Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-08

anu slere ''pi StunuS, u Ill the pres
ence Of men ana devils. clrcrubim and
archangul. he announces while groan-
ing earthquake, and cracking conila-
grafton and judgment trumpet, and
everlasting storm repeat Il: Weighed
in the balance. and found wanting"
PROCESSING CHRISTIANS IN THE Ball
ANCES.
But, say some who are Christians:
Certainly you don't mean TO say that
we will have la gct into the balances!
Our sins are al. %pardoned, u title To
heaven is secure. Certainly YOU are
not going Ia put us in the balanccsf'
Yes, my brother We must all appear
before the Judgment seat of Christ,
and on that day you are certainly go
ing To bc weighed.
. follower of Christ! you get into
the balances. The bell Of the judg
ment is ringing. 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
attainmcnts IN plety which YOU might
have lad, 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 caunot weigh
against all those im%perfecti0ns.
Well, then, we must give you the adj
vantage, and ON your side the scales we
will place all the good deeds you have
ever done, aud all the kind words YOU
have cyer uttered. Too light yet. Well,
we must put on your sid all the ron
sccratioE of your life. all the holiness
OF your life, all the prayers of your
life, all the faith of your Christian
life. Too light yet! Come. mighty
men of the past. and get in on that
side the scales. Come. PaySOu, and
Doidmlgn. and Baxter. get ia on that
side the scales and make them come
down, tipt this righteous one may be
saved. They comc and they ct in the
scales. Too light yeti Come. the mar
tyrs, the Latimers. the MlrlliSas, the
mun who suffered az the stake for
Christ, Get IN on this side the Chris
tian's balances. and see il yuu cannot
help him weight it alright They come
and got 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
yet!
| put on this side the balances all
the sccpters 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 bal.
ances begin TO tremble from top to
bottom. Then he puts both of his
Scared feet on the balances, and the
Christians side come down with a
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
allowed to get off so easilyf" Yes. If
some one should come and put on the
other side the scales all your imper-
fections. all your %envies, all your ieal-
ousies, all your inconsistencies of
life. they would not bulge the scales
with Christ on your side the scales.
Go freel There is no condemnation TO
them that are in Christ Jesus. Chains
broken, prison houses opened. sins
pardoncd. Go free. Weighed in the
balances. and nothing. nothing
wanted.
OH GLORIOUS HOPE.
OH what a glorious hope. Will
you accept II this day Christ making
up for what you lack, Christ the
atonement forall yoursins. Who will
accep: him! Will not this whole audi.
nee say: Il am insufficient, ! am a
sinner, | am lost by reason of my
transgressions. but Christ has paid il
all My Lord. aud my God, my life,
my pardon, my heaven. Lord Jesus,
| hail thee" Oh! if you could only
understand the worth Of that sacrifice
which ! have represented to you un.
der a iigure-if you could understand
the worth Of that sacrifice, this whole
audience would this moment accept
Christ and be saved.
We 90 away off, or back into his
tory. to get some illustration by which
we may Sc: Forth what Christ has done
for us. We need not go so far. | saw
a vehicle behind a runaway horse
dashing through the street, a mother
and her two children in the carriage.
The horse dashed along as though 10
hurl them TO death, and a mounted
policeman with a shout clearing the
way, and the horse at full run, at
tempted 10 seize those runaway horses
and to save a calamity, when his own
horse fell and rolled over him. He
was picked up half dead. Why were
our sympathies so stirredl Because
he was badly hurt. and hurt for Others.
But | tell you today 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 touchedl That was a sacrifice
for you and me-. o thou who didst
ride on the red horse Of sacrifice! come
this hour, and ride through this as.
semblage on the white horse Of victory.