The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
FARMyHLE, YA~ FRIDAY. AUGUST IS. 1899.

the other foot on the land, will swear
10y Him that liveth forever and ever
that time shall be no longer: behold
He cometh 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 as If from q
cloud, but il 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 fatterine de-
cision. The world may have weighed
them and pronounced them moral.
Now they are being weighed I'm Gods
0alanccs-thc balances that can make
no mistake. An The property gone. all
the titles and distinction gone. an the
worldly successes gone, there is "a soul.
absolutely nothing but soul. an im-
mortal soul, dying soul a soul
stripped of all worldly udyantages-a
soul on one side of the scales. On the
other side the balances are wasted Sab
baths. disrcgardcd sermons. 10000 op-
portunities of mercy and pardon that
were cast aside. They are ON the other
side OF the scales. and there God stands.
and, In the presence of men and devils.
cherubim and archangcl, he announces.
while groaning earthquake and crack
ling eoniiagration and Judgment trum-
pet and everlasting storm repeat il:
Weighed and found wanting"
But say some who are Christians:
certainly you don't mean 10 say that
we will have 10 go into the balances?
Our sins are ala pardoucd; our title 10
Heaven Is secure. Certainly YOU are
not going to put us i'm the balances?" 7.
Yes, my brother, we must all appear I
before the Judgment seat of Christ, and .
on that day you are going TO be .
weighed. on, follower of Christ. Won
get into the balances. The bell Of the
Judgment is ringing You must get i'm.
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 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. 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 ever
uttered. Too light yet. Wen. we must
put on your side all the conservation of
your life, al the holiness OF your life.
all the prayers OF your life, all the faith
of your Christian life Too light yeU
Come mighty men of The past, and get
in on that side Of the scales Come.
Payson and Doddridge and Baxter, get
Ia on that side the scales and make
them come down. that this righteous
one may be saved. They come md they
get In the scales. Too lightyctl Come.
the martyrs. the Latimers. the Wyclins,
Tho men who suffered nj the stake for
Christ. Get ON this side the Christian !,
balances and see If you cannot help him
weight it Alright. They come and get
N. Too light. Come, angels Of God on "
high Let not the righteous perish with :,
he wicked. They get in on this side y
.he balances. Too light yeti put on u
his side the balances al the scepters Of "
light, oil the thrones Of power, al the - -
rowns of glory. Too light yeti But y.
ust at that point Jesus, Son Of God. "
omes up 10 the balances, and lie puts
ne Of His sacred feet on your side, and ~
he balances begin 10 tremble from top ~
o bottom. Then Tie puts both Of His y,
acred feet on the balances. and the "
hristian's side comes down with a ~
troke that sets all the bells Of Heaven
nging. That Rock Of Ages heavier
IAN any other weight
But says the Christian; "Am 10 be 4
nowed TO get off so easily?" Yes II
)me one should come and put on the
ther side Of the scales all your imper-
'ctions. all your envies, all your jeal-
lsies, all your Inconsistencies Of life. =,
ley would not bulge the scales with 'u'
hrist on your side the scales Go freei y,
here is no condemnation 10 them that -
'e in Jesus Christ Chains broken. s' p
-ison houses opened. sins pardoned. ~
} free. Weighed in the balances and
othing, nothing wanted. Oh. what a ''i'
orious hope. VIII YOU accept 10 this y,
W? Christ making up for what You ~
ck. Christ the atonement for all your 'i'
ms. Who viii accept him? VIII not
Is whole audience say: 81 am INSULT res
snt, ! am a sinner. I am lost by rea- am
n Of my transgrossi0ns. but Christ
IS paid II all. My Lord and my God. VIII
y life, my pardon. my Heaven. Lord nov
sus, ] hail Thee," Oh. If You could the
lv understand the worth ~ ,bo+ soo- wo
ice which have represented 10 You
der a fgure-ifyou could understand out
e worth Of that sacrifice. this whole and
dience would this moment accent ="
rist and be saved. LAM
We go away o y or bacl, into history 10 is T
some illustration by which we NAV "
forth what Christ has done for ms. cas-
need not go so far. / saw q vehicle
iind q runaway horse dashinQ ben
-ough the street. a mother and her true
children in the carriage. The horse
she'd along as though 70 hurl them 10 con
lth' and a mounted policeman. with fare
hout clearing the way. and the horse
fun run. attempted 10 seize those
laway horses 10 save calamity. w
en- his own horse fcll and rolled over TO @
D. He was picked up halfdeod. Why swift