Connecticut western news., 1899-05-25

AIDS ana the fyrenees dEu lDe llInh layas and Mount Washington and all the cities of the earth they would crush it No, mol The time will come when God will sit down on the white throne to see the world weighed, and on one side will be the worlds opportunities and on the other side the worlds sins Down will go the sins and away will go the opportunities and God will say to the messengers with the torch Burn that world Weighed and found wantingl"
 So God will weigh churches. He takes a great church That church, great ac- cording to the worldly estimate, must be weighed. He puts it on one side the balances and the minister and the choir and the building that cost its hundreds of thousands of dollars. He puts them on one side the balances. On the other side of the scale he puts what that church ought to be, what its consecra tion ought to be, what it's sympathy for the poor ought to be, what it's devotion to all good ought to be. That is on one side That side comes down, and the church. not being able to stand the test rises in the balances It does not make any difference about your magnificent machinery A church is built for one thing-to save souls. If it saves few souls when it might save multitude of souls, God will spew it out of his mouth Weighed and found wantingi
 A Malady to Re Cured.
 So we perceive that God estimates nations How many times he has put the Spanish monarchy into the scales and found it insufficient and condemned itl The French empire was placed on one side of the scales. and God weighed the French empire. and Napoleon said Have l not enlarged the boulevards Did l not kindle the glories of the Champs Elysees2 Have I not adorned the Tuileries2 Have I not built the gilded opera housef' Then God weigh ed the nation. and he put on one side the scales the emperor and the boule- wards and the Tuileries and the Champs Elysees and the gilded opera house, and on the other side he puts that mans abominaticns, that mans libertinism that mans selfishness, that mans god less ambition. This last came down and all the brilliancy of the scene van ished What is that voice coming up from SedanS Weighed and found want ing
 But must become more individual and more personal in my address. Some people say they do not think clergymen ought to be personal in their religious address. but ought to deal with subjects in the abstract 1 do not think that way. What would you think of hunter who should go to the Adirondacks to shoot deer in the abstract2 An, mol He loads the gun; he puts the butt of it against his breast, he runs his eye along the barrel, he takes sure aim, and then crash go the antlers on the rocksl And SO. if we want to be hunters for the Lord, we must take sure aim and fire Not in the abstract are we to treat things in religious discussions If a physician comes into sickroom, does he treat disease in the abstractf No He feels the pulse, takes the diagnosis, then he writes the prescription. And if we want to heal souls for this life and the life to come, we do not want to treat them in the abstract. The fact is you and have malady which, if un- cured by grace. will kill us forever Now, I want no abstraction. Where is the balm9 Where is the physicianf
 Striking n Balance.
 People say there is a day of judg- ment coming. My friends, every day is u day of judgment. and you and to day are being canvassed, inspected weighed. Here are the balances of the sanctuary. They are lifted. and we must all be weighed Who will come and be weighed first 2 Here is moral ist who volunteers. He is one of the most upright men in the country He comes. "Well. my brother, get in--get into the balances now and be weighed.
 But as he gets into the balances say. "What is that bundle you have along with you?" "Oh. he says. "that is my reputation for goodness and kindness and charity and generosity and kindli- ness generally" "Oh, my brother, we cannot weigh that We are going to weigh you-you. Now stand in the scales-you, the moralist. Paid your debts2' "Yes," you say, "paid all my debts. " Have you acted in an up right way in the community" "Yes, yes "Have you been kind to the poor Are you faithful in thousand relations in lifef" "Yes- !" "So far, so good. But now, before you get out of this scale want to ask you two or three questions Have your thoughts always been right "No," you say; mo Put down one mark. Have you loved the Lord with all your heart and soul and mind and strength f' "No," you say Make another mark. '.Come now, be frank and confess that in 10, 900 things you have come short, have you not 2" "Yes. |" Make 10, 900 marks Come now get me book large enough to make the record of the moralist' s deficits. My brother, stand in the scales, do not fly away from them. I put on your side the scales all the good deeds you ever did, all the kind words you ever ut tered. But on the other side the scales l put this weight which God says l must put thereon the other side the scales and opposite to yours put this weight, "By the deeds of the law shall no flesh living be justified" Weighed and found wantingl
 Creeds Won't Save.
 Still, the balances of the sanctuary are suspended and we are ready to weigh any who come Who shall be the next2 Well, here is a formalist. He comes and he gets into the balances, and as he gets in see that all his re- ligion Is in genufeetions and in outward observances. As he gets into the scales I say, "What is that you have in this pocketf" "Ohl" he says, "that is a Westminster assembly catechism." l say: "Very good. What have you in the other pocket 2" "OhI" he says, ''that is the Heidelberg catechism. !" ''Very good. What is that you have nnder your arm, standing in this bal ance of the sanctuary?" "Ohp' he says, "that is church record. "Very