Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-21
WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE
Dr., Torrey Asks Auditors How Much They
Weigh in Palance o. God
MANY FOLLOWING AFTER FALSE GODS
Nine Profess Conversion nt Tuesday
Evenings MeetinB - All Con-
cerned Encouraged by
Results.

Is tnele anyone mere lonlbhN WIZ wiz I
accept Jesus Christ as his personal Savior /
and surrender to Him as his Lord ana |
Master ana begin to confess Him as his J.
Savior and strive to live from this time |
to please Him IN everything from day TO |
day"
TO this plea Of DR.. Torreys, made on the (
third night OF the great mission which Is
being held at the Auditorium, nine persons |
stood UP and later came forward and de-
clared their acceptance of the Savior. Ihe
main floor Of the vast Auditorium was
practically filled last night TO hear the
words Of DR.. Torrcy and to assist In the
work of the mission which Is being carried
on by the evangelical churches of the CITY
workers assisting in these meetings are
working as well I'm OMAHA on the thlrd
evening as they do in many places in the
third week." said Dr. Torrey last night.
1--WE are exceedingly gratihed with the
work already accomplished and have great
hopes for the future for we cannot help nut
succeed when all are working in harmony
/ and with a will as are these men here to-
night"
| DIR. Ioveland of the First Methodist
church led in prayer when called upon by
! DR.. Torrey and the words Of his prayer
we're used TO some extent by Dr. Torrey
/ in his sermon Before beginning his ser
mon DR.. Torrey told of two letters he had
received yesterday, one from the pastor
of the First Presbyterian church In Nash-
I vile in which he said he had III new peo-
pie at his altar at communion last sunday
! The other was from q member OF the
! firm which sells fifty-seven varieties 10
philadelphia and he said he had been aoie
to bring 1874 men to Christ during the last
four months by personal work among ms
travelling men and others.
Meeting for saloon Men.
The announcement was made that there
would be no meeting Saturday but Two
would he held on Sunday next. On FrloaS
night the meeting will be given over to
M Iacobv. who is In charge Of the per-
sonal workers at the mission, Mr. Jacooy
is an old resident of Omaha who was
reckoned with the sports when he lived
here In the SOS, and he and Ed RSthery and
I'D Miller. old pals of mis-, will make
round OF the saloons between this time
and Friday night and invite all to come 10
the meeting, and a special section OF tne
seats will be reserved for these Mr.. ia
cobv will then tell the story of his hte'
as DR.. Torrey expressed it.
DIR. Smith made the announcement thAt
lunch would be served in the young
Women's Christian association rooms each
evening during the mission at b;SO for those
who did not wish to go home for their
supper DR.. Newman Han Burdlek OF the
, second Presbyterian church explained the
, workings of the new cards which hsd peeh
printed for use ia the mission
without announcing text DR.. Torrey'
after describing in graphic words the feast
of Belshazzar. used the first four conf
mandments as themes for the discourse
which followed:
: Bible "A Dramatic Work
Anyone who loves the drama shouio
read the Bible. Nothing in literature car
, compare with IL for beauty Of expression
= one Of the most dramatic situations In the
7 | Bible was Belshazzar's feast. Here were
Z [ rnvstic signs written in fire on the wall
= Beishazzar also sees and the. praise OF
. his conscience was changed.
He asked for an Interpretation of tbs
writing The wise men come but theil
: expectation gives way to isdmay and they
:. depart. Then the queen mother tries t
i reassure him. She told him Of one mar
! in the kingdom who could solve tho mys
terry. She sang the praises of Daniel. Dan
. lei was called and told he should b'
, clothed with royal scarlet and chaiI
Of gold. He spurned these bribes, bu
= offered TO read the writing. Daniel rea'
the writing, but the revelry went on il
spite of the warning. sound is hear
on the streets OF Babylon Cyrus sol
diers have entered the city and the guest
= can fnd no place to fee. 1t is too late
y Swords fiy in air aud Belshaz zzar is killed
10 for in that night was be slain.
to God weighing Us All.
al Thou art weighed in the balance an
AZ found wanting, Not in his own, but i
: the balance of God. Not in the balance O
e. public opinion.
- "God is weighing every one of us to
= night IN the same balance he weighe
!, Belshazzar. How much do you weigh /
the balance of Cod? That which is hghl
,r esteemed among men is despised by God.
|" "If we could sec ourselves as we are
'9 the balance Of God We would be oveI
ne whelned and so many of us would nc
cu walk the streets with our heads arched s
y high when our hearts are not right
"The ten commandments are Gods mr..
-lS ten weights. How much do you weigh b
IL these laws?
"a mans God is the thing he thinks IN
most Of If O man thinks more of none
g than anything else. money is his god, an
so with pleasure. social position an
ct whisky. Many are sacrificing their col
sciences for money for they know they al
engaged I'm a dishonorable business becau.
there is money in it, II It is hard on II
standing Of the community, Many tuI
W o deaf ear TO the poor and widows and o
er phans that they may pile up their bar
We account. Others crowd competitors to Il
I'LL wall To become a money king because go
ds Is their god. Many do things for soci
positions that their conscience condemn
ng them for Some make god out of stror
he drink, squandering their money and negleo
Is ing wife and friends for drink, for ru
all is as cruel a god any god In India
Pleasure God of some.
"Many worship the goddess Of pleasur
for whose sake they are giving up co
n, science the Bible and Christ. One youi
y, woman in Nashville said, II / cam
isi, escape hell without giving up dancing.
- will 20 to he'll Does the God OF 4
,,, Bible stand above everything else in 20
.,o life? The next day she came forward
Ia repentance.
49, THE second commandment is delihC
an ately broken by many Of the uoblest
~. women. They worship pictures Of all kinC
Many unwittingly violate the third cor
nandment by taking the name OF the 10
In vain. When a man becomes a profa
o. character the solid foundations OF tr
eir character are gone. No man can Fafs
her treat God irreverently. A profane swear