Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-09-12

dying soul, a soul stripped Of all worldly ad-
vantage, a soul-on one Eide Of the scales.
On the other side the balances are wasted
Sabbaths. disregarded sermons ten thousand
opportunities Of mercy and pardon that were
cast aside. They are on the other. side the
scales, and there God stands, and in the pres
ence Of men and devils, cherubim and arch
angel He announces, while groaning earth
quake, and cracking conhagration, and tudg-
ment trumpet and everlasting storm repeat
it: weighed in the balance and found
wanting"
But, say some who are Christians: Ser
tainly you don't mean to say that we VIII
have to get into the balances. Our sins are
all pardoned, our title to heaven is secure.
Certainly you are not going to put rs in the
balancesp 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 Christ, you get into the bal
ances The bell of the Judgment is ringing.
You must get into the balances You get In
on this side. On the other side the balances
wew1l place all the opportunities of good
which you did not improve, all the attain
ments In piety which you must 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 imperfections.
Well, then, wemust give you The advan-
tage, and on your side OF the scales we will
place all the good deeds that you have ever
done, and all the kind words you have ever
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 yeti Come, the martyrs the Latimers,
the Wickliffes, the men who suffered at the
stake for Christ. Get in on this side the
Christians balances, and see if you cannot
help him weigh it Alright They come and
get in. Too light yeti Come, angels of God
on high. Let not the righteous perish with
the wicked. They get in on this side the bal
ances. Too light yet!
put on this side the balances all the scep.
ters OF light; all the thrones of power, all the
crowns of glory. Too light vet But Just at
that point, Jesus, the Son OF God comes up
to the balances. and He puts one of His SCARED
feet on your side, and the balances begin to
quiver and tremble from top to bottom.
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. 1nd1 nock OIL ages heavier imam any
other weight.
But, says the Christian. "Am I to be
allowed to get Off so easilyr' Yes. II some
one should come and put on the other side the
scales all our imperfections, all your envies,
all your jealousies, all your inconsistencies
OF life, they would not bulge the scales with
Christ on your side the scales. Go freei
There is no condemnation to them that are
IN Christ Jesus Chains broken. prison
houses opened, sins pardoned. Go free!
Weighed in the balances, and nothing, moth
ing wanting.
OH what glorious hope. Will YOU ac-
cept 1t this day? Christ making up for what
you lack. Christ the atonement for all your
sins. Who viii accept Him? Will not this
whole audience say: 81 am insufficient, am
gressions, but Christ has paid all. NY Lord,
and my God, my life, my pardon my Heaven.
Lord Jesus, 1 hail thee" Oh! if you could
only understand the worth of that sacrifice
which have represented to YOU under a
fgure-if you could undertand the worth of
that sacrifice, this whole audience, would this
moment accept Christ and be saved
We go away off, or back into history to
get some illustration by which we may set
forth what Christ has done for us. Weneed
not go SO far. l saw vehicle behind a run
away horse dashing through the street, q
mother and her two children in the carriage.
The horse dashed along as though to hIrl
tnem TO death, and a mounted policeman
with shout clearing the way, and the horse
at full run, attempted to seize those runaway
horses and to save calamity, when his own
horse fell and rolled over him He was picked
up half dead. Why were our sympathies SO
stirred? Because he was badly hurt and
hurt for others. But tell you to-day 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 touched:
That was sacrifice for YOU and for me. q
Thou who didst ride on the red horse of sacri-
flee! come this hour and ride through this
on the white horse of victory.