President John Quincy Adams called both Houses of Congress together for a special joint session. He walked in carrying two "bushel" baskets and said, "The bushel measure in my right hand came from South Carolina; the one in my left came from the city of New York. One of these bushel measures contains sixty-eight cubic inches more than the other."
Then he walked to a table and picked up two one-pound weights and said, "This weight in my right hand came from Massachusetts; this other came from Maine. One of them weighs neary an ounce more than the other."
After time to think about these matters, Adams concluded by saying "Gentlemen, we need a standard measurement and a standard weight for the United States of America>"
Today we here people crying "Give us a standard", a standard of right and wrong, a way of knowing for sure what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.
Isaiah prophesied "See, I (God) will beckon to the Gentiles, I will lift up my standard to the peoples" (Isaiah 59:19). We do have a standard, it is the Word of God. May we continue to lift up that standard for our world to see.
