The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-02

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But l must 20 aster aud speak OF the
filal scrutiny. The TACT is. my friends, We
are moving on amid astounding realities.
| These pulses which now are .uninlng the
| march OF life, may, after VII le, cali
| halt We walk on a hair nu z bridge over
| chas rs. All arou d Us are dangers TURK nS
| ready 10 spring on US from ambush. We
lie dJwI at iizh not knOwi g whether we
S ali arise in the morning. Westart out t'r
| our occupations. not knowing whether
| we shall cone back Crowns being burn
ish for V brow or bolts forged for thy
prison. Ange.s Of light ready to shout
| at thy deliVeraIce, or tends OF darkness
| stretching out skeieJoL hands TO pull ee
down iuto rum cohsummate. Sudte ly the
| judgment will 1e here. The angel with one
| foot on the sea and the OF er foot on the
| land, will S ear by him that hveth forev +
aud ever [ at { me shall be no longer: "B p
| hold, he cometh with clouds, an e cry eye
snail see num-" dark TO the Earring Ot tue
| mountains. Why, that is tie setting down
| Of the scales the bala ICES. And then there
| is a fash from a c.oud, outiJ IS the glitter
! of tine shining balances, aud they
are holstsd, and all ,atIons are t. be
weighed. The u forgiven get IN On
this sids the balances. They may
have weighed themselves and pronounced
ia tering decil n. The W rid may have
| weighed them a ID pronounced them moral.
ances-the bala ices that ca make no mis-
tax. All the properly gone, all the titles
| of disti ictiOn me, all the worldly successes
| gone; there is a s I'll, absolutely notniIg bIt
a soul, an imnor al soul, a never dying
| soul, soul stripped Of ali worldly adva L
| ages, a soul-oh Que side the sea IS. On the
other 81 lie the balances are was ID Saboa hs,
disregarded sermons, ten thousa nd opportu-
| mites of mercy and pardon that we're cast
| aside. They are On the o her sid g scales,
and there God stands, and in the presencs
| of meA aud devils, cue ubim and archangel,
he ann unces while groanlng earthquake,
and CT AcI * con1 CATION and judgms
tru npet, and everlasting Or n repeat it:
Weighed in the balance, and found wait
ingn
But, say some who are christians: Ger
tailly you don5 mean to say that we will
| h I'VE 70 get into the balancesl Oar sins are
all pardoned, our title to heavel is securs.
| Ger al lily you are not going TO put us in
the baancesl Yes, my brother. We
m lst all appear before the judg nent seat
| of Christ, aud on that day you are certainly
| G ing to be weighed.
. follower of Christi you get into the
balances. The bell of the judgment is
| ringing. You must get into tle bal
ances. You get in on this side On the
otner side tle ba ances we will place
| all the opportunities of good which you
| did not i prove, ali tue attachments in
| piety W Iicn you mig nave mad, bu5 which
the other side. rnev go down, and youc
soul rises in the scale. You cannot weigh
| agai st a ! those imperfecLiOns.
| Well, then, we must give you the advan-
tage, and o your side of the scales we viii
place all the good deeds you have
ever done, and all the kind wo ds
you have ever uttered. Too light
yeti Well, we must put on your
| side all the conservation of your life, ali the
holiness of your life, all the prayers of your
life, all the faitl Of your CHRISTIAN life.
| Too light yet! Come, m ghty men of the
| last, a al get in on that side the scales.
| Cons, Paysou, and Doddridge, and
Baxter, get in on that side
the scales and Lake them come
| down, that this righteous one may be saved.
| They come a d the get i the scales. ToJ
| light yeti Como, the martyrs, the Lati-
merS, the Wickliffes, the men who suffered
| at the stake for Christ. Get in on this slde
the christians balances, and see if you can
not help him weight it Alright. They come
and get in Too lighJl Come, angels of
God on high. Let not the righteous perish
with 10 wicked. they got ii on this side
the balances. Too Ii ght yeti
l put on this side the balances all the
scepters of light, all the thrones of power,
all the crowds of glory. Too light yet.
But JUS at that point, Jesus, the Son of
| God, comes up TO the pala lces, and he pu S
one of his Scared feet on your side, and the
b dances begi to tremble from top to bot
tom. Tlen he puts both of MS SCARED fe t
on the bala ces, and the christians side
| comes down with a stroke tn 1t sets all the
bells of heaven ringing. That Rock of
Ages heavier than any other weight.
But S ,ys the cnristian lam | to be
allowed to get of so easilym Yes Ii
some one should me aud put n the other
81 10 the scales all your inperfectiols, all
your envies, all your jealou les, all your
inconsis, elciss Of life, they would not
bulge the sc iles with Christ on your side
the scales Go free There is NJ conden a.
ton to them that are in Christ Jesus
Oh lins broken, prison houses opened, sins
pardoned. Gro freel Weighed in the
balances. aud nothing nothing wanted.
Onl what glorious hope. Win you &C
cept it this day9 Christ making up for what
you lack, Christ the atonement for all your
sins. Who will accept hi n! Win not thi
whole audience say: lam insufficient, an
a sinner, | am lost by reason of my ira s
gressions, but Christ has paid it all. Ny
Lord, and my God, my life. my pardon, my
heaven. Lord Jesus, | hail thee" Oa i
you could pnly understand the worth o
that sacrifice which | have represe tied tC
you der figure-f yru cou understanC
| LuS WOIb VI btluG SttCTlllCeR tulS WI ll6 dull
ence would this moment accept Christ an,
| be saved.
We go away off, or back into history, {
get some illus5 alton by which we may So
forth what Clrlst b is done for US. W.
mead not go 50 far. Islw vehicle behi &c
a runa way horse dashing through tl
street., mother and ner two children in tn
, carriage The horse dashed along a
though to hurl item to death, and
mounted policeman with shout clearing
the way, and the horse at full run, a
tempted to seize those runaway horses ant
to save calamity, whea his owl
horse fell and rolled over him. II
was picked up half dead Why were ou
! sympathies so stirre ls Because he wa
! badly hurt, ID hurt for others But tel
. you to-day of how Christ, tue son of Go /
on the blood red horse of sacrifice cams fol
: our rescue and + >ds d wn the sky a1d rod
: unto dealt for our rescue Are not You
hearts touched! That was a sacrifi . 70
: you and me. Oh thou VINO dds. ride on tn
red horse Of sacrificed come this hour ID
ride through this assemblage on the hi
! horse Of victory.
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