Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-05-26
CANNOT CHEAT GOD.
HE WILL WEIGH OUR ACTS WITH PER-
Feet BALANCES.
Opportunities Shall BE Measured
Against Slns-Dr. Talmngc says We
Shall BE Held Personally RespOnsi-
bic For Our shortcomings.


Against SIns-Dr. TaImnGc says We
Shall BE Held Personally RespOnsI-
bic For Our shortcomings.
copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1891
WASHINGTON. May 21.-In these days
of moral awakening this pointed ser
mon by DR.. Talmage on personal re-
sponsibility before God will be read
with deep and solemn interest; text,
Daniel V. 81. "Thou art weighed in
the balance and art found wanting
Babylon was the paradise Of archi-
lecture, and driven ont from thence
the grandest buildings of modern times
are only the evidence Of her fall. The
site having been selected for the city
Q. 900. 600 men were employed in the
rearing Of her walls and the building
of her works 1t was a city 60 miles in
circumference. There was a trench all
around the city. from which the ma
terial for the building of the city had
been digged. Thee were % gates on
each side of the city; between every
two gates a tower Of defense springing
into the skies; from each gate on the
one side. street running straight
through to the ponding gate on
the other side, so that there were 90
streets ; miles long. Through the city
ran a branch of the river Euphrates
This river sometimes overfiowed Its
banks. and, to keep ii from running the
CITY. a lake was constructed into which
the surplus water of the river would
run during the time of freshets, and
the water was kept in this artificial
lake until time Of drought, and then
this water would stream down over the
CITY. At either end Of the bridge span
ming this Euphrates there was palace
the one palace a mile and a half
around. the other palace seven and a
half miles around.
The wife Of NebuchadneZzar had been
born and brought up in the country
and in a mountainous region, and she
could not bear this fat district OF
Babylon, and so, TO please his wife,
Nebuchadnezgar built in the midst OF
the city mountain 400 feet high. This
mountain was built cut into terraces
supported on arches On the top OF
these arches a layer Of fat stones, on
the top Of that layer Of reeds and
bitumen, on the top of that two layers
Of bricks closely cemented. on the TOP
of that a heavy sheet Of lead, and on
the ton of that the soil placed-the soil
so deep that Lebanon cedar had room
10 anchor its roots. There were pump;
worked by mighty machinery, fetching
M the water from the Euphrates tC
this hanging garden. as it was called
so that there were fountains spoutine
into the sky. Standing below and look
ing up. it must have seemed as II tn'
clouds were in blossom. or as thongf
the sky leaned on the shoulder OF
cedar. All this Nebuchadnezzar did u
please his wife. Well. she ought Il
have been pleased. suppose she wal
pleased. If that would not please her
nothing would. There was in that city
| also the lelnlle ol otihos wan 80
one tower the eighth of a mile high' II
which there was an observatory wher'
astronomers talked to the stars. Their
was in that temple an image. just on
image, which would cost what woul'
be our $50. 900. 900.
Found Wanting.
Oh, what a ethyl The earth neve
saw anything like it, never will Sc
anything like it, and yet have to tel
YOU that it Is going TO be destroyed
The king and his princes are at feast
They are all intoxicated. Pour out IN
rich wine into the chalieesl Drink .
the health Of the kingl Drink to tn
glory of Babylonl Drink to a great IN
turel A thousand lords reel intoxicated
} The king seated upon chair. with va
cant look. as intoxicated men will
With vacant look stared at the wall