The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-22
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rmotn Gel0pd, pus - Ii tpe glitter OF ,rne
shining balanced, and they are hoisted,
ana Ill nations Ars 10 ba weighed. The
unforgivsn got IN on this side the balances.
They msy have weighed themselves and
pronounced hatterinG decision, The
world may have weighed them and pro.
nounced them moral. Now they are being
weighed In Gods balancesAthe balances
that can make no mistake, All the prop
orty gone, all the titles Of distinction gone,
all the worldly suocesses gone, there is
soul, absolutely nothing but soul, an I'M
mortal soul, . never dying soul, . soul
stripped of all worldly Advantages soul
on one side the scales. On the other side
tho balances are wasted 6abbaths, disre-
garded sermons, 10000 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, cherubiin and archangel,
he announces, while grooming earthquake
and cracking confagration and Judgment
trumpet and everlasting storm repeat 1t,
weighed and found wanting"
All Must he weighed.
But say some who arc Christians:
Certainly you don't mean to say that we
will have to get into the balancesp Our
sins are oil pardoned; our title to heaven
Is secure. Certainly you arc not going to
put us in the balancesp' Eyes, my BROTH
or, we must all appear before the judg.
ment 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 into the balances. You get In
on this side. On the other side the bal
ances we will place all the opportunities
Of good which you did not improve, all
the attachments In piety which you might
have had, but which you refused to take.
We place them all on the other side. They
90 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 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! Como,
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 DO saved. They
come and they get In the scales. Too light
yet! Come, the martyrs, tho Latimers,
the Wyclifs, the men who suffered at tile
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 I put on
this side tho balances all the sceptcrs Of
light, all the thrones of power all the
crowns Of glory. Too light yeti But just
at that point Jesus, the Son Of God, comes
up to the balances, and he puts one Of his
SCARED feet on your side, and the balances
begin to trernble from top to bottom.
Then he puts both Of his SCARED feet on
the balances, and the Christians side
comes down with stroke that sets all the
bells Of heaven ringing. That Rock Of
Ages heavier than any other weight!
Christ Outweighs All.
But says the Christian, cam to be al
lowed to get off SO easily?" Yes. If some
one should come and put on the other side
the scales all your imperfections, all your
envies, all your jealousies, all your ineon-
sstencies of life, they would not badge
the scales with Christ on your side the
scales. Go free! There is no condcmna.
tion to them that arc in Christ Jesus.
Chains broken, prison houses opened, sins
~, ~, ;p fIo b,1
ances and nothing, nothing wanted. Oh,
what a glorious hope! Will you accept II
this day? Christ making up for what you
lack. Christ the atonement for all your
sins. Who will accept hima Will not this
whole audience say; II am insufficient,
nm sinner, am lost by reason Of my
transgressions, but Christ has paid it all.
My Lord and my God, my life, my par
don, my heaven. Lord Jesus, hail thee!"
Oh, If you could only understand tho
worth of that sacrifice which have repre- =.
scented to you under afguIe-if you could
understand the worth of that sacrifice,
this whole audience would this moment
accept Christ and be saved.
We 20 away off or back into history to
get some illustration by which we may set
forth what Christ has done for u.s. We
need not go so far. l saw vehicle behind
a runaway horse dashing through the
street, mother and her two children in
the carriage. The horse dashed along as
though to hurl them to death, and o
mounted policeman, with shout clearing
the way, and the horse at full run, at
tempted to seize those runaway horses to
.savc calamity, when his own horse fell
tx,v-
half dead. Why were our sympathies so
stirred9 Because no 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 rescue
and rode down the sky and rode unto
death for our rescue. Arc not your hearts
touchedp That was sacrifice for you
and me. o thou who didst ride on the
red horse of sacrifice, come and rido
through this world on the white horse Of
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