Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-05-27

Scit tnen md ne aotnlrcS Heaven
because a is land of gold and money
must be easy" find. from talking
with him. that religion and the sabbath
are an Interruption. a vulgar intcrrup-
ton. and he hopes on the way 60 church
10 drum Up new customcrs An the
week he has been weighing fruits.
ws'gaiug meats. weighing ice. weigh
lu- Goals. weighing confections. WEIGH
irE worldly and rerishable conmodi-
ties. not rcalizing the fact that he him
seii nss been weighed .'On vour side
TIE o"iauces. wording, / will give
%ou lui advantage. put on your side
ah the banking houses. All the store
houses, al the carCoes. all the insur-
ance companies. all the factories. All
the silver. al the gold. an the money
vaults. al the safe deposits-aii n ON vo,r
side cut il does not add one ounce. for
at the very moment we arc congr,t,,-
iatiRg You on your fine house and uoon
your prncely income God and the
an-eis are writing in regard 70 vour
scul. Weighed and found vautine.'~
Srdacrly the Judgment will be here
The angel, with one foot on the sen AMI
the other foot on the land. Will swear
10y Him that Iycth forever and ever
chat time shall be no longer. ~BehoId.
lie comcth with clouds. and every eve
shall see Him." Hark TO the iarring OF
the mountains. WHY. that IS the set
ting down OF the scales. the balances.
And then there is flash IS II from
cloud. but 10 is the glitter OF the shin
ing balance. and they are hoisted. and
an nations are 90 be weighed. The un-
forgiven get out on this side the bal
onces. They must have weighed them
selves and pronounced tatterinr de-
cision. The world may have weighed
thea 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 a soul
absolutely nothing but a soul. an inn
mortal soul. dying soul. soul
stripped OF all worldly adyantages-a
soul on one side of the scales. ON the
other side the balances are wasted sab
baths tisre garded sermons. 10000 op-
per. .unities OF mercy and pardon that
were east aside. they are on the other
side.O4 thc scales. and there God stands.
ana. i'm the presence of men and devils.
cherubim and archangel. he announces.
while groaning earthquake and crack
ling eonhagration and Judgment trum-
pet and everlasting storm repeat il.
weighed and io4nd wanting
But say some who are Christians:
Certainly YOU don't mean TO say that
We VIII have TO 20 into the balances?
Our SINS are all fardoncd; our title 10
Heaven is secure. Certainly YOU are
not going TO put us in the balances
Yes. my brother. we must all appear
before the Judgment seatof Christ. and
on that day you are going 70 be
weighed. Oh. follower OF Christ, YOU
get into the balances. The bell OF the
Judgment is ringing. You must get in
10 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 picty which you might
have had, but which YOU refused 20
take. We place them all on the other
side. They go down. and your soul
rises in the scale. Nou cannot weigh
against all those impepfections. Wen.
then, we must give YOU the advantage.
and on your side the scale We viii place
aA the good deeds YOU have ever done
and all the KIND words YOU have sver
uttered. Too light yet Well. we must
put on your side all the consecration OF
your Efe, 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 Of the scales. Come.
Fayson aud Doddridge and Baxter, get
in on that side the scales and make
them come down, that this righteous
one m-y be saved They come and they
get IN the scales. Too light vet. Come,
the martyrs, the Latimers. the Wycliffs.
the men who suffered at the stake for
Christ. Get in on this shie the Christian
balances and see If you cannot help him
weight il Alright. They come and get
II. 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! put on
this side the balances all the scepters of I
light, all the thrones of power, All the
crowns of glory. Too light yeti But
just at that point Jesus, Son Of God.
comes up 10 the balances. and He outs
one Of His sacred feet on your side. and
the balances begin to tremble from ton
70 bottom. Then He puts both of His
sacred feet on the balances. and the
christians side comes down with a
So rr.Lr. = -