The Penn's Grove record., 1889-09-21

Iconfestiona, weighing worldly and per-
Unable commodities, not realizing the
tfket thSt he himself has been weighed.
On your side the balances, o world
Ilingl Twill give you full advantage. ]
put on your side all the banking-houses
all the store-houses, all the cargoes, all
thie insurance companies, all the factor
les, ~ the silver, all the gold, all the
money yaYlts, all the safe deposits-an
on your side. But it does not add one
ounce, for at the very moment we are
congratulating yop on your fine house
and upon your princely income, God
and the angels r writing in regard to
your sonE weighed aud found wait
Iingf"
Bnt I mut 60 faster and speak Of
THE FINAL SCRUTINY.
The fact is, my friends, We are NOV.
ing on amid astounding realities. These
pulses which now are drumming the
march Of life may, after q while, call @
halt. We walk on q hair-hung bridge
over chasms. All around us are dan.
gers lurking, ready to spring on ut
from ambush. We lie down at night,
, not knowing whether we shall arise in
4h,e morning. We start out for our Oc'
~cvpes,,ons, not knowing whether We
IshsI. acme back! Crowns being burn
ished Tor Thy brow, or bolts forged fol
thv nrison. angels Of light ready to
short II thy 1eiverance, or fiends Of
darkness stretching out skeleton hands
e pull thee down sa'0 rum 00n'am'
Snddenly the judgment gill be here.
The angel with one foot on the sea snd
the, other foot on the land, will swear
by Him that iveth forever and evei
|t6sttime shalI be no longer: '.Behold,
He cometh with clouds, and every eye
shaQ see Him." Hark to the Earring o.
the nountains. Why, that is the set
tang down of the scales, the balances
And then there is a flash as from
cloud; hut it il the glitter Of the SHIN.
'ina balances, Aad they are hoisted, and
all nations axe &c be weighed. me un'
forgiven get in 0p Ahis side the balances
They
and pronouncsd q, Astte4trg decision;
The world may have weighef them a2o
Fpronounc4A them moral. NHY they
are being weighed in Gods ba1srces-
the balances that can make no mistake.
lAI.the property gone, all the titles 3
distinction gone, ell the worldly sue
eesses gone; there is q soul, absolutely
Aothing but, . soul, an Immortal soul,
never dying soul, q soul, o soul strip.
ped at all worldly advantages SOU
On one side the scales. On the other
aide the balances are wasted Sabbaths,
|dirsRarded sermons, ten thoqaAnl op.
'portunitaes OF mercy and pardon that
were east aside. They are on the othel
side the scales, and there God stands,
and in the presence Of meS aRd devils,
cherubim and archangel He ,ankpunces,
while groaning earthquake, apd crack
ling contiagration, and judgment ttxpm'
pet, and everlasting storm repeat II;
Weighed, and found waiting"
But, say some who are Christians
Certainly you don't mean to say that
We WILL HAVE TO INTO THE BAL
ANcKs"
Our sins are all pardoned. our t,c.e 70
heaven is secure- Certainly you are
not going to put us in the balancesy
Yea, my brother. We must all appear
before the Judgment seat of Christ. and
on that day yOu are going to be
weighed.
Oh follower of Christ! you set into
the balances. The bell Of the indg'
ment is ringing. You must getin:tO the
balances. You get in on this side. On
the other side the balances We will placf
the opportunities Of good whic. b you
did not improve, all the sttainmen T. II
piety which you might have had, bu'
which you refused to take. We p.hef
them all on the other side. They g.
down, and your soul rises in the sea te.
You cannot weigh against all those in''
perfections.
Well, then, we must give you the ad-
vantage, and on your side the scales we
will place all the good deeds you have
done, and all the kind words you
have ever uttered. Too light yeti Well,
we must put on your side all the conse-
Grafton Of your life, all the holiness OF
your life, all the prayers of your life,
all the faith of your Christian life. q
Come. mighty men Of the past, and get
in ON that side the scales. Come, Pay
son and Doddridge and Baxter, get in
that side the scales and make them
come down, that this righteous one may
be saved. They come, and they get in
the scales. Too light yet! Co me, the
martyrs, the Latimers, the Wi eklitfes,
the men who suffered At the st AXE for
Christ. Get in on this side the Christ
balances, and see if you cannot
help him weigh it Alright. They, come
and get in. Too light! Come, angels
Of God on high Let not the righteous
with the wicked. They &c ( IN on
this side the balances Too iigh ! Fetl
/ put on this side the balances II the
sceptres of light, all the thron es of
all the crows Of glory. Too
Light yet! But Just at that point, Jesus
the Son Of God, comes up to the belan
ces, and He puts n Of dis SCARED feet
ON your side. and the balance begi os to
tremble from top to bottom. Them Hs
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