The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-04-07
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THE ETERNAL WEIGHING.

Education is really the cultivation on
the critical faculty, Judgment setting
one thing over against another ana
rendering a verdict Belongs TO all con
ditions. "Robberr' shrieks juvenile
voice on bleachers. Dat man wasnF
out at frstr It's the keenest, most
used faculty in human nature. We gce
II 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
cries ono rogue after an.
other SO II runs on to the end OF o
long. disgracefuI chapter. Certainty or
a sure. swift, terrible judgment wouiH
have magic effect on business ana
political methods in America today.
One or q thousand. For all menY
All or none IL none then the kinEAoM
OF heaven 10 worse than some eittos
that sit corrupt and contented." 8or
they punish violators Of city orvk&-
nanccs-if they're poor ana frtenalena.
"But men are suffering every day fen
their ofrenscs." Yes suffering couss-
quences. not penalties. AREN'T ysu
appealing to fear when you talk tuds-
Yes. fear ana comfort also.
Vevr Own Scales.
Anybody can weigh himself. IL In
too stout Ill jugRle the figures wheA \
come to tell II too thin the prob
leIn's easier still. Figures don't Nc.
but liars figure. But then i myself
know the truth. A pounds u pound
sixteen ounces. Not thirty FIVE. but th.s
ty-sir, inches Is a yard. Rights rights
wrongs wrong. / may scribble figursg
and multiply words, but all the while u
know. know with what / filled n1r
shuttle before the cloth was woven.
The truest human register is In the
soul itself One is his own district
attorney. Judge ana jury. Aye, suicide
statistics show one may be his own
Whether the Bible story
Of heaven und hell IL correct or No
doesn't matter. They are within On.
now and here. And the black pages.
the closed chapters, the hushed mp
things. are on the scales of our own
balancing.
Your Nslehbor's sosiss.
The worlds scales are a little IN.
certain. Depends on when, where ann
who. In one age "witchcraft" is a
serious thing; In another It's laughed
at The world swings from a Puritan
to wide open" Sunday. Follow the
crowd On Sunday night in Toronto
you'll 60 to church; In San Francisco
hangs for murder; another adds rape
another train wrecking, another arson
Your friends, your enemies, your
your community, is weigh
ing you. But their scales are mighty
liable to ignorance. mistake.
They know only part Of the
facts. You're neither 80 good as your
friends think nor so bad as your enc
mics think. Their judgments are
queer mixture Of hate. love. Kindness
and selfshness. There's very little
sympathy and a great deal Of cruelty
in your fellows weighing, because he
takes your worst trait and measures 1t
against his best. he doesn't mention
his greed when he condemns your pas
sion. he forgets his untruthfulnese
when he excoriates your fondness for
drink. Nevertheless your neighborD
Judgment can be deep, searching and
fearfuliy Just. II your shopmates unite
in declaring you are untruthful, II
your neighbOrs as a whole declare you
are an imprudent woman. II your best
friends or even your worst enemies
hint that your capital 10 empty. swell
ing. Haunting. pretenttous, then II In
at least time to stop and take account
Of stock. 1t may be that you are mis-
judged and I'll abused. but 1t looks as
II the scales may be giving you your
t<ue weight.
Code Scales.
iou cannot weigh all things in same
cafes. Coal scales and gold scales an
different, One scale will weigh
freight car. another an eyelash. There
are others yet more important On
which thoughts and motives, conduct
and character, are weighed. They are
the Invisible scales OF the Almighty.
One may be using world scales and
feel satisfied. God balances afterwar6
and says. Weighed and wanting" Ma
poleOn says. God is on side Of heay-
Test battalions." Gods answer 10 s.
Helena. A great constitutional lawyer
rises in national armament, sways
United States senate. Drink is on ono
pan Of scales. presidency the other.
Weighed and wantingl God puts a
great church In the scales-minister
officials, choir, pipe organ, cathedral
like structure on one side, spiritual life
on the other. Weighed and wantingI
Once upon day the Master stood
over against the treasury and watched
the wealthy Jews drop their rich gifts
into the treasury box of the temple. A
poor widow came, dropped in her mite.
He declared she gave more than any
that day. He weighed cost Of gift and
how much was left There's no weight
Ing scales. binding beams, wrestling
pivots, altering figures after that His
scales are awful In their exactness.
But the weighing is really Just. Thank
God for that! He takes heart desires,
unerpressed feelings, just purposes,
hidden repentance. heredity. environ
ment, opportunity, health, into account