Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-06-01

| mating character and shows how differ
ent is the divine way from the human
way; text. Proverbs xvi, ., The Lord
weigheth the spirits"
The subject of weights and measures
\ is discussed among all nations. is the sub
jeet of legislation and has much TO do
with the worlds prosperity. system
of weights and measures was invented
| by Phidon, ruler of Argos, about 500
years before Christ. An ounce, q pound.
a ton. We're different in different lands
4 Henry III. decided that an ounce should
! be the weight OF GAO dried grains Of
wheat from the middle of the ear, From
the reign of William the Conqueror to
| Henry VIII. the English pound was the
| weight of 1850 grains OF wheat Queen
| Elizabeth dCcreed that a pound should
be 1000 grains Of wheat taken from the
middle of the ear The piece OF platinum
kept at the office of the exchequer in
England in an atmosphere OF 81 f. de
cides for all Great Britain what Il pound
must be. Scientific representatives front
all lands met in 1869 in Paris and estab-
Hshed International standards of weights
and measures.
You all know something u avoirdupois
weight. of apothecaries' weight, OF troy
weight. You are familiar with the diff
ferent kinds of weighing machines
| whether a Roman balance, which is our
steelyard, or the more usual instrument
consisting Of beam supported in the
middle, having two basins of equal
weight suspended to the eNtrcmities
Scales have been invented to weigh sub
stances huge like mountains, and others
delicate enough to weigh iuhnitcsimals.
But in all the universe there has only
been one balance that could weigh
thoughts, emotions, affectit ns, hatreds.
ambitions That balance vas fashioned
by an Almighty God and is hung up for
perpetual service. The Lord wcigheth
the spirits
This divine weigher puts into the bal
ance the spirit of charity and decides
how much Of it really exists 1t may go
for nothing at all. 1t may be that 1t says
to the unfortunate, Take this and do not
bother me any more 1t may be an oc-
casional impulse. 1t may depend upon
the condition Of the liver or the style of
breakfast partaken OF little while be-
fore. 1t may be called forth by the
loneliness of the solicitor 1t may be
exercised in spirit of rivalry, which prac-
ticaliy says, My neighbor has given SO
much; therefore l must give ms much ?
II is accidental or occasional or spasmod-
ic. When such spirit of charity is put
into the balance and weighed, God and
men and angels look ola and say there is
nothing Of il. 1t does not weigh SO much
as dram which is only the one-eighth
part OF an ounce, or scruple, which is
| MI hta Fl ,f
A mau may give his hundreds and thou.
sands OF dollars with such feelings and
amid such circumstances, and he will
get no heavenly recognition
But into the divine scale another
mans charity is placed 1t starts from
love OF God and man. 1t is born in heav
en-. 1t is a lifelong characteristic. II
may have a million dollars or Il penny
To bestow, but the manner in which that
giver bestows it shows that it Is Il divine
ly implanted principle. The one penny
given may, considering the limited cir
cumstances, attract us much angelic ant
heavenly attention as though the check
given in charity was so large it staggered
the cashier of the bank to cash it, 1t j,
not the amount given, but the spirit Will
which it is given. The Lord weighctl
the spirits"
A Noble Resolve.
Perhaps no one but God heard that
good mans resolutions, but ii amounted
about to this: From this present mo
mcnt to my last moment on earth. God
helping me. | will do all | can to make
this world purer world, a better world
n happier world" But the resolution
shines out in his face, sweetens his con
yersation, enlargeN his nature. controls
his life and shows itself ms plainly in the
contribution of 81 as though h, had the
means to contribute 100000 When
that charity is put into the royal balance,
the heavens watch the weighing and in
visible choirs chant from the clouds. ami
catch one bar Of the music Now
abideth faith, hope, charity-thcse three
but The greatest Of these is charity"
SO also in the celestial scales is placed
the spirit of faith. In most cases faith
depends on whether or not the sun shines.
and the man had sound sleep last night.
and whether the first person he meets in
the morning tells him something agreea-
bic or disagreeable. Some day the sales
in his store do not amount to SO much rs
he expected. and he goes home with
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soon as he enters it. Another day the
sales are 20 or 40 per cent larger than
usual, and as be is putting the key into
the door lock his family hear him whis-
ting tune most jnhilant He has faith
that everything in his own affairs and
in the affairs Of church aud state are
tending toward better conditions until
something depressing happens in his own
personal experiences or under his own
observation
There are Christian people who Ind
faith that China would be redeemed and
for thirty years have been contributing
toward that object, but they changed
! their minds and now despair Of the Flow
cry Kingdom since the Boxers began
their massacres. There are those who
were busy in New Yorl; missions and ex-
pcctel the salvation Of our American
cites until recent developments showed
tina, the police were in completely with
| crime. and now these Christian workers
arc despairful, as though all were lost.