Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-10-30
SERMON
Delivered By Rev. WHIT. Swain,
Pastor Of the Presbytsriaa
Church of this city, on
Sunday. October 1s, 1908.

Sunday. October 1s, 1908.
My subject to-night 10 "God's Stand
ard, . and my text h Dan. S:z7, "Thou
art weighed In the balances, and art
found wanting"
Belshazzar made aSreas feast toa
thousand Of HE lords. They drunk
wine and praised the gods ef gold. and
,of silver, Of brass, Of iron, OF wood, and
of stone. While feasting. . nan's
hand wrote upon the waA sf the Kings
palace. The Kings eountenance was
changed and his thoughts troubled him.
He sent for the astrelegers or Sooth-
,sayers, or we wsuid say, the mediums,
10 see II they could not readthe writing.
They had never seen sach writing and
could not read 1t. 1elshazzar was
again seised with terror, nobody could
help him, so he sent for his mother.
There is many q fellew who has
no use for his mother anti
he gets into trouble. Many q
young fellow has no use for his mother
or her advice until he Is On the road TO
the penitentiary or the reformatoFy and
then he begins to realise that his moth
or wasn't such fool, after all. Many
q young girl when her mother tells her
mot TO gad the streets and to be In at
decent hours, and quit her ioolishness
or she will be on the road to ruin, will
laugh and sneer, butbs and by she finds
out mother had some sense. So Bel
shazsar sent for his mother HE moth
er came in and she said. "oh, King, live
forever: let not thy thoughts trouble
thee, nor let thy countenance be chang
ed. There Is man in thy Kingdom 10
whom IL the spirit Of the holy Gods; be
Is able to tell you what this wrdting
means. He Is Jew, q captain. aud his
name is Daniel" So Belahazzar cent
in him. You know some never hear
aNout the preacher antil they get into
trouble. He said have been hearing
about you. havea lot ofeid HOLSTERS
here that have been feeding. and have
asked them 10 read that writing, and
they can't do H. Now, Daniel, II you
can do anything TO help me out, want
you to do 1t. He held up . ehsin OF
gold, and said, Twill give you this"
He held up signet ring and said, 81
will give you this" Daniel said," don't
want your snoney, keep thy gifts for an
other. Have you forgotten about your
father, ,Netuchadnezzarp Didn't he get
swelled up with pride, and didn't God
knock him down on his Knees, and
didn't he for seven years eat grass In
the held2 Haven't you sense enough to
learn by the force Of example that II
doesn't pay 10 butt against GodP
Listen to me. ~Mene, Meme, Tekel,
upharisan." That is what that writing
read. Meme: God hath numbered thy
Kingdom and hnished II. Tekel: Thou
art weighed in the balances, and art
found wanting. Peres: Thy Kingdom
is divided and given TO another. You
have gone your limit. That night Bel
shazzar was slain. The banquet hall
was turned inte slaughter house. their
feast into morgue, their hilarity into
death because the sentence OF God
had fallen on Belshaszar. God may de.
lay his judgement, but you can depend on
#, It win come,
Tekel: "Thou are weighed n the bal
.ances and art found wanting" In
whose balances was BelshaEzar weighed
Not in The balances Of his own estina-
tion of himself. Not In the balances
of public opinion. but In the balances
of God.
Every man and woman here 10 TO bt
weighed in the same balances. In
whose balances7 yoursp No. Mine? No.
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your self. You may lose nothing IN
public opinion. Many nan is great
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