Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-13

away s:!;' Weighed and from FROM SUD
-h stu a the balances are ls snsa VA
here any others who x soa,s,P|snas
weighed or who will be would ": lii
here comes world,;u, Weighed
the scales. | can v vs,,, Hes
his whole life is mod ,s easily
dividends, percentages up Of.
days. buyer thirty ds avs' 3, "buyl
friend; get into thesas s. Get
weighed = weighed fos oa.liances
weighed for the life t 90 this il
IN! II! l ind I'M that the two t ara".
these goods?" and How by cal
sell them?' 1 find thot Nv dearl
ven because it is a aA' lame NE admir- d.
m9aey must be easy" A0 OF Cd
l md from talking with hin,
glon and the Sabbath ara nlm ii,
ton, a vulgar interru mt an int
hopes on the way to chn p.,pa' a
a new s,.. customer; All the - v W q
been weighing fruits, we,o TSeek
weighing ice, weighing coal sI'A 4.
CONNECTIONS, Weighing e wal; We Y,
perlshable commodities "orlay
ing the fact that he h hu'
been weighed. On you r''n s:l
balances. o worldlinp, G1 m;,, SD
full advantage. put on Will Will, q
the banking houses, all Tho s W
all the cargoes, all the ins y,Usea
pnnies. all the factories, all an!
all the gold, all the monar IN, IN,
the safety deposits-all on r raa
But 1T does not add one ons soa
the very moment we are COVE nve
you of your fine house and yo ssasa
income God and the angels 9 ot
IN regard to your soul, Vein
found wanting" ''Sae
But l must go faster and sno,,
final scrutiny. The fact is. mr :.
we are moving on amid astoundi.
a!ltles. These pulses which WI
drumming the march of life mor 81
while. call a halt. We walk W.
hung bridge over chasms. All u
us are dangers lurking ready 70
on us from ambush. We lie d.
night, not knowing whether W.
arise in the morning. We start
our occupations, not KNOWING ~
we shall come back. Crowns
FURNISHED for thy brow or bolts
for thy prison. Angels of lielt
to shout at thy deliverance. or I'll f.,
darkness stretching up skeleton
to pull thee down into ruin en-.
mate. Suddenly the judgment y
here. The angel, with one font !
sea and the other on the ]an3
swear by him that liveth foreys|
ever that time shall be no Longer:
hold, he cometh with clouds, and
eye shall see him." Hark to the \
Of the mountains. Why, this is NJ
ting down of the scales, the hail
And then there is flash as t|
cloud, but it is the glitterins /
shining balances, and they are MI
and all nations are to be weighed
nnforgiven get in on this side M
ances. They may have weighed !
selves and pronounced Hatterj1
cision. The world may have ve]
them and pronounced them moral
they are being weighed in God|
ances-the balances that can NAL
mistake. All the property gone, A
titles of distinction gone, all the so
successes gone; there is soul,
lutely nothing but q soul, an linn
soul, a never dying soul. II soul stgi
of all worldly advantage, soul
one side of the scales. On the
side the balances are wasted Sabl
disregarded sermons, ten tbousan
portunities of mercy and pardon
were cast aside. They are on the
side the scales, and there God S,
and in the presence of men and d
cherubim andarch-angel, He annou
while grooming earthquake, and q
ling contiagration, and jude
trumpet, and everlasting storm |
it: Weighed in the balances andi
wanting"
But, say some who are Chris
Certainly you don't mean to sa
We will have to get into the bala
Our sins are all pardoned, ourt
Heaven is secure. Certainly 70,
not going to put us in the balal
Yes, my brother. We must all a
before the judgment seat of Christ
on that day you are certainly 60
be weighed.
put on this side tho balances q
scepters of light, all the throl
power, all the crowns of glory.
light yet. But just at that point
the Son of God, comes up til
ances, and He puts one of His S
feet on your side, and the balanc
gin to culver and tremble from t
bottom. Then He puts both
scared feet on the balances. al
Christians side comes down y
stroke that sets all the bells of Il
ringing. That Rock of Ages b
than any other weight. i,
But, says the Christian, Am !
allowed to get off SO easily?" Yes. i
one should come and put on the
side the scales all your inperfe!
all your envies, all your jealousl
your Inconsistencies of life, they
not bulge the scales with Christ Q
side the scales. Go free! There
condemnation to them that are IN
Jesus. Chains broken, prison
opened, sins pardcned. 60
Weighed in the balances, and no
nothing wanting. ~.
Oh! what glorious hope. WI
accept it this day? Christ MAXI
for what you lack, Christ the atol
for all your sins. Who willaccep'
Will not this whole audience 81
am insufficient, I am a sinner,
by reason of my transgresslon
Christ has paid it all. My Lor'
my God, my life, my pardon, my Il
Lord Jesus, I hail thee" on!
could only understand the worth
sacrifice which I have represe,n
you under a figure-if you could
stand the worth of that sacrlhc
whole audience would this mome'
cept Christ and be saved.
We go away off, or back into u
to get some illustration by WI
may set forth what Christ has 40
us. We need not go SO far. sa'