The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-17


by Him that liveth forever and ever
that time shall be no longer: Behold,
He cometh with clouds, and every eye
shall see Him." Hark to the jarring of
the mountains. Why, that is the set
ting down of the scales, the balances.
And then there is fash as if from
cloud, but it is the glitter of the shin
ing balances, and they are hoisted, and
all nations are to be weighed. The I'M
forgiven get out on this side the bal
ances. They must have weighed them
selves and pronounced flattering de-
cision. The world may have weighed
them 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 soul,
absolutely nothing but soul, an i'm
mortal soui, a dying soul, a soul
stripped of AL worldly advantages-a
soul on one side of the scales. On the
other side the balances are wasted Sab
baths, disregarded 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 archangel, he announces,
while grooming earthquake and crack
ling conflagration and judgment trum-
pet and everlasting storm repeat ID.
weighed and found wanting"
But say some who are Christians
Certainly you don't mean to say that
we will have to go into the balances?
Our sins are all pardoned; our title to
Heaven is secure. Certainly you are
not going to put us in the balances?"
Yes, my brother, we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ, and
on that day you are going to be
weighed. Oh, follower of Christ, you
get into the balances! The bell of the
judgment is ringing. You must get in
to 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. 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 light yeti 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 of 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 lightyct! Come,
the martyrs, the Latimers, the Wycliffs,
the men who suffered at the stake for
Christ. Get in on this side the Christian
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 yet! But
just at that point Jesus, Son of God
comes up to the balances, and He puts
one of His sacred feet on your side, and
the balances begin to tremble from TOP
| to bottom. Then He puts both of His
sacred feet on the balances, and the
Christians side comes down with O
stroke that sets all the bells of Heaven
ringing. That Rock of Ages heavier
than any other weight!
But says the Christian: "Am to be
allowed to get off so easily?" Yes. II
some one should come and put on the
other side of the scales all your imper-
fections, all your envies, all your jeal
ousies, 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 thai
are in Jesus Christ. Chains broken
prison houses opened, sins pardoned
Go free Weighed in the balances ant
nothing, nothing wanted. Oh, what &
glorious hope! Will you accept it thi!
day? Christ making up for what yor
lack. Christ the atonement for all YOU
sins. Who will accept him? Will moi
this whole audience say: II am INSULT
son of my transgressions, but Chris
has paid it all. Ny Lord and my God
my life, my pardon, my Heaven. Lore
Jesus, hail Thee!" Oh, if you coult
only understand the worth of that sac
rifice which have represented to 20,
under figure-if you could understand
the worth of that sacrifice, this Who'll,
audience would this moment accep
Christ and be saved.
| We go away off or back into history I,
get some illustration by which we ma,
set forth what Christ has done for us
We need not go so far. saw a vehicl,
behind runaway horse dashin.
through the street, mother and he
two children in the carriage. The hors,
dashed along as though to hurl them I,