from them put on your side the
scales oil the good deeds you eve did. all
the kind words you ever uttered, but on
the other side ,he scales I put this weight
which God rays I must put thereon the
I put this weight: "By b deeds Of the
law shall NO flesh living be justified"
Weighed and found wanting.
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suspended and We are ready to weigh anv
here 10 u Journalist. He comes and he gets
the balances. and as he gets in I see
that all his religion is in eenu1 ,ctions and
outward observances. Az he gets n the
scales l say: "Wbat is that you have in
pocket" 'O" he says, that ia
Westminster Assembly Catechism." 1
say: Every good. What have You in the
the other pocket" 90" he says, that
10 the Heidelberg Catechism" Very good.
What is that you have under your arm.
standing in this balance Of the sanctuary?"
co." says ha that is church record"
Very good. What are these books on
your side the balances:" 10y" he says.
those are Calv,n's Institutes.'"
my brother, We are not weighing books
We are eIgnln2 you. IL can not % tnet
you are depending for your salvation uoon
your orthodoxy. Do you not know that
creeds and tho forms Of religion are
% .relv the sca1olding II the building?
You certainly are not gOing to mistak,
the s~caf1olding for the temple. Do you
know that nan have gone to perdition
with . caiech Sun in their pOcket:" but"
saws tho man, Il cross myself often"
.Ahi that will not SAVE you" but. Z"
the man. II am sympathetic for the |
DOOR" THAT will not ave you" Says
the man, Il sat at the communion table"
THAT will not ave you" But" says
the man. II have had my name on the
church record" THAT will not ave
you" "But I have been a professor OF
forty yeara" THAT will NO.
save you" Stand there on your side !
the balances and I will give you
the advantage-I will let you have
al the creeds, all the church roc
ords, ali the Christian conventions that
w~rs eve held, all the communion tables |
that were ever built on your side the bal
ancea On the other side b balances I
must put what G ID says I must pit there"
I put this million pound weight ON the
other side the balances: Having the
form of godliness, but denying the power