Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-05-20

7ou have all the crceds, all the church
~tcorsis. all the Christian conventions that
were ever held, all the communion tables
shat were ever built. on your side the
balances On the other side the balances
I must put what God says | must put
there ! put this million pound weight
on the other side the balances. Having
the form of godlincss. hut denying the
power thereof Weighed and found
wanting
still the balances are suspended Are
there any others who would like TO be
weighed or who will be wcighcdy Yes:
here comes u worldlng. He gets into the
scales. I can very easily see what his
whole life is made up Of stocks divi-
dcnds, percentages, buyer ten days,
buyer 30 days Get in my friend:
get into these balances and hc weighed
weighed for this life and weighed for the
life to come" He gets in. I find that the
two great questions In his life are: How
cheaply can l buy these goods and
How dearly can | sell Them find he
admireS heaven because IL is land ~
gold, and money must be easy. | find,
from talking with him. that religion and
the Sabbath are an interruption. "a vulgar
interruption. and he hopes on the way Ia
Ihurch 10 drum up "A new customer, All
the week he has been weighing fruits,
weighing meats. weighing ice. weighing
roals weighing CONNECTIONS weighing
worldly and perishablc commodities, not
realizing the fact that he himself has been
weighed ION your side the balances, q
worldlingl I will give you full advan-
tage put ON your side all the banking
houses all the storchouscs. all the cart,ocs.
all the insurance companies. all the fnc-
tories. all the silver. all the gold. all the
money vaults. all the safe deposits all on
your side But IL does not add one ounce,
for NJ the very moment we are cungratu-
lating you on your fine house and upon
your princcly income God and The angels
are writing in regard to your soul,
| Weighed and found wanting
The First scrutiny.
But must go faster and speak of the
final scrutiny The fact j., my friends. We
ars moving on amid astounding realities.
These pulses which now are drumming
the march of life may after awhile call n
halt. We walk on hair hung bridge
over chasns. All around us are dangers
lurking. ready tn spring ON us from am
bush We lie down AT night. not knowing
whether we shall arise In the morning
We start out for our occupation. not know
ing whether we shall come back-crowns
being FURNISHED for thy brow or bolts
forged for thy prison: angels of light
ready to shout at thy dclivcrancc or fiends
of darkness stretching ont skeleton hands
10 pull thee down into ruin consummatcl
Suddenly the judgment will bc here
IL. .asl al. 4
tho other foot on the land. will swear by
him that livcth forever and ever that time
shall he no longer: Behold, he comcth
with clouds. and every eye shall see him. -
Hark Co thc jarrins OF the mountains.
Why. that Is the setting down Of the scales,
the balances. And then there Is flash rs
II from cloud. but IL is the glitter Of the
| shining balances, and they az hoistcd.
and all nations are Ia hc weighed. The
unforgiven get In on this side the balances.
They may have weighed themselves and
pronounced flattering decision. The
| world may have weighed them and pro
nounccd them moral. Now they are being
weighed in Gods halanccs-thc balances
that can make no mistake. All the prop
erty gone. all the titles of distinction gone,
all the worldly successes gone. there Is n
soul. absolutely nothing hut n soul, an inn
mortal soul, a never dying soul. soul
stripped of all worldly Advantages soul
on one side the scales. On the other side
the balances are wasted Sabbaihs, disrc-
gardcd sermons. 10000 opportunities Of
merry 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. cheruhim and archangcl,
he announces, while groaning earthquake
and cracking confagration and Judgment
trumpet and everlasting storm repeat IL,
Weighed and found wanting
All Must he weighed.
But say some who are Christians:
Certainly you don't mean To say that we
will have TO get into the balances: Our
sins are all pardoncd; our title to heaven
is secure. Certainly you are not going to
put us In the balanccs:'' YES. my broth
err. we must all appear before the judg
ment scat Of Christ. and on tina, 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
anccs we will place all the opportunities
of good which you did not improve all
the Attainmcnts in piety which YOU might
have had. but which you refused 10 take.
We place them all on the other side They
go down. and your soul rises in the scale
You cannot weigh against all those i'm
Projections 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 yet 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 the scales. Come. payson and
Doddridgc and Baxter. get in on that side
the scales and make them come down that
this righteous one may bc saved They
come and they get in the scales. Too light
yet! Come. the martyrs. the l.atimers,
the Wyclifs. the men who suffered at the
stake for Christ. Get in on this side the
Christians balances and see If you cannot
help him weight IL 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 vet, put on
this side the balances all the sccpters of
light. all the thrones of power. all the
CROWNS of glory. Too light yet But just
nj thnt point Jesus. the son of God. comes
| up Ia the balanccs. ana ne puts one OF his
Scared feet on your side, and the balances
begin Ia trcmble from top TO bottom.
Then he puts both of his Scared feet on
the balances, and the Christians side
comes down with u stroke that sets all the
bells Of heaven ringing. That Rock Of
Ages heavier than any other weight!
Christ OutweiRhs All.
But says the Christian. Am to I've al
lowed Ia get OF easily" Yes II some
one should come and put on ihc other side
the scales all your impcrfcctions, all your
enyies. all your jealoIsies, all your incon-
sistencies Of life. they would not bulge
the scales with Christ on your side the
scales. Go FREE, There is no condemns
ton Ia them that are in Christ Jesus
Chains broken, prison houses opened. sins
pardoncd Go free! Weighed in the bal
nnccs and nothing. Nothing wanted Oh,
what n glorious hope. Will you accept IL
this day. Christ making up for what You
lack. Christ the atoncmcnt for all your
sins. Who will accept him? Will not this
VIII Die audience say Il am insufficient.