The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

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feet measure. God recognizes IL. He
says to the recording angel: mark
down so many apples too fow-an jim.
perfect measure" We may cheat our
selves, and we may cheat the world. but
we cannot cheat God. and i'm the great
day of judgment IL will be found out
that what we learned in boyhood at
school is cQrrect-tLat 20 hundred
make a ton and 100 solid feet make a
cord of wood NO more. no less. And
a religion which does not take hold of
this life as well as the life 70 come is no
religion at an.
But. my friends, that IS not the style
Of balances am 20 speak of to-day:
that is not the kind of WEIGHTS and
measures. I am TO speak of that kind
of balances which weigh principles.
weigh churches. weigh men. weigh ma
tions and weigh words. "Whati" Won
say, "is il possible that our world is TO
be weighed?" Yes. Why. YOU would
think If God put on one side of the ball
ances suspended from the throne the
Alps and the pyrenccs and the IIima-
layasand Mount Washington andau the
cities of the earth they would crush it.
no, no. The time will come when God
viii sit down ON the white throne 10
see the world weighed. and ON one side
viii be the worlds opportunities and
on the other side the worlds sins.
Down will go the sins, and away will
go the opportunities, and God will say
10 the messengers with the torch:
BURN that world Weighed and found
wanting"
so God Will weigh churches. TIE takes
o great church. That church. great ac-
cording 90 tine worldly estimate. must
be weighed. lie puts If ON one side the
balances and the minister and the choir
and the building that cost its hundreds
of thousands of dollars. He puts them
ON one side the balances. On the other
side of the scale Tie puts what that
church ought to be. what it's consecra-
ton ought TO be. what its sympathy for
the poor ought to be. what its devotion
TO nL good ought 10 be. That is on
one side. That side comes down. and /
the church. not being able 10 stand the /
test, rises in the balance. It does not /
make any difference about your mag /
nitioent machinery. a church is built /
for one thiug-to save souls Tit saves /
a few souls when II might save multi
tude OF souls God VIII spcw 10 out of
His mouth. Weighed and found want
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So we perceive that God estimates ma
ions. How many times lie has put the
spanish monarchy into the scales and
ound it insufficient and condemned IL.
The French empire was placed on one
ide OF tho scales. and Cod weighed the
'rench empire, and Napoleon said:
Have ! not enlarged the boulevards?
Did / not kindle the glories Of the
'hamps Elysees2 Have / not adorned
he Tuilories2 Have I not built the
-ildod opera house?" Then God
Weighed the nation. and He put ON one
ide the scales the emperor, and the
and the Tuilcries. and the
homps Elysees, and the gilded opera
Ouse. and on the other side he puts
hat mans denominations. that mans
bertinism. that mans selhshness. that ]
ian's goddess ambition. This last
lme down. and all the brillancy of the (
Gene vanished. What is that voice {
oming up from Sedan? Weighed and {
,und wanting, T
But / must become more individual I
nd more personal in my address. Some s
'ople say they do not think clergvmen {
ight 20 be personal in their religious s
idress, but ought to deal with subjects T
the abstract. l DO not think that Il
ay. What would you think of q hunter
no should go 10 the Adirondacks 20 n
Oot deer in the abstract? All. no! 6
e loads his gun; he puts the butt Of il o
-ainst his breast, he runs his eve T.
ong the barrel, he takes sure aim, and q
en- crash go the antlers on the rocks! Il
I'd so, if we want TO be hunters for {
e Lord. we must take sure dim and r.
e. Not in the abstract are we to treat a.
ings in religious discussions. If n
ysician comes into a sick room. does q,
treat disease i'm the abstract? No; n.
feels the pulse. makes the diagnosis. o.
on ne writes the prescription. And. 4,
we want TO heal souls for this life and In
e life 70 come, we do not want 10 treat ST
em in the abstract The fact is. You N
q have a malady which. if uncured ci
grace. viii kin us forever. Where is 60
? balm? Where is the physician? h,
Still the balances are suspended. Are m
re any others who would like to be .1e
ighed or who will be weighed? Yes: or
e comes a wording. lie gets into ri
scales. ! can very easily see what Nm
whole life is made up of. Stocks. IN
idends. percentages. buyer ten an
rs" buyer 30 days" "Get in my Cl
md; get into those balances and be
ghed- weighed for this life and pc
ghod FOR the life 10 come" lie gets sci
I find that the two great questions ",
his life are: "How cheaply can buy be
Sc goodsg and GLOW dearly can / Tn
them?' ! find he admircs Heaven tw
ause il is land of gold and money da
ST be easy find, from talking dei
b him. that religion and the Sabbath a s
an interruption, a vulgar Interrupt az
}, and he hopes on the way TO church rui
drum up new customer. All the VIII
k he has been weighing fruits. hin
Ching meats, weighing ice, weigh we
Goals. weighing confectious. weigh cal
worldly and perishable commodi- 9th
not realizing the fact that he him Chi
has been weighed. "On your side red