The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-09-04


and the Sabbath are IN interruption, avul-
gar interruption, and he hopes on the way
to church TO drum up new customer All
the week he has been weighing fruits,
weighing meats weighing fee, weighing
Goals, weighing confections, weighing world
ly and perishable commodities, not real
izing the fact that he himself has been
weighed. On your side the balances, y
worldlingl will give you full advantage.
put on your side all the banking houses,
all the store houses, all the cargoes, all the
insurance companies, all the factories, all
the silver, all thegold, all the money vaults,
all the safe deposits--all on your side. But
II does not add one ounce, for at the very
moment we are congratulating you on your
fine house and upon your princely income,
God and the angels are writing In regard TO
your soul: weighed and found wantingW
But must go faster and speak Of tho
final scrutiny. The fact is, my friends, we
are moving on amid astounding realities.
These pulses which now are drumming the
march Of life, may, after awhile, call halt
We walk on ahair-hung bridge over chasms
All around us arc dangers lurking ready 70
spring on US from ambush. Welie down at
night not knowing whether we shall rise in
the morning. We start out for our occupa-
tions, not knowing whether we shall come
back Crowns being FURNISHED for thy brow
or bolts forged for thy prison. Angels OF
light ready TO shout at thy deliverance, or
| fends Of darkness stretching out skeleton
hands to pull thee down into ruin consum-
mate. Suddenly the judgment will be here.
| The angel with one foot on the sea and the
other foot on the land, will swear by Him
| that liveth forever and ever that time shall
be no longer: "Behold, 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 ball
ances And then, there Is fash as from
cloud, but IL is the glitter of the shining
balances, and they are hoisted, and oil ma
| tions are TO be weighed. The unforgiven
get in on this side tho balances They
may have weighed themselves and
pronounced flatterin9 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
mortal soul, never dying soul, q soul
stripped OF all worldly advantages, soul
on one side the scales. On the other side
the balances are wasted Sabbaths, dlsre-
garded sermons, ten thousand opportuni-
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 groaning
earthquake, and cracking confagratlon,
and judgment trumpet, and everlasting
storm repeat It; Weighed in the balance,
and found wantingn ~. ial f
But, say some who are Christians; Ger
tainly you don't mean TO say that we win
have 10 get into the balancesl Our sins are
all pardoned, our title TO Heaven is secure.
Certainly you are not going to putus In the
balancesl" 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 Christi 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 10 take. We
place them all on the other side. They go
down, and your soul rises In the scale. You
can not weigh against all those imper-
fections.
Well, then, We must give you the advan-
tage, and on your side the scales we will
place all the good deeds you have ever
| aona and oil tha pfnd ,.,o,.,fa vn,, hava oyox
uttered. Too light yeti Well, we must
put on your side all the conservation OF
your life, all the 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
Wlckliffes, the men who suffered at tho
stake for Christ Get In on this side the
Christian balance, and see II you can not
help him weigh II Alright. They come and
get In. Too light Come, angels Of God on
high. Let not the righteous perish with
the wicked. They get In on this side the
balances. Too light yeti
Iput 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
Just at that point, Jesus, the Son Of God,
comes up 10 the balances, and he puts one
Of his SCARED feet on your side, and the
balances begin 10 tremble from top TO bot
tom. Then he puts both Of his SCARED feet
on the balances, and the Christians side
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 10 be al
lowed 10 get Of 80 easilyi" Yes. II some
one should come and put on the other side
the scales all your imperfections, all your
sistencies Of life, they would not bulge the
scales with Christ on your side the scales.
Go freei There Is nocondemnation 10 them
that are in Christ Jesus. Chains broken.
prison houses opened, sins pardoned. Go
free Weighed in the balances, and nothing,
nothing wanted.
OH what a glorious hope. win you
accept II this dayi Christ making up for
what you lack, Christ the atonement for all
your sins. Who win accept Hint VIII not
this whole audience say: II am insufficient,
l am sinner, am lost by reason Of my
transgressions, but Christ has paid II all.
My Lord and my God, my life, my pardon,
my Heaven. Lord Jesus, hail thee" Obi
II you could only understand the worth Of
that sacrifice which have represented TO
to you under figure, II you could under
stand the worth Of that sacrifice this
whole audience would this moment accept
Christ and be saved.
We go away on, or back into history. TO