The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-22


so-ws pafosIyss that God estimates ma
StionA How many times be has put the
Spanish monarchy into the scales and
found II Insufficient and condemned 1T
The French empire was placed on one side
Of tho scales, and God weighed the French
empire, and Napoleon said: Have not
enlarged the boulevsrdsi Did ] not kin
die the glories Of the Champs Elyseesr
Have not adorned tho Tuileriesf Have
not built the gildsd opera house" Then
God weighed the nation, and he put on
one side the scales the emperor, and tho
boulevards, and the Tuileries, and the
Champ Elysees, and the gilded opera
house, and on the other side he puts that
man g denominations, that mans libertin-
Ism, that mans selfshness, that mans
goddess ambition. This last came down,
and all the brilliancy Of the scene van
ished. What is that voice coming up from
1edanf Weighed and found wantingl
Personal Application.
But must become more individual and
more personal In my address Some peo-
pie say they do not think clergylnen ought
to be personal In their religious address,
but ought to deal with subjects In the ab-
stract. do not think that way. What
would you think Of b hunter who should
70 to the Adirondacks to shoot deer In the
abstrActs. All, mol He loads the gun; he
puts the butt Of 1t against his breast, he
runs his eye along the barrel, he takes
sure aim, and then crash 60 the antlers on
the rocks! And 30, II we want to be
hunters for the Lord, we must take sure
ain, and fire. Not in the abstract are we
to treat things in religious discussions, II
. physician comes into sickroom, does
be treat disease In the abstractp No; he
feels tho pulse, makes the diagnosis, then
ne writes the prescription: Ana, II We
want 10 neal sous ior thls NE ana Che ine
70 come, we 10 not want 10 'reao oneih IN
ehc abstract. me TACT is, you ana nave
maiady winch, II INQUIRED py grace VIII
xii us forever. now want no apstrac-
tion. where 10 the bailnF "here Is the
physicianf
People say there 70 day OF Judgment
coming. MY friends, every DAY Is Gay
Of Judgment, and you and today are be-
Ing canyassed, Inspected, weighed. Here
are the balances OF the sanctuary. Ihey
are lifted, and we must all be weighed.
Who will come and be weighed frstS Here
tsa moraiist who volunteers. he Is one
Of the most upright men In the country.
He comes. Well, my brother, get in-get
Into the balances now, and be weighed"
But az he gets into the balances say,
WHAT Is that bundle You have along with
your" "Oh, no says, THAT Is my repu-
tation for goodness and kindness ana
charity and generosity and kindness
generally" "Oh, my brother, we cannot
weigh that; we are going to weigh YOU
you. Now stand in the scaies-you, the
moralist Paid your debtsf' Yes" you
say, paid all my debts Have you
acted in an upright way In the communi-
TYP" Eyes, yes. "Haye you Keen Kind
to the poor9 Are you faithful in a thou
sand relations In lifef' Yes. SO far,
80 good. But now, before you get out Of
this scale, want to ask you two or three
questions. Have your thoughts always
down one mark. "Have you loved the
Lord with all Your heart and soul and
mind and strength" mo, - you say. Make
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