Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-09-06

any difference about your magnificent ma
chinery. A church is built for one thing-to
save souls If it saves a few souls when It
might save a multitude Of souls, God will
spew it out of his mouth. Weighed and found
wantingl So God estimates nations How
many times he has put the Spanish monarchy
into the scales, and found 1t insufficient and
condemned it'll The French empire was placed
ON one side the scales, and God weighed the
French empire, and Napoleon said; Have ]
not enlarged the boulevardsi Did not kin
die tho glories Of the Champs Elyseesl Have
[ not adorned the Tuileriesl Have | not
built the gilded Opera houser Then God
weighed that nation, and he put on one side
of the scales the emperor, and the boule-
yards, and the Tuileries, and the Champs
Elysees, and the gilded Opera house. and on
the other side he put that mans abomina-
tioas, that mans libertinism, that mans self
ishness, that mans goddess ambition Ihs
last came down, and all the brilliancy OF the
scene vanished. What is that voice coming
M from Sedanl Weighed and found wantingl
But must become more individual ana
more personal in my address. Some people
say they do not think clergymen ought to be
personal in their religious addresses, but
ought to deal with subjects In the abstract.
do not think that way. What would you
think Of a hunter who should go to the Adj
rondacks to shoot deer in the abstracti An
no. He loads the gun, he puts the butt Of it
against the breast, he runs his eye along the
barrel be takes sure aim, and then crash go
the antlers on the rocks. And so, If we want
70 be hunters for the Lord, we must take
sure aim and fire Not in the abstract are
we to treat things In religious discussions. If
a physician comes into a sick room does he
treat disease in the abstracts Ne; he feels the
pulse. takes the diagnosis, then he makes the
prescription And If we want to heal souls
for this life and the life to. come, we do not
want to treat them in the abstract. The fact
is. YOU and | have q malady which, if I'M
cured by grace, will kill US forever Now,
want no abstraction Where is the balmi
Where is the physiciani
WE MUST ALL BE WEIGHED.
People say there is a day of Judgment COM
ing. Nv friends, every day is a day of judg-
ment, and you and today are being can
vassed, Inspected weighed Here are the
balances of the sanctuary. They are lifted,
and we must all be weighed. Who will come
and be weighed firstl Here is a moralist who
volunteers He is one of the most upright
men in the country He comes. Well, my
brother, get in-get into the balances now,
and be weighed. But as he gets into the
balances. l say: What Is that bundle you
have along with you" "Oh," he says, that
Is nv reputation for goodness, and kindness,
| and charity, and generosity, and hndliness
oenerallv.n 20 my brother! we cannot
weigh that; we are going to weigh you
YOU Now, stand in the scales-you, the
moralist. Paid your debtsl" YES" you
saw. "paid all my debts.n Have you acted
| in an upright way in the community
Eyes. yes" "Have you been kind to the
poorg Are you faithful in a thousand rela-
| tions in lifel" YES" $50 far, so good.
But now, before you get out Of this scale,
want to ask you two or three questions
Have your thoughts always been rightf
"No," YOU say, mo" Put down one mark.
"Haye YOU loved the Lord with all your
heart and soul, and mind and strength
'.No.n YOU say Make another mark. Come
now. be frank, and confess that in ten thou
sand things you have come short-have you
not4n Yes Make ten thousand marks.
Come now, get me book large enough to
make the ID of that moralist's deficits.
NV brother, stand in the scales, do not fly
away from them. l put on your side the
scales all the good deeds you ever did, all the
kind words you ever uttered; Outon the other
side the scales put this weight, which God
saws must put thereon the other side the
scales and opposite to yours put this weight;
.'By the deeds of the law shall no flesh living
be Justified Weighed and found wanting.
Still. the balances of the sanctuary are sus-
pended and we are ready to weigh any who
come Who shall be the nextl Well, here i:
n Journalist He comes and he gets into the
balances and as he gets in | see that all his
RELIGION is In geuuhexions and in outward OBJ
10 rs info Fbn I caN u
.sWhat is that you have in this pocketf
"Oh - he saws. ''that is Westminster Assem-
bly Catechism." say; Very good. What
have YOU in that other pocket~ oh" h'
saws. ''that is the Heidelberg Catechism.
"Very good. What Is that you have undel
your arm. standing in this balance of thu
sanctuaryf On" he says, that is churcl
record" every good. What are all thes'
books on your side the balances" oh" h'
saws ''those are 'Calvin's Institutes +" my
brother, we are not weighing books; we arr
weighing YOU 1t cannot be that you are de
bending for your salvation upon YOU
orthodoxy. Do you not know that til,
creeds and the forms of religion arr
merely the scaffolding for the building
You certainly are not going to mistake thu
scafFolding for the temple. Do you no
know that men have gone to perflition witt
n catechism in their pocket" But" say
the man. a cross myself often" "Ahl tina
will not save you" "But" says the man, %
am sympathetic for the poor" THAT vii
not save you.n Says the man, 81 sat at tn
communion table" "That will not saw
YOU" But" says the man, Il have had m.
name on the church records THAT vii
not save you" But ! have been professo
of religion forty years. That viii not saw
YOU. Stand there ON your side the balance
and will give you the advantage will lie
YOU have all the creeds, all the church rec
ords. all the Christian conventions that wer
ever held, all the communion tables that wer
ever built, on your side the balances. o
the other side the balances | must put wha
God islys / must put there put this millio
pounl weight on the other side the balances
"Having the form Of godliness, but denyin
the Iower thereof From such turn away.
Weighed and found wanting
WHO Is TO BIZ WEIGHED NExTl
, Still the balances are suspended. Ar
there any others who would like to b
weighed or who will be weighedl Yes, her
comes a wording He gets into the scale,
can very easily sec what his whole life
made up Of Stocks, dividends, percentage
> 0buyer ten days. buyer thirty days" G,
/ in, nv friend get into these balances and
weiglied-weighed for this life and weighe
for ths life to come. He gets in. find thu
t the two great questions in his life are, "Ho
cheaply can | buy these gOodsf and 'Ho
dearly can sell themp | find he admire
heaven because it is land Of gold and none
must be easy"
, find from talking with him that reigio
and the Sabbath are an interruption, WI
gar interruption, and he hopes ON the way t
church W irum up a new customer All tn
: week he has been weighing fruits, weighin
= meats, weighing ice, weighing coal weighin
4 CONNECTIONS, weighing worldly and perishab
commodities, not realizing the fact that d
/ himself has been weighed. On your side Il
o balances, o wording! will give you IA
e advantage put ON your side all the banl
J. ing houses, all the storehouses, all the ca
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