Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-26
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Before the Judge.

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Before the Judge.
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 liyeth forever and ever that
time shall be no longer Behold. he
cometh with clouds. and every eye shall
see him. bark to the jarring of the
mountains Why. that is the setting
down of the scales. the balances. And
then there is fash as if from a cloud,
but it is the glitter Of the shining bal
ances, and they are hoisted, and all ma
tions are to be weighed The unforgiven
get in on this side the balances. They
may have weighed themselves and pro-
nounced a fattering decision. The
world may have weighed them and pro-
nounced them moral. Now they are
being weighed in Gods balances-the
balances that can make no mistake. All
the property gone all the titles Of dis
tinction gone. all the worldly successes
some. There is a soul. absolutely moth
ing but a soul. an immortal soul, new
er dying soul, a soul stripped Of all
worldly advantages, a soul on one side
the scales. On the other side the bal
ances are wasted Sabbaths, disregarded
sermons. 1000 opportunities Of mercy
and pardon that were cast aside. They
are on the other side the scales, and
there God stands. and in the presence
Of men and devils cherubim and arch
angel he announces. while groaning
earthquake and cracking confagration
and Judgment trumpet and everlasting
storm repeat it. weighed and found
wantingp'
In the Scales.
But, say some who are Christians;
Certainly you don't mean to say that
we will have to get into the balances2
Our sins are all pardoned, our title to
heaven is secure Certainly you are not
going to put us in the balancesr'
"Yes, my brother We must all appear
before the Judgment seat of Christ, and
on that day you are going to be weigh
cd. Oh. follower Of Christ you get into
the balances. The bell Of the judgment
Is ringing. You must get into the bal
ances. 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 attainments in
piety which you might have had, but
which you refused to take. We place
them all on the other side. They go
down, and your soul rises in the scale.
You cannot weigh against all those i'm
perfections. 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 hight
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 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 Latl-
mers, the Wyclifs, the men who sut-
fered at the stake for Christ. Get in on
this side the Christians 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 put on this
side the balances all the scepters OF
light, all the thrones Of power, all the
crowns of glory Too light yeti But
Just at that point, Jesus, the Son or
God. comes up TO the balances. and be
puts one Of his SCARED feet on your
side. and the balances begin to tremble
from top to bottom. Then he puts both
of his SCARED 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
A Glorious Hope.
But says the Christian, "Am / TO be
allowed to get of so easilyf" Yes. II
some one should come and put on the
other side the scales all your imperfec-
tions, all your envies all your jealous
les. 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
Christ Jesus. Chains broken, prison
houses opened, sins pardoned. Go free
Weighed in the balances and nothing.
nothing wanted. Oh, what a glorious
hopel Will you accept it this day !
Christ making up for what you lack.
Christ the atonement for all your Sins
Who will accept him1 Will not this
whole audience say; IL am insufficient,
lam sinner. | am lost by reason OK
nv transgressions but Christ has paid
it all. My Lord and my God, my life,
nv pardon. my heaven. Lord Jesus, l
hail theev" Oh, If you could only un-
derstand the worth of that sacrifice
which have represented to you under
a igure-if you could understand tic
worth Of that sacrifice this whole au-
diepce would this moment accept Christ
and be saved.
We 90 away off or back into history
TO get some illustration by which we
NAV set forth what Christ has dops for
MS. We need not 90 so far ] saw =
vehicle behind a runaway horse dash
ing through the street. q mother ana
her two children in the carriage. The
horse dashed along as though to haul
them to death. and mounted police
man, with a shout clearing ths way ana
the horse at full run. attempted 10 seize
those runaway horses 10 save calam-
ity. when his own horse fell and rolled
over him. He was picked mp half dead.
Why were our sympathies so stirred
Because he was badly hurt and hurt for
others But / tell you today OF how
: Christ. the Son Of God. on the blood
red horse Of sacrifice, came for our res
cue and rode down the sky and rods