St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-24


friend; get into those balances and b.
weighed-weighed for this life ant
weighed for the life to come" He get
in. find that the two great question.
in his life are: 'How cheaply can buy
these goods?" and 'IIow dearly can
sell them?" I find he admires HEAVIER
because it is land of gold and money
: must be ''easy." l find, from talking
| with him, that religion and the Sabbath
are an interruption, vulgar Interrupt
ton, and he hopes on the way to church
| to drum up a new customer! All the
week he has been weighing fruits
weighing meats, weighing ice, weigh
ing Goals, weighing CONNECTIONS, weigh
ing worldly and perishable commodi
ties, not realizing the fact that he him
self has been weighed. ION your side
the balances, o worldling! will give
ysu full advantage. Iput on your side
all the banking houses, all the store
houses, all the cargoes, all the insur
ance companies, all the factories, all
the silver, all the gold, all the money
vaults, all the safe deposits-allo on your
side. But it does not add one ounce, for
at the very moment we are congratu-
lating you on your fine house and upon
your princely income God and the
angels are writing in regard to your
soul: Weighed and found wanting!'"
Suddenly the judgment will be here.
The angel, with one foot on the sea and
the other foot on the land, will swear
by Him that liveth forever and ever
| that time shall be no longer: Behold,
He cometh with clouds, and every eye
shall see Him." Hank to the jarring of
The mountains. Why, that is the set
ling down of the scales, the balances.
And then there is flash as if from a
cloud, but it is the glitter of the shin
ing balances, and they are hoisted, and
all nations are to be weighed. The un-
forgiven get out on this side the bal
ances. They must have weighed them
selves and pronounced dattering de-
cision. The world may have weighed
them and pronounced them moral
Now they are being weighed in Gods
balances-the balances that can make
no mistake. All the property gone, all
the titles and distinction gone, all the
worldly successes gone, there is soul,
absolutely nothing but soul, an i'm
mortal soul, dying soul, a soul
stripped Of all worldly Advantages
soul on one side OF the scales. On the
other side the balances are wasted Sab
baths. disregarded sermons, 10000 op-
portunities of mercy and pardon that
were cast aside. They are on the other
side Of the scales, end there God stands,
and, in the presence of men and devils,
cherubim and archangel, he announces,
while groaning earthquake and crack
ling conflagration and judgment'trum-
pet and everlasting storm repeat it:
Weighed and found wanting"
But say some who are Christians:
Certainly you don't mean to say that
we will have to 60 into the balances?
Our sins are all pardoned; our title to
Heaven is secure. Certainly you are
not going to put US in the balances?"
Yes, my brother, we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ. and
on that day you are going to be
weighed. Oh. follower of Christ, you
get into the balances. The bell of the
judgment is ringing. You must get in
to the balances. You get in on this side.
On the other side the balances we will
place all the opportunities of good
which you did not improve, all the at
tainments in piety which you might
have had, but which you refused to
take. We place them all on the other
side. They 60 down, and your soul
rises in the scale. You cannot weigh
against all those imperfections. Well,
then, we must give you the advantage,
and on your side the scale we will place
all the good deeds you have ever done
and all the kind words you have ever
uttered. Too light yet! 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 yet!
Come, mighty men of the past, and get
in on that side of 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 yet! Come,
the martyrs, the Latimers, the Wycliffs,
the men who suffered at the stake for
Christ. Get in on this side the Christian
balances and see if you cannot help him
weight it Alright. They come and get
in. Too light. Come, angels of God on
high. Let not the righteous perish with
the wicked. They get in on this side
the balances. Too light yet! Iput on
this side the balances all the scepters of
light, all the thrones of power, all the
crowns of glory. Too light yet! But
just at that point Jesus, Son of God,
comes up to the balances, and He puts
one of His sacred feet on your side, and |
the balances begin to tremble from top
to bottom. Then He puts both of His |
sacred feet on the balances, and the
Christians side comes down with a |
stroke that sets all the bells of Heaven |
ringing. That Rock of Ages heavier |
than any other weight!
But says the Christian: "Am to be |
allowed to get off SO easily?" Yes. If
some one should come and put ON the |
other side of the scales all your imper-
fections, all your envies. all your jeal-
ousies. all your inconsistencies of life,
they would not bulge the scales with |
Christ on your side the scales. Go free! |
There is no condemnation to them that |
are in Jesus Christ. Chains broken,
prison houses opened. sins pardoned.
90 free. Weighed in the balances and
nothing wanted. Oh, what a
glorious hope! Will you accept it this
lay? Christ making up for what you
lack. Christ the atonement for all your
sins. Who will accept him? Will not |
this whole audience say: II am INSULT
rient, am sinner, am lost by rea-
son Of my transgressions, but Christ
has paid it all. My Lord and my God,
my life. my pardon, my Heaven. Lord
Jesus, ! hail Thee!" Oh, If you could
only understand the worth of that sac
rifice which have represented to you
lnder figure-if you could understand
The worth of that sacrifice, this whole
audience would this moment accept
Christ and be saved.