West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-09-12

aIrche holiness OF your life, all the prayers OF
your life, all the faith Of your Christian life.
Too light yeti 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 yet Come, the martyrs, the Latimers,
the Wtckliffes, the men who suffered at the
stake for Christ. Get In on this side the
Shristian's balances, and see II you cannot
help him weigh IL Alright. They come and
get In. Too light yeti Come, angels of God
on high. Let not the righteous perish with
the wicked. They get In on this side the bal
ances Too light yeti
put on this side the balances all the scep-
ters OF light. all the thrones of power, all the
crowns OF glory. Too light vet. But Just at
that point. Jesus, the Son of God, comes up
70 the balances, and He puts one Of His SCARED
feet on your side, and the balances begin 20
gniver and tremble from top TO bottom.
Then He puts both OF His SCARED feet on the
balances and the Christians side comes down
with n stroke that sets all the bells OF heaven
ringing. That Rock of Ages heavier than any
other weight.
But says the Christian. "Am 10 be
allowed TO get Off so easilyY' Yes III some
one should come and put on the other side the
scales all our imperfections all your envies
all your 1ealousies, all your inconsistencies
of life, they would not bulge the scales with
on your hfue tne scales. TO freel
There Is no condemnation to them that are
I'm Christ Jesus. Chains broken. prison
houses opened, sins pardoned Go freei
Weighed in the balances and nothing, moth
ing wanting.
Oh what a glorious hope. Will you ac-
cept 1t this day. Christ making up for what
you lack. Christ the atonement for all your
sins. Who will accept Hmm Win not this
whole audience say: "I am insufficient. am
sinner, l am lost by reason OF my trans
gressions but Christ has paid IL all. Ny Lord,
and my God, my life, my pardon, my Heaven.
Lord Jesus, hail thee" Obi IL you could
only understand the worth of that sacrifice
which have represented to you under a
igure-if you could undcrtand the worth Of
that sacrifice, this whole audience would this
moment accept Christ and be saved
we go away off, or back into history to
get some illustration by which we may set
forth what Christ has done for u.s. Weneed
not go so far. i saw a vehicle behind a rum
away horse dashing through the street. n
mother and her two children in the carriage.
The horse dashed along as though to hnrl
them TO death, and mounted policeman
with a 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 He was picked
up half dead. Why were our sympathies so
stirredP Because he was badly hurt. and
hurt for Others. But tell you to-day of
how Christ, the Son of God ON the blood red
horse OF sacrifice, came for our rescue. and
rode down the sky and rode unto death for
our rescue. Are not your hearts touchedi
That was a sacrifice for you and for me q
Thou who didst ride on the red horse of sacri-
heel come this hour and ride through this
nssemblage on the white horse of victory.