Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-10-31

dlSODeyed my kings commands III or
der to write this letter, and by the Or
der of King Frederick l shall be shot
tomorrow" As Frederick the Great
always kept his eye on his troops,
Gods all seeing eye is always watch
ing us, even in the most secret Of I
places. He watches us in the most |
sacred places Of our chambers, in the /
Office, when we go down the street, I
wherever we may be. No sin is a Sc /
cret sin to God. He knows all and sees /
ALL The same divine scales that /,
weighed the sinful life Of Belshazzar |
in the banquet hall of the Babylonish /
capital are continually weighing us, no
matter where we may be.
Sins Balanced by Atonement.
But, though Gods balances may be /
condemning scales for the Belshazzars
of sin, they may also become scales Of /
salvation for every immortal soul that
avails itself of Christ's atonement. 1t
is not now a question Of how many
sins may be piled into the right scale,
but rather of whether we are willing
to place the atoning cross in the left.
Though the sins of Gods hayward
children may be mountains high and
seas deep, yet that cross is able to out
weigh them all. In the Philadelphia
mint can be seen a pair of scales so
perfectly adjusted that if a speck Of
dirt falls into one of the scales or fly
walks across the balancing bar over
hanging it that scale will sink. Gods
scales are perfectly adjusted spiritual
ly. No matter how many or how great
our sins may be, If we once place the
cross of Jesus Christ into the scale OPP
posite to that which is piled high with
our sins, we shall then be weighed in
the balances and not found wanting
What a blessed and transporting
thought this should be, that we can
have all our sins outweighedl We
would not dare for one instant to
preach a sermon upon Gods balances
at Belshazzar's feast unless we could
place the greatest emphasis upon this
idea. 1t would be appalling to depict
| the horror of a sinners eternity, unless
at the same time we could offer a par
don for all sins to all people if they
would only all be willing to be cleansed
| Of their sins in the blood Of the Lamb.
1 once read of a dramatic scene where
there was not enough physical saliva
| ton to go around. 1t was on the deck
| Of the United States man-of-war Tren-
ton during the famous cyclone in the
| Samoan harbOr few years ago. Every
officer and sailor had Invested himself
of all his outer garments because every
moment they expected the huge ship
to go down, as many Of the other YES
sells had already been engulfed be-
fore their eyes. But though every man
was making all the necessary prepara-
tons he could forwhat seemed the inev-
liable plunge there was one life pre-
server for which no one seemed to have
any particular use. 1t was the only
life preserver on board and nobody
wanted to take it and live and let his
companions die. A sailor handed it up
to the executive officer. The executive
officer would not put it on, but handed
it to the captain. The captain in turn
handed it to the admiral The admiral
refusing to put 1t Dn this life preserver
was carelessly thrown across the rail
of the bridge. There it hung" said
an eyewitness, "a glowing tribute to
the courage of men who were unwill-
ing to be saved if they knew thereby
that their companions had to die" But
though there may not be physical sal
walton enough to go around the whole
crew of a doomed ship. yet. thank God
there is spiritual salvation enough fol
all the world if we only will accept thai
salvation through the blood Of jesus
: Christ. There is no need of any Bel
shazzar of sin today being found want
: ing when he is weighed in Gods hal
e ances If he will only let the cross Of
+ Jesus Christ be placed in the scale Op
pOsite to that which is piled high will
) his past sins.
The entrance into Belshazzar's ban
o quet hall of sin is not one of unallOye,
Il joy. The poet tried to describe tn
s wild exultation of that feast when h
/ imaginatively wrote these words:
u Oh, ne'er in Babylon did blaze a sight
e More richly grand, magnifcently bright
IS Bearing his crown and dressed in robe c
p state,
u High on his throne Of gold Belshazza
y safe;
r In shining robes and stretching far ava!
70 Like pillows quivering meath the suns'
= ray
1r Chiefs, mobiles. stood. the red lamps foa
lie ing Ger
d. The golden chains and purple robes the
, wore.
The Lesson of the Feast.
q But in all that vast throng there wi
: many sad heart, many a hOpele'
- despair. To me Belshazzar's feast
better described by the artist by who
:. saw it pictured at Buffalo, n. Y,
the worlds fair of 1901. Ushered in
oe a dark room. we sat there awhile