Telegram-herald., 1889-09-02

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Babylon eas TIE pzr@.-lss ~ at~1l---t1re,
ana drivea oLE trom LEsaos I2s sr4lo=sl
buildings q nS1srn TINES ars o2ly TIC eva
denes u EsF faL Tks ate having oeen So
i---sa sor lhs sisy. to allaoa teen were en-
ployed II tae rearing ol as. walls ala It's
bal.lllg of -sr ~slks L Na- llty SKY
ulile8 IL clrculiferencs Trsfe sas a rre1ca
zll around TIE city from ~Llca TIE Hla-er -4l
for TIE builling 4 Tie elty Eal oesa tlEssi
iueFe we're tNenty-nye s,Stes on s&e- &c
the city, between every two yates tower ~
defense spFlDging into tks szlss from each
gate o. 10 Sae sce a street running straight
tArough 20 Lns corresponding szrc ou ne
Ctaef slde. 50 tzars were nf-y streets rrteen
mLl- ic4g Through tie city fAn L branch
u TIE River EUpAEaJss tbs river s0ns-
times oyerdowed It's banks. AMI 70 k-ep ls
from ths ruin q the ciTy lake was con-
structed. into Which tie surplus wafer y. thls
river would run during tle tins Of freShets,
and TIE water was kept IA this artificial lake
until time Of drought. and then t1is water
would sCrsan down over The city Al either
end u the bridge spanning this Euphrases
there was a pal2ce-tle Cne palace mile
and a nAl around, the other palace seven
and a hall miles around.
The wife " Nebuchadnezzar had been born
and brought Up IN the country aud Ia a
mountainous region, ana shs could not bear
thls fat dlstrict Of Babylon; and So, % please
as wife, SebuchadnezLar buAt IN ths midst
q the city mountain 400 feet high. This
mountain was built out into terraces sup
ported on arches On the topOf these arches
4 layer OF Cat stones; on the top o. that a
izyer Of reeds and bl1Alnen; On tie top of
taat two layers Of bricks, closely cemented,
on the top OF tina. a heavy sheet Of lead, and
on the top OF that the soil placet-the soil -
deep that a Lebanon cedar nad room TO an
chor is roots There were pumps worked 10y
mighty machinery, fetching up the water
from the Euphrates 10 this hanging garden,
as it was called, so that there were fountains
spouting into the SKY.
Standing below and looking UP II must
have seemed as II the clouds were in blossom,
or as though the sky eaned on the shoulder
OF O cedar AL this Nsbuchsdnezzr did to
please bis wife Wei, shs ought 10 have
been pleased. l suppose she was pleased.
II that would not plsass her nothing would.
There was in that city also tne temple Of
Belrs with towers-one tower the eighth of
a mile high, in which there was an observa-
tory where astronomers talked 70 tho stars
There was in that temple image, just one
image, which cost wnat would DC our fifty
two million dollars.
WEIGHED IN TIE BALANCES
o what city, The earth never saw any
thing Ike IL, never viii see anything like 1t.
And vet have 10 tsl you that it is going to
be destroyed. The king and his princes are
at feast They are all intoxicated. Pour
out the rich wine into the cbalices. Drink to
the health OF the king. Drink to the glory
of Babylon. Drink to great future
A thousand lords reel intoxicated. The
king, seated upon chair, with vacant look
as intoxicated men will-with vacant look
stared at the wall But soon that vacant
look takes on intensity, and IL is an aifrighted
look; and al the princes begin 10 look and
wonder what is the matter and they look at
the same point on the wall. And tnen there
drops darkness into the room aid puts cut
the blaze Of the golden plate, and out Of the
sleeve Of the darkness there comes a finger
a finger Of fiery terror circling around and
circling around as though it would write:
and then it comes up and with sharp tip Of
flame it inscrlbes on the plasteriug Of the
wall the doom Of the king: Weighed in the
balances and found wanting" The bang
OF heavy fists against the gates of the pal
ace are followed by the breaking in OF the
doors A thousand cleaning knives strike
into a thousand quivering hearts. Now
Death Is king, and be IS seated on throne OF
corpscs In that hall there is balance lifted
God swung IL On one sice of the balance
are put Belshazzar's opportunities, on the
other side Of the balance are put BeIshazzar's
sins. The sins come down His opportuni-
ties 60 up. Weighed in the balances-found
wanting
There has been great deal Of cheating in
our country with false weights and measures
and balances, and the government, TO
change that state OF things, appointed com
missiOners whose business it was to stamp
weights and measures and balances, and
great deal Of the wrong has been corrected.
But still, after ell. there is no such thing as a
perfect balance on earth. The chain may
break OF some Of the metal may be clipped,
or in come way ths equipoise may Ds little
disturbed.
GoDs BALANCES Art ACCURATE
Yon cannot always depend upon earthly
balances. A pound is not always a pound.
and YOU pay for one thing and You get an
other. but IN the balance ~hich f. suspended
70 the throne Of God, pound Is a pound ana
right i right, and wrong is wrong, ond
soul is a soul and eternity is sternIty God
has perfect bIshel aud perfect peck and
perfect gallon. When merchants weigh their
goods in the wrong way, then tee Lord
weighs the goods again. r from the imper-
fee measure the merchant posrs out what
preteuds @ be a allen Of oil and there is less
than a gallon. God knows IL. ard be cas-
upon lis recording angel . marx IL. $50
much wanting IN that measure q oil The
farmer comes n from the cosntry lie has
apples % sell He has on imperfect measure.
He pours out ths apples from II IS imperfect
measure God recognizes is He SAYS - the
recording anxsi: Marx down 50 marv
apples too fsv-aa imp~rfec. measure
We nav cheat o1Tse.Tes ar4d "a NAV cheat
the -orid. but - carno< cheat Cod. ard in
the great "a 81 jr3-ns7s Is viii he found
or that shst "a learned in boyhood ~
scaoo'. "a corrset. that twenty hundred
~s.zhs make a ton. snd one hundred snd
twenty sosi3 feet make cord II sod 70
more. $40 less An5 = rsiigios which does
not take bold = ttis lie As rea a. the life 20
co-as 8 10 religion 81 A.. Bat ny friends
thst is not TO kind z balances an - speak
4 today. tast ia aot toe ziad = -sizhts ard
measures I ar - sresz Of thst KIND of hsi-
au-ss vaica car vezl principles. weigh
churches. weigh men. ~s.Ea nations. snd
vzirh worlds -T- lar rcu a. IS it -
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