The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-03-19

truth. In the young and tender
heart, To bud and bloom and bring
forth fruit divine.
Realizing then the vast good il
has done, and Is still doing, do We
love and appreciate il as we should
Do We make II part Of each days
duties TO read III Are We labor
ing as zealously, and praying as
earnestly for its onward progress
as we should and contributing
our might TO send il to the poor,
starving heatheni Let each one
ask himself these solemn questions.
Dear parents, are you teaching
your children to read the Bible,
and to love its author with all the
intensity Of their soulsl II so,
you are bestowing the richest of
all blessings upon them; a bless
ing that will have its influence
through life, ard best Of all, will
tell in eternity.
Young christian friends, are you
using your talents in behalf Of the
Bible, and influencing your world
ly minded companions to read and
obey its preceptsf If so, you are
adding stars to the crown Of glory
promised you, that will remain and
adorn it forever.
This Bible is the greatest gift
from an Advise Creator to a fallen
world. We should love it because
it tells Of the blessed Savior, "who
died that we might live and if
we read and study His character,
we shall find il the most glorious
Of all characters; arrayed in a
beauty and majesty that throws
the starry heavens above us and
the normal law within us into OBJ
scurity, and fills us with ever-glow-
ing reverence and awe. He is too
great, too pure, too perfect to have
been invented for any sinful, er-
ring man. The soul, if left to its
noblest impulses and inspirations,
instinctively turns to Him, as the
needle to the magnet, as the flower
to the sun, as the painting hart tc
the fresh fountain. lie command:
our assent, lie wins our admira'
ton, He overwhelms us with ador.
ing wonder. We cannot think o.
Him without being elevated above
all that is low and mean, and en-
couraged to all that is noble ant
true. The beauty Of goodness
finds its perfect type in Him. II
Him are the treasures Of true wis
{ dow; in Him the fountain o
: pardon and peace; in Him thu
, only substantial hope Of comfort il
t this world and that which is t
E come. Mankind could better al
for to lose the whole literature o
{. Greece and Rome, Of German,
e and France, Of England an'
? America, than the story OF Jesu
r of Nazareth.
| We should read il because
II tells us Of the Creator who calle'
o us into being, gives us all we have
and preserves our lives, day afte
IS day. When studying it, we ar
C in communion with Him, and If
d helps us to be in good company
/. il the fellowship Of the wise an
y good expands and improves tn
'e mind, must not fellowship an
!, communion with God, the Fath'
n Of spirits, the fountain Of all lif'
70 the source of all wisdom, enlarg
at the scope of our mental powers
j. Il tells Of heaven, the home pr
pared tor the final faithful, whel
,e God, our Father, Christ, our Sa
n ior, and countless millions of u
redeemed are to-day enjoying
" state OF happiness beyond all po'
n or of human conception.
H. Little children, read the Bibl
he II tells Of a Savior once on cart
70 who loved a d blessed YOU, al
= said: "Suiier little children
Gu come unto Ne. and forbid the
he not. for of such is the Kingdom
Ier heaven, and with whom YOU m
its 20 and live il you follow His c
Of ample.
- Young men, you who are rea
- TO start out on the voyage Of Ii
ng take this safest Of all guides W
fe. YOU. for life's rscord is ever chan
ior ing, and although the surface
Ire calm and peaceful now. there !
:. breakers in the distance; but Z
~ :, Bible will pilot you safely throu
ID to the haven Of rest.
cry Aged men. you whose heads
ay- already blossoming for the gri
the and who arc rapidly nearing
y. other shore, read the Bible. =
y true, you may have studied
out ,hrough the vipor of Youth and