The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-10-06
Motives 80 Du'y

Motives 90 Duty.
II every christian would slof
awhile 10 see what motives the Bible
presents, there would not be So ma.
nv faithless and delinquent followers
Of Him who never allowed On oppor
tunity Of doing good 70 pass unim-
proved. These motives are numef-
Gus. but they may be emhrsce1 ~
tive classes The FIRST impelling .
motive is the boundless value ct The +
soul. What can compare with ms
When will you ind the equivalent
uWhat Is man prodled ii be shall
gain the whole world and lose ms
own soul ?" was a question asked b /
Him who knew an values, and every f.
answer to the question has been y /
the effect that the man viii sustain
an infinite loss Search among The
boarded treasures Of monarchs, OF IN
the Golfers Of the most successful
collectors Of this worlds wealth
Won can never find the worth Of the
soul
II Is not TO be estimated ia the
currency which circulatea among
men.
Rise to the highest pinnacle Of
earthly honor, might and glory, or
sink TO the deepest abyss Of this
worlds want, suffering and misery 5
and you viii find nothing comparable
70 the height Of happiness ana glory
which q soul may realize, nor to the
endless ruin, misery and perditon
into which it may sink.
The soul is unlimited by time and
space, and can therefore throw back
its researches to the beginning ofthe
world, listen to the first life giving
words which God spoke to our EN-
bryo universe, and hear the song
which the "morning stars sang
when call the Sons Of God shouted
for ioy." Or it can fly over all the
future fields Of our history, see the
last day OF an expiring world, and
realize the wreck Of all nature and
the awful realities Of the general
judgment.
Perhaps that which presents the
souls greatness ia the most affecting
point OF view is its capacity for hap
piness or misery.
To what beatiic joy the sou
may rise will be known in eternity
and to what misery a wicked spirit
may descend will not be known IN
I'll it is lost in tue boundloss, bot
tomless, infinite darkness OF the low
er world.
What a motive to christian aotiyi-
" every one carries in his own heart
He has a soul whose destiny under
God depends upon the manner Of hii
life here. How terrible to think tha
indifference on our part may work ,
forfeiture Of our heavenly inher-
lance, and the eternal loss of ouI
soul. But every man is bound by
the conditions Of his being to society
aud is in psrt responsible for th'
souls Of others, because he necessa-
fill Exercises an influence over them
From the apathy Of those who
profess to be christians much evi
may result 10 those who watch 6,
see 'ii there be any that do under
stand and seek after God
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