The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04

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s., wife Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS had
born and brought up in the II
ttA, ndpn d mountainous region, and
M4 luld not bear this flat district Of
Babylon; and 30, to please his wife,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS had built in the midst
Of the city q mountain four hundred
feet high. This mountain was built out
into G& &a8
AVERAGES SUPPORTED ON ROLES
On Tie top Of these. arches a layer Of
fat stones, on the top OF that II layer OF
reeds and bitumen, OH the top of that
two layers of bricks closely ccmented,
the top, of that q heavy sheet Of lcad,and
cn top Of that tho soil was placed-tho
soil so deep that q Lebanon cedar had
room to anchor its roots. There were
pumps worked by mighty machinery
tetchingEnp the water from the Eupll-
ratos to this hanging garden, as it was
clllad,E SO that there wore fountains
sporting into the sky. Standing below
anl looking up, it must have seemed as
Tie clouds were in blossom, or rs
ttllou& the sky leaned on the shoulder
ns u cedar. All this ACKNOWLEDGMENT
dig please his wife. We'll, she ought
TO la been pleased. 1 suppose she
wAe} .ased, If that did not please her
nothing would. There was in that CITY
aisp do temple Of Bclus, with towers
one tower the eight Of q milo high, in
%liicil there was an observatory whore
astronomers talked to the stars. There
was ia that temple IN image, just one
image, which would cost what would be
our ilty-two million dollars.
OH WHAT A CITY!
The earth never saw anything like it.
pcYcr will see anything like It. And
Vet ! have to tell you that it is going to
hA destroyed. The king and his princes
la:tc At 3 feast, They are Ill intoxicated!
k'oinf out the rich winolnto the chnlices!
Driuk TO the health ofthe king! Drink
BSto the glory Of Babylonl Drink to n
great iitnre! A thousand lords reel in
toaicaled. Tho king seated upon n
chair, with vacant look, as intoxicated
men Njll-with vacant look stared ut tho
%all. But soon that vacant look takes
on9~SiBtensity, and it is m affrighted
tn[aal The pIi,NfS hGein 10 loDi,
At}lder4 What ta the ian.tut, ar, tlr,
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THE DOOM Or THE KING:
yHWsighcd in the balances, and found
Y l,htiptt.o The bang of heavy fists
SI}against the gates Of the palace is follow
etl1 by Tie breaking in Of the doors. A
thousand cleaning knives strike INTO a
thousund quiyering hearts. Now Death
IS king, and he is seated on a throne of
corpse. In that hall there is a balance
lifted God swung it. On one sido of
the balance are put B%elshazzar's oppor-
tltnjtie3' OF the other side of tho balance
nrt put Belshazzar's sins. The sins
2 conc Town. His opportunities go up
Weighed in the balances-found want
ing;
There has been a great deal of cheat
ms in u country with false weights
aNa measures and balances, and tho
Government, to change that state Of
thingS, appointed commissioners whose
business it was to stamp weights and
nleasn res n balances, and agreat deal
q ostbe wrong has been corrected. But
SSH. after all, there is no such thing MS
81 PERFECT balance on earth. The chain
may break, or some Of the metal NAV
he clipped, or in some way the eOuiposc
may be disturbed. You cannot always
deponl upon
Earthly BALANCES.
q pound is not always apound, and you
iApy Fay for one thing and get another;
~ ~ the balance which is suspended
70 tie throne Of God, a pound is q
pound, Il right is right, and wrong is
wrong, and n soul is a soul, and eternity
is eternity. God has 4 perfect bushcl
mn, q perfect gallon. Whom merchants
WMoigh their goods in the wrong way,
th9h the Lord Weighs tho goods again.
4 from the imperfect measure the NOR
cbantpours out what prctends to be a
Gallon Of oil, and thoro is less than q
gallon, God knows it, and he calls upon
his recording angclto mark it: $50
much wanting in that measure Of oil. {"
#Ih.e farmer m in from tho country.
re has apples to soil. lie has an i'm
perfect measure. He pours out the
applles from this imperfect measure.
God recognizes it: He says to the re-
Hord1ng angel: "Mark down so many
g3ples too few-an imperfect measure"
cheat the world, but we cannot cheat
Sod and in the great day Of judgment