Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-09-07
TRIED IN TIE BALANCES.
Or. TALMAeE. THE BROOKLYN o.
VINE, IN OMAHA

Nue ns"~Wtttt"8 "" tue Wesb h"oo an
Weighed In the nai ,ncc.. aud Art
Pound Wanting" nIs Tcxs-A Ju,ig.
men, Every hay.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. i.-Grat in.
ierest was manifested here today.
tho Rev. T. DE Witt Talmagc. -. d..
preaching 10 an immense congrcga.
iiun. Ills text was: Thou art
weighed in the balances. and art
found wanting. daniel V. %. The
PREACHER said:
Babylon was the paradise Of archi.
lecture. and driven cut from thence
the gran,lcst buildings 81 modern
times aro only the evidence of her fall
The site having been, selected for the
city. Two million men were employed
~ the rearing of her walls and the
building Of her works. II was city
sixty miles IN circumference. There
WAS a trench all around the city.
fr,m which the material for tie build
ing Of the city had been diggcd.
There were twenty five gates an each
side the city; between every ,wo gates
tower Of defense springimg into the
skies; from each gate on the one side,
street running straight through
Ia tho corresponding street an the
other side. 0 that there were fifty
streets fifteen miles long. Through the
city ran u branch, of the River Eupha.
tess. This river sometimes ovcrilOwcd
lis banks. and 10 keep II fru:n the ruin
of the city lake WAS constructed
into which the surplaS water Of the
river would run during the time Of
lr,slIets. and the water was kept in
this artificial lake until time of
drought, and then o. water would
stream down over the city. At either
end Of the bridge spanning this Eu
pirates there was u palace -thc one
palace u mile aud n half around. the
other palace seven and u half miles
around.
The wife Of Nebucl,adnczzar had
been born and brought upin the coun.
try. and IN u mountainous region. and
she could not bear this Hat district of
Babylon; and 81. to please his wife.
Ncbucl,atlnczHir built IN the midst Of
the city "a mountain four hundred feet
high. This mountain was built out
INTO terraces supported on arches On
the top of these arches layer of flat
stones. on the top Of that u layer Of
Feeds and bitunicn, ON the top OF that
Two layers of bricks closely ccmcntcd.
an the top Of that u heavy sheet Of
lead, aud ON the top of that the soil
placed soil so deep that lcba
non cedar had room Ia anchor its
roots. There were pumps worked by
mighty machinery fetching up the
ing garden rs il WIS called. ~ tina.
there were fountains spouting into the
sky.
Standing below and looking up il
must have seemed rs il the clouds
were IN blossom. ar as though the sky
leaned on the shoulder of cedar All
this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS did la please his
wife. Well. she ought Ia have lHvn
pleased. suppose she was pleased
Ii that would not please her nothing
would There was III that city also
the temple of Bclus. with towers one
tower the eighth OF mile high. in
which there WIS IAN observatory where
astronomers talked Ia the stars. Thee
was in that temple an image. just one
image. which would cost what wnIld
bc our iifiy.iwo million dollars
IT WAS 4 GREAT CITY.
q what u ethyl The earth never saw
anything like il. never will see any
thing like il. And yet have To tell
you that il is going Ia be- destroyed.
The king and his princes ARE nj u
feast. They are all intoxicated. Pour
out the rich wine into the chaliccs
Drink To the lcalil, Of the king. Drink
To the glory Of Babylon Drink TO u
great future.
4 Thousand LORDS reel intoxicated
The king. seated upon "A chair. with
vacant look. rs intoxicated men will
with vacant look stared ut the wall.
But sHn that vacant look takes ON in.
tciisity, and II Is AN uiir. Cited look;
and all the princes begin Ia look aud
wonder what is the matter. and they
lOk at the same point on tho wall.
And then there drops II darkness into
the room and puts cut the blaze o: the
golden plate. aud o,ii OF the sleeve Of
the da iiirss there comes u iingcr-a
finger al fiery terror circling around
aud clrling around as though il
would write; and then il comes up
aud with sharp tIpof lame il inscribes
ON the plslstcring ~ the wall the do"m
Of the king Weighed in the balan-
ccs. and found wanting" The hang
of heavy fists against the gates Of the
palace are followed by the brcakingin
of the doors. A thousand CLEAN.
ing knives strike into II thousand
quivcrimg hearts. Now Death is king.
and he is seated an u throne of
corIscs. In that hall there is bal.
ancc lifted. God swung il. On one
side ~ the balance are put Bclsliazzar's
opportunities. an the other side of the
balance are put Brlsliazzar's sins. The
sins come down. His opportunities 90
up. Weighed ia the balances found
wanting
FALSE WEIGHTS.
There has been a great deal Of cheat.
ing in our cou:try with false weights
aud measures aud balauceS, aud the
government. Ia change that state 81
things. appointed commissioners
whose business II was la stamp
weights and measures aud balances.
and great deaf nf the wrong has been
corrected. But still. aftrrall. there is
no such thing ~ u perfect balance an
earth. The cllaIn may brake. ar some
m the metal may hc ciippcd. ar IN
some way tho cquipo>c may bc n little
disturbed
You cannot always depend upon
earthly balances \ pound Is not al
ways pound. and ynu may pay for
Onc thing and get another. Lut ~ The
balance which Is suspended Ia the
throne Of God. pound Is ~ pound.
and right Is right. and wrong is
wrong. aud soul is soul aud eicr'
nifty il eternity God has pcrfcc,
bushcl and II perfect peck and a per
feet gallon. When merchants weigh
their goods IN the wrong way. then
tie IOD! WI lie g,n' g. IN r.