Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-08
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
JUDGING OTHERS" THE SUB
JECT LAST SUNDAY
from the Following Bible Text: "The Lord
Weigheth the spirits--Prov. XVI:
Weighed In the Divine scaies-Na-
tions Like individuals.

Weighed In the Divine Scaies-Na-
tions Like individuals.
Copyright, 1901, by Louis K1opsch. N. Y.)
Washington, May 26.-In this dis
course, from a symbol of the Bible,
DIR. Talmage urges the adoption of an
unusual mode of estimating character
and shows how different is the divine
way from the human way; text, Pro-
verbs xvi, 2, "The Lord weigheth the
spirits
The subject of weights and measures
is discussed among all nations, is the
subject of legislation, and has much
to do with the worlds prosperity. A
system of weights and measures was
invented by Phidon, ruler of Argos,
about 500 years before Christ. An
ounce a pound a ton, were different
in different lands. Henry the III. de-
cided that an ounce should be the
weight of $40 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 decreed that poSnd
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 atmos-
phere of 62 F. decides for all Great
Britain what a pound must be. Scien-
tific representatives from all lands met
in 1869 in Paris and established inter
national standards of weights and
measures.
Two Kinds of Truth.
There are Christian people who had
faith that China would be redeemed
and for thirty years have been con-
tributing toward that object, but they
changed their minds and now despair
of the Flowery Kingdom since the
Boxers began their massacres. There
are those who were busy in New York
missions and expected the salvation of
our American cities until recent de-
velopments showed that the police
were in completely with crime, and
now these Christian workers are des-
pairful, as though all were lost. OF
what worth is such a mans faith !
When weighed, will they have what
the chemists call atomic weight-the
weight of an atom? No. Such faith is
no faith at all.
But there is a man who by repent
ance and prayer has put himself into
alliance Win the Almighty GOu- 4hauS
all right by the Saviors grace, this
man goes to work to make the world
right He says to himself: God
launched this world, and he never
launched a failure The garden of Eden
was a useless morass compared with
what the whole world will be when it
blossoms and leaves and flashes and
resounds with it's coming glory. God
will save it anyhow, with me or with
out me- but / want to do my share.
have some equipment-not as much
as some others but what | have | will
use l have power to frown. and will
frown upon iniQuity. l have power to
smile and | will smile encouragement
upon all the struggling. l have vo-
cabulary not so opulent as the vocabu-
larry of some others, but have store
house of good words, and l mean to
scatter them in helpfulness. / will as
cribe right motives to others when il
is possible. If | can say anything good
about others, l will say it. If l can
say nothing but vile of them, l will
keep my lips shut tight as the lips
of the sphinx, which for 5000 years
has looked off upon the sands of the
desert and uttered not one word about
the desolation. The scheme of recon
structing this world is too great for
me to manage but l am not expected
to boss this job. l have faith to be-
liese that the plan is well laid out and
Will be we'll executed. Give me a
brick and trowel and I will begin
now to help build the wall. / am not
a soloist, but / can sing Rock OF
Ages to sick pauper. l cannot write
a great book but l can pick a cinder
out OF a child's eye or splinter from
under his thumb nail. I now enlist in
this army that is going to take the
world for God, and / defy all the evil
powers, human and satanic, to dis
courage me. Count me into the SER
vice. / cannot play upon a musical
instrument, but l can polish a corne;
or string a harp or applaud the or
chestra."
Cheerful Faith.
All through that mans experience
there runs a faith that will keep him
cheerful and busy and triumphant j
like the watchword of CromwelTs
Ironsides, the men who feared moth
ing and dared everything, going into
battle with the shout. The Lord OF
hosts is with u.s. the God of Jacob i:
our refugei Selah," No balance that
human brain ever planned or human
hand ever constructed is worthy OF
weighing si;ch spirit. Gold and pre-
cious stones are measured by the
carat. which is four grains. The deal
er puts the diamond or the pearl on
one side of the scales and the carat on