The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-05-03
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THE ETERNAL WEIGHING.

one thing over against another and
rendering verdict. Belongs TO all con
ditions. "Robbert' shrieks juvenile
voice on bleachers. Dat man wasn't
out at first" It's the keenest, most
used faculty in human nature. We get
1t from the Almighty. Only no man
Ever thinks he will ever strike the
scales himself. Judgment is archaic"
says the malefactor. There's to be no
Judgment cries one rogue after an
bther. So 1t runs on to the end of
hong, disgraceful chapter. Certainty of
a sure. swift, terrible judgment would
dhave magic effect on business and
political methods in America today.
do l believe in a judgment dayT'
One or a thousand. For all mem"
All or none. If none then the kingdom
of heaven is worse than some cities
that sit corrupt and contented," for
they punish violators of city ordi-
nances-if they're poor and friendless.
But men are suffering every day for
their offenses." Yes, suffering conse-
quences, not penalties. Aren't you
appealing to fear when you talk judg.
ment?" Yes. fear and comfort also.
Your Own Scales.
/ Anybody can weigh himself. If I'm
too stout I'll juggle the figures when
come to tell. If too thin the prob
LENS easier still. Figures don't lie,
but liars figure. But then | myself
KNOW the truth. A pounds pound
sixteen ounces. Not thirty Live, but thir-
ty-six. inches is yard. Rights right
wrongs wrong. l may scribble figures
and multiply words, but all the while ]
know | know with what | filed my
shuttle before the cloth was woven.
The truest human register is in the
soul itself One is his own district
attorney, judge and jury. Aye, suicide
statistics show one may be his own
executioner. Whether the Bible story
of heaven and hell is correct or nc
doesn't matter. They are within US,
now and here And the black pages.
the closed chapters, the hushed up
things, are on the scales of our own
balancing.
Your Neighbours Scales.
The worlds scales are a little I'm.
certain. Depends on when, where and
who In one age "witchcraft'' is a
serious thing; in another it's laughed
at. The world swings from a Puritan
to a wide open" Sunday. Follow the
crowd on Sunday night in Toronto
/ you'll go to church; in San Francisco
you'll go to the theater. One state
hangs for murder; another adds rape
another train wrecking, another arson
Your friends, your enemies, your
neighbors, your community, is weigh
ing you. But their scales are mighty
imperfect, liable to ignorance, mistake
prejudice They know only part of tn,
facts You're neither so good as YOU
friends think nor SO bad as your enc
mics think. Their judgments are {
queer mixture of hate, love, kindness
and selfshness. There's very littl,
sympathy and a great deal of cruelt!
in your fellows weighing, because hi
takes your worst trait and measures /
against his best. He doesn't mention
his greed when he condemns your pas
sion. He forgets his untruthfulnes
when he excoriates your fondness TO
drink. Nevertheless your neighbor'
judgment can be deep, searching ant
fearfully just If your shopmates unit
lin declaring you are untruthful,
your neighbors as a whole declare yol
are an imprudent woman, if your bes
f,ia ar. anor1ia
hint that your capital is empty, swell
ing. Haunting, pretentious, then it j
at least time to stop and take accoun
of stock. 1t may be that you are mis-
judged and i'll abused, but it looks a
if the scales may be giving you you
true weight
Gods Scales.
You cannot weigh all things In sam
scales Coal scales and gold scales al
different. One scale will weigh
freight car, another an eyelash. TheI
are others yet more important o
which thoughts and motives, condu'
and character, are weighed They al
the invisible scales of the Almight
One may be using world scales an
feel satisfied. God balances afterwal
and says, weighed and wanting" N
poleon says, God is on side of hea
lest battalions." Gods answer is S
Helena. A great constitutional lawy,
rises In national armament, swa!
United States senate. Drink is on OF
pan of scales, presidency the othe
Weighed and wanting! God puts
great church in the scales-ministe
officials, choir, pipe organ, cathedrs
4 like structure on one side, spiritual Ii
on the other Weighed and wantin
4 Once upon a day the Master stot
I over against the treasury and watcht
the wealthy Jews drop their rich gif
3 into the treasury box of the temple.
poor widow came, dropped in her init
|; He declared she gave more than al
4 that day. He weighed cost of gift al
how much was left. There's no weigl
A ing scales, binding beams wrestil
pivots, altering figures after that II