The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-22
THE DIVINE SCALES.
HUMAN LIVES AND ACTIONS WEIGHED
m THE BALANCES.

IN THE BALANCES.
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mr.. Taimaxe Preaches on Personal
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copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1897
WAsHfNaTON. Nav e1.-In thesa davs N
moral awakening chs pointed sermon ~
Or. TaImave on personal resnonsibility
bafora God WIN bo read WITH 4 deen and
solemn interest: text. Daniel y. a.. aThou
art weighed in the balances and art found
wantip9.n
Babylon was tho paradise Of srchitec.
ture. ana driven out from thence the
rrandest buildings Of modern times ara
only the evidence of her fall. The site
having been selected Tor the city, $780,
900 mon were employed in the rearing Of
hor walls and che building Of her works.
Il was a city DO miles In circumference.
There was 1 trench all around the city,
from which the material for the building
Of the city had been digeed, There werS
BIZ eates d, each side q the CITY, between
every two rates 4 tower Of defense spriin9-
IND into ti,e skies, from each nate on the
ore side 4 street running straight through
~ the corresponding gate al, the other
Tide, % that there were SO streets IL miles
long. Through the city ran branch Of
tho river Euphrates. This river some
times Overlooked its banks. and to keen IL
from, running the city a lake was construct
cd into which the surplus water Ct tho
river would RIM during the time Of fresh-
ets and the water waa kant IN this artifi.
Mai lake until time ~ drouobt and then
this water would stream down over the
city. AZ either end ii the bridge SPAN
ninr this Euphrates there was 4 palace
the one nalace 4 mile ana \ half around.
the other Dalaoe TX miles around.
The wife n Nebuchadnezzar had been
horn ma brought m in The country and
in 4 ,nonntainons raoion. And me couId
mn hear this f1at district Of BABYLON. and
so, to nle,sa b,s wife observation-disclosures
milf In The midst ~ the citv n monntafn
Inn soot hsoh mi. ,no,,nta,r ,ras h,,,It
ont into TERRACES supported on arches, On
tho ton Of these arches layer Of fiat
stones, on tho ton Of that q layer of reeds
and bitumen, on tie top Of that two layers
Of bricks closely ocsnented, on the ton Of
that a heavy sheet Of lead and on the TOP
of that the soil placed--the soil SO deep
that a Lebanon cedar had room to anchor
Its roots. There were pumps worked by
mighty machinery fetching up the water
from the Euphrates to this hanging gar
den, AZ It was called. 60 that there were
fountains shouting into the sky. Standing
below and looking IN it must have seemed
M IL tho clouds were In blossom or as
though the sky leaned on the shoulder of
! cedar All this Nebuchadnezzar did to
please his wife, Well, she ought to have
been pleased, Isuppose abe was pleased.
If that would not please her, nothing
would. There was IN that city also the
temple Of Bleus with towers-one tower
the eighth of a mile HIGH, in which there
was an observatory where astronomers
talked tn the stars There was in thai
temple an image. lust one image, which
would cost what would be our Sb2, OOO,-
mo
Handwriting ON the wall.
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,n,,tb,no lie IL never will sea onytbiuo
rta ~ And yet have IN teIl yo,, t,vnt Il
IL ro,n, - ho destroyed The tive and
~ nr,,scss 80 At n fesst Thay ,re III in
tny;cotod pow ont tba r;cb vine into tha
.hsIicosi Dr;nr ~ Tho health NJ tho tingI
nr;nI r. tho glorv If RnhvlonI Drink
8, a arost f,,t,,roI A tbonsand ,ords rool
i,,tat;ootod The 1.-Two sonted ,,nor n cbair
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nrinces beg;n N mol and wonder what "a
T. .se...1 "a ~, III. - ~, s.,,,a
no;rt IN tho wal, And then there drona
| dartness into the room that nuts ont the
Maze ~ tba ,,o,den 11ate and ont ~ the
.1aar. ~ INC 5nrlnsus p the1e comes q finger
tn i. n a.rv farror c,rr,i6e arnnnd
~ circ,,n, s,o,,nd ~ tbouph II would
10 49,, +iar n oo,,as ,,1' and WITH
.harn TN ~ aame r. ;nscribes IN tho Mas.
tar,nn - ~ wall tho doom NJ the king
;.vvaishod IN tha balances and found
uantinn,,
srhn h,rr ~ ba.rv ests against the
,.otos ~ tho na,ace IL followed nv tho
srenL,Mo IN If tha doors thonsand
,,,ann,;mo ,,nivos str;ko into n tbonsand
nn;,a,,ne haa,ts Nav seath is kinc
and ba a. seatad -, . tbrone If cornses
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.,r a. ~ ana s;de nf tho balance ara
a,,t Sa, t ennort,n;t;es. M tho
p ..u LIZ "s 10 haIa pp aro MT Relsboz.
,sn,a s sins VI nh. s,ns anna down His
a no IN Weiohed IN tho hal.
o .pp 'u far'na , ~ IT. '
Mhora I,"s ,,oon ,,so.+ doo, ~ obeati,a
i, nnr o''trtrv ,y;th fa1se xya;gbts ana
,.,oa W ana h.,annas and tha govern.
NEE. ne ~ a1a,,n that stotn ~ tbinas M
a;,,, " n.',,; o ;n ,nLosa hnsinass n
p p.na w. - WV ,sa,vhts ,n5 Measures ana
5000 "us " s."p ~ ". U.s.. doaI nf ,ho ,,rong
p'a" ,.s anu s."O p au st;r nftor an
.h aa oi l., ~ s,eh thirn as nartect balance
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NV ~, ,ne." ,ny ~ . r s;s+ur,,od Va,
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ANUS p.u e. ano th,na apd ,,ot
anu you i'as L''y ~, nnu ', ,hie,, ,S s nS'
anndad ~ ~, th,n,n of God n Mound is "a
po,,nd and right ia right. and wrong is
wrong and soul is n soul, and eternity
ia eternity (lod has a nerfect bushel and
a nerfcct neck and n perfect gallon. When
mrrchants weigh their goods in the wrong
wav then tbe Lord weighs the Foods
AGAIN II lroln .ne i.npetioo a.a m" " ha