The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-20
Gypsy Smiths Sermon
Last Evening


Many who previously were blind to
the beauty Of Jesus Christ are being|
made to see the attractiveuass and
value Of living real Christian lives
through the medium of the all-reveal-
ing sermons Of Gipsys Smith at the
Presbyterian church. To the very end
Of the campaign the attentive audi
onces are filing every available seat
seat in the edifice. There has been no
perceptible waning Of interest; in
fact, just the reverse is true and hun
dreds will keenly regret that the time
for the great evangelist's departure Is
rapidly drawing nigh. He has only
six more sermons to preach in Union
as his local campaign closes Sunday
hight.
"Thou art weighed in the balance
and found wanting" from the 5th
chapter of the Book of Daniel, 9th
verse, was the evangelist's sermon
subject last evening.
Wherever one travels through mod
ern cities one cannot help but marvel
at the wonderful architecture, but the
wonderful architectures Of the pres
en-. day in some respects is not the
equal of the ancients. The city. Of
Babylon was surrounded by a wonder
full wall, which was q marvel or archi-
tectural ingenuity. The city was en-
tered by 25 gates Of solid brass and
the Babylonians could close these
great gates at moments notice.
In the center of the city square
was a mountain 496 feet high and
about the slopes of this mountain was
a tremendous pavilion in which grew
nj the glorious vegetation of tropi-
cal climate.
/ want you to come with me in
imagination to the feast of King Bel
| shazzar as described in the 5th chap
Ter of Daniel. We can see the thou
sand Babylonian lords and ladies
drive up to the great hall and wait
for the entrance of the king. Then
announcement was made Of the rulers
entrance and the feast started.
After the banquet had proceeded
and the minds of the host and guests
had become befuddled with liquor the
king decided to do something that
would be an insult to the Jews of the
| city with whom he was not on good
terms.
Belshazzar had been left in charge
Of the city by his father, who had
taken the trained Babylonian army
and had gone to attack distant city
leaving Belshazzar to protect the city
with what we would call the home
guards. While the father was away
the Medes and Persians laid siege to
the city and the father returning with
his troops could not get in. and Bel.
, shazzar and his men could not get out
while the inhabitants of the city were
I being slowly starved to death.
>, Made chesty by being placed upon
the throne in his fathers absence, this
u young fellow proposed to give ban.
j quet and invited 1000 of his friends
When his mind had become befuddled
with wine he decided to take fling at
the Jews by sending to the royal
vaults for some golden goblets which
had been consecrated by the Jews to
the worship of God and had been stol-
en- from them. When the goblets had
been filled with wine, the drunken
ma nproposed a toast to his royal
highness, King Belshazzar. The
drunken beasts proposed. ."Long Live
Pelshazzar."
Then I can see the kings face whit
en- and his knees begin shaking as he
is temporarily sobe,ed by the sight
Of an armless hand appearing and
writing letters on the wall and the
young king was very much afraid. He
was very much like lot of other
| young folks who, when they get into
trouble want minister, but as soon
as they are again out of trouble never
to go near church or a clergyman.
So the king sent for his soothsay-
crs, but they could not interpret the
mysterious writing. Then the queen
said to the king: "There is q man
in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit
Ct the holy gods, who has the wisdom
Ct the gods. His name is Daniel and
ne is in prison, but lie will be able to
translate the writing.
So the ruler sent for Daniel and told
him that he could not give him the
first or second place in the kingdom as
his father was first. and he second,
but that he would make him third man
in the kingdom if he would tell what
the mysterious writing meant. That
he would give him riches and power.
But the king couldn't buy Daniel.
The biggest lie that the devil has
ever foisted on this contry is the
statement that "every man has his
price" There are many men that you
know that money cannot buy at the
price of being untrue to their God, and
Daniel was one Of them. He told the
king, "You can5t buy me and don't
want to be the third man in the king
dom. The words mean: "God has
numbered thy kingdom and finished it.
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