Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-05-31
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
JUDGING OTHERS" THE SUB
JECT LAST SUNDAY
BReN the Following Bible Text: THE Lord
Weigheth the spirits"-Prov. XVI:
Weighed In the Divine Scsles-Na-
lions Like Individ uaIs-

Copyright. 1901. by Louis Klopsch. N. "
Washington, May 26.-ln this dis
course, from a symbol of the Bible.
Or. 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
n discussed among all nations, is the
subject of legisl alton, 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, ton, were different
In different lands. Henry the Ill. 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 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 atmos-
phere of 60 F. decides for all Great
Britain what pound must be. Scien-
tifc 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
we're in completely with crime, and
now these Christian workers are des-
painful, as though all we're 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 with the Almighty God. Made
al right by the Savior's grace, this
man goes to work to make the world
right. He says to himself: God
launched this world, and he never
launched 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 its coming glory. God
will save it anyhow, with me or with
out me, but ! want to do my share. l
have some equipment-nOt as much
az some others but what | have | will
use. i have power to frown, and will
frown upon iniquity. 1 have power to
emile, and | will smile encouragement
upon all the struggling. l have vo-
eabulary not so opulent as the vocabu-
larry OF some others, but 1 have store
house of good words, and l mean to
scatter them in helpfulness. 1 will as
cribe right motives to others when it
Is possible. If can say anything good
about others, l will say it. If l can
say nothing but vile of them, | will
keep my lips shut as 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. / have faith to be-
ueve that the plan is well laid out and
will be well executed. Give me a
brick and a trowel and l will begin
now to help build the wall l am not
a soloist, but | can sing Rock of
Ages to a sick pauper. l cannot write
a great book but | can pick a cinder
out of a child's eye or a splinter from
under his thumb nail. l now enlist in
this army that is going to take the
world for God. and 1 defy all the evil
powers, human and satanic, to dis
courage me- Count me into the SER
vice. ] cannot play upon a musical
instrum ent, but | can polish a cornet
or string a harp or applaud the or
chestra."
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All through that mans experience
there runs a faith that will keen him
cheerful and busy and triumphant.
like the watchword of CromWelPs
Ironsides, the men who feared moth
ing and dared everything, going into
battle with the shout: THE Lord of
hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is
our refugei Selahi" No balance that
human brain ever planned or human
hand ever constructed Is worthy of
weighing such a 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
the other side and tells you the weight.
But we need something more delicate
~ constructed to weigh that wonderful
quality Of faith which / am glad to
know Will be recognized and rewarded
for all time and all eternity. The
earthly weighman counterpoises on
metallic balances the iron, the coal,
the articles Of human food, the solids
Of earthly merchandise, but he cannot
test or announce the amount Of things
spiritual. Here is something which
the Attic and Babylonian weighing
systems OF the past and the metric
weighing system of the present can