The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-11


! other foot on the land, will swear by Him
/ that liveth forever and ever tnat l;me shall
be no longer: ''Behvld, He cometh with
clouds, and every eye shall see Him" HarK
to the jarring of the mountains. why that
Is the setting down of the scales, the bal
ances And then, there is q flash as from
cloud, but it is the glitter OF the shining
balances, and they are hoisted, and all ma
; tions are to be weighed. The unforgiven
get in on this side the balances. They
| NAV have weighed themselves and
pronounced a tiattering decision. The
world may have weighed them and
| pronounced them moral. Now they are
being weighed in Gods balances-the bal
ances that can make no mistake. All the
| property gone, all the titles Of distinction
gone, all the worldly success gone; there IS
a soul, absolutely nothing but soul, an lnl-
mortal soul, a never dying soul, soul
stripped of all worldly advantages, soul
on one side the scales. On the other side
the balances are wasted Sabbaths, disre-
garded sermons, ten thousand opportunl-
ties of mercy and pardon that were cast
aside They are on the other SIDE the
scales, and there God stands, and in the
presence of men and devils. cherubim and
archangel, He announces while groannS
earthquake, and cracking conhagrauon,
and Judgment trumpet, and everlasting
storm repeat it: weighed in the balance
and found wanting"
But. saw some who are Christians: "Cer-
tainly YOU don't mean to say that we Will
have to get into the balances! Our sins are
all pardoned, our title to Heaven IS secure
Certainly you are not going to put US IN the
balances?" Yes, my brother. We must all
appear before the judgment seat OF Christ,
and on that day you are certainly going TO
be weighed
O follower of Christ! you get into the
balances The bell of the judgment is ring
ing You must get into the balances You
get in on this side. On the other side the
balances we will place all the opportunities
of good which you did not improve, all the
attainments in piety which you might have
had, but which you refused to take. we
place them all on the other side. They 90
down, and your soul rises in the scale. You
can not weigh against all those lmper-
fectionS.
Wei, then, we must give you. the advan-
tage, and OH your side the scales we VIII
place all the good deeds you have ever
done, and all the kind words you have ever
uttered Too light yet! Well, we must
put on your side all the conservation OF
YOUR lie, all the holiness of your life,
all the prayers of your life, all the
faith of your Christian life. Too light
yeta Come, mighty men of the past, and
get in on that side the scales. Come, Payson,
and Doddridge, and Baxter, get in on 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
vet! Come, the martyrs, the Latimers, the
Wickliffes, the men who suffered at the
stake for Christ Get in on this side the
Christian balance, and see if you can not
help MIN weigh it Alright. They come and
get in. Too lights Come, angels of God On
high. Let not the righteous perish with
the wicked They get in on this side the
balances. Too light yet!
put on this side the balance all the scep-
ters of light, all the. thrones of power, all
the crowns Of glory. Too light yet. But
lust at that point, Jesus, the Son of God,
comes up to the balances, and he puts one
of his SCARED feet on your side, and the
balances begin to tremble from top to bot
tom. Then he puts both of his SCARED feet
comes down with stroke that sets all the
bells of Heaven ringing. That Rock Of Ages
heavier than any other weight.
But says the Christian: Am to be al
lowed to get off so easilyi" Yes. If some
one should come and put on the other side
tue sca,es all your lmperlecuons, All your
envies, all your iealousies, all your incon-
sistencies Of life, they would not bulge the
scales with Christ on your side the scales.
Go free! There is no condemnation to them
that are in Christ Jesus. Chains broken,
prison houses opened, sins pardoned. G
free! Weighed in the balances, and nothing,
nothing wanted.
Oh! what a glorious hope. Will you
accept it this day? Christ making up for
what you lack, Christ the atonement for all
your sins Who will accept Him! Will not
this whole audience say: Il AN insufficient,
am sinner, am lost by reason Of my
transsressions, but Christ has paid it all.
NY Lord and my God, my life, my pardon,
nv Heaven. Lord Jesus, hail thee" Oh!
# YOU could only understand the worth OF
that sacrifice which have represented to
to you under figure, if you could under
stand the worth of that sacrifice, this
whole audience would this moment accept
Christ and be saved.
We 90 away OFF, or back into history to
get some illustration by which we may set
forth what Christ has done for rs. We.need
not 90 so far. l saw vehicle behind run
away horse dashing through the street,
mother and her two children In the carriage.
The horse dashed along as though to hurl
them to death, and a mounted policeman
with shout clearing the way, and the horse
at full run, attempted to seize those runaway
horses and to save calamity, when his
own horse fell and rolled over him. H.
was picked up half dead. Why were OF
svmpathies so stirred! Because he W.
badly hurt, and hurt for others. But tel
YOU today Of how Christ, the Son of God
on the blood red horse of sacrifice came fol
our rescue, and rode down the sky and rode
unto death for our rescue. Are not youl
hearts touched! That was sacrifice fol
YOU and me- o thou who didst ride on the
red horse Of sacrifice! come this hour, anc
ride through this aseemblage on the white
horse OF victory.
Wit should be used as shield for de
fense rather than as sword to Wounc
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