The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04

Tohufbh records, iii tho8 Chrtiatian B Il
Yenti6psNt that Were ever held sall the
communion tables That were eyorabdllt,T
on Your side the balances. Oh the
other side the aancesI mist n A,yhat
God says Unjust putsthere.3 j put IT, Ia
million.pound weight on the Other, eiue
tho balances: NHnying the form of
godliness, hut denying Tho power there.
Of" Weighed md found @antingi
Still the balances are suspended. Are
there any others WHO would like to De
weighed, Or WHO WILDE weighed? eyes:
h~eroscOnles
A WoRuDLlNG.
He gots into lilo scales. / can yory!
eAsily see what his whole life is made
up Of. Stocks, dividends, percentages,
| "buyer ten lays ''buyor thirty days"
| Gat in, my friend, get into these bal
anccs and BIO weighed for this life, md
weighed for the life to como. Ho gets
ia. ! find that the two great questions
n his life are: ttHow cheaply can ].
can / soil them2" I find he admires
heaven because It is q land Of gold, and
money must bo tonsy."
find, from talking with him. that
religion mud the Sabbath arc IN inter
ruption, q vulgar interruption, and he
hopes on tho way to church to drum up
u ctlstomerl All the week ho has
been weighing fruits, weighing meats,
weighing ice, Weighing Goals, wolghing
contectlons Weighing worldly and per-
1shaDlo commodities, not realizing the
fact that no himself has boon weighed,
On your side tho balances. o world
ling! | will give you full advantage. /
put on your sido all tho observation-disclosures
MI the storc-honses, all the cargoes, all
tho insurance companies, all tho factor
les, NIL tho silver, Ill the gold, oil tho
money vaults, all tho snto deposits-all
on your side. But it does not add one
ounce, for ut the very moment we arc
congratulating you on your fine house
and upon yonr princcly income, God
md tho angels are writing in regard to
your soul: "Woighed and found wait
ingF"
But l must go fastor and speak Of
THE FINAL SCRUTINY.
Tho fact is, my friends, we are NOV
ing on amid astounding realities. Those
pulses which now arc drumming the
march of life my, after n while, call a
hnlt. We walk on q hair-hung bridge
over chasms. All around lis nre dan
gers lurking, ready to spring on us
from ambush. We lie down at night,
not knowing whether we shall arise in
tho morning. Wo start out for our oc.
c%upatlons, not knowing whether we
shall come bnckl Crowns being burn
ishcd for thy brow, or bolts forged for
thy prison. Angels Of light ready to
shout at thy dcliverance, or fiends Of
darkness stretching out skeleton hands
to pull thee down into ruin consum-
mate!
Suddenly tho judgment will be here.
Tho angel with II foot on tho son and
the other foot on tho land, will swear
by Him that livcth forever and over
that time shall be no longer: "Behold,
He cometh with clouds, and every eye
shall SEQ Him." Hank to the EARRING of
tho mountains. Why, TINT is the set
ting down of the scales, tho balances.
kAnd her there is a flash as from n
cloud; but it is the glitter of tho shin
ing balances, and they arc hoisted, and
all nations arc to be weighed. The IN
forgiven got in on this side the balances.
They
MAY HAVE WEIGHED THEMSELVES
md pronounced a tlattcring decision.
Tho world may have weighed them and
pronounced them moral. Now they
nre being weighed in Gods balances
tho balances that can mako no mistake.
A!l tho property gone, I'll the titles of
distinction go,ic, ~ lilo w0ri1'v sue.
ccsses gone; there is 9 soni nl}s olOtrly
nothing but q sortl, an imUoitai SOFA, Il
hoyer dyipg soul, n sod, q soul stup-
ptd3ot All worldly adYntYaaoS7- joul
oa ono Bi,c the scales. On tsie Other
side tho holDucNS ayc wasted Sahbntl,s,
! disrcgnrled sormohs, ten thohS,tpr PIP
Opportunities ~ mercy md pardUo tlat'
were east aside Ticy,are. Oh TIE otieH
.5ar the scales, and Nlerd Goa stands,
rnd in0tlie lreSonrc Of men and 1ovila
lrrubipi Md arclnngol Jlc nnnoiInccN,
While grooming earthquake, anu crack
ing c~ontiagration, md judgment rum
"Woighcd, md found waiting"
But, say some who arc Christians:
"Ccrtainly you don't mean to say that
WE WILL HAVE TO GET MO TIE BAL
ANOEs?
Our sins arc NIL pardoned, our title to
heaven is secure. Certainly You are
not going to put MS in the b~alanccs?'
Yes, my brother. We must nll appear
on that day you nre going to be
weighed.
Oh follower of Christ! you got into
tho balances. The boil Of tho judg-
mcnt is ringing. You must gctinto tho
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 tho attainmonts in
piety which you might have had, but
which you refused to take. We place
them all on the other side. They go
down, and your soul rises in the scale.
You cannot weigh against all those i'm
perfeotions.
We'll, then, We must give yon the nd
vantage, and on your side the scales we
will place. MI the good deeds you havo
over done, and all tho kind words YOU
have ever uttered. Too light yot! Well,
we must put III your side oil tho conse-
Grafton Of your life, all the holiness of
your lifo, oil tho prayers Of your life,
oil the faith Of your Christian life.
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