The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-21
THE KINGS HIGHWAY.
a. ,Irhl One and Thousand Wrong
Ones.
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sNird Inv MIX il'FhN"l' INV
w. ehoscn being Isaiah NNNv..
Va. "And an highway shall
:. ,hcrc. aud way, aud II shall
~ called the way ~ holiness,
~. ,pclran shall not pnss over IT, but
y hall bc for those, tho wnyiaring
nen, though fools, shall not err therein.
A. linn shall hc There. nor any raven.
-. heas, shall ~ up thereon. " shall
u, ~, found there, hut the redeemed
.hall wall, thcr, and the ransomcd ot
~ Lord shall return and como tu Zion
.nh songs and everlasting ioy upon
,es,, heads: they shall obtain joy and
.adness. and sorrow and sighting shall
Gee away"
,rhcrr are thousands ~ people here
,hls morning who want to find the right
r,od lou sometimes see person halt.
lrs nj crossroads. and you can tcll by
Ma looks that hc wishes to nslt qucs.
.,n ma ,o what direction hc had better
atc And ! stand in your presence
,his morning conscious NJ the fact that
,h,rr nrn mnnv II YOU here who rcRlbc
hni therc are "a Thousand wrong roads.
~, only one right one, aud take Vt
ioe rrn,,ttd that volt have oume in tn
ali which one IT IL. Here is one road
ha, onrns widely. hut have not much
f,ith In IL. There are a great many cN.
rcnslyr toll.gatrR scattered all along
,ha, Nnv. Indeed at every rn,l YOU
must ,,i,v iu. tears "a pay IN tlnFellR.
tons ON that road, IL you get through
hatall. You have 81 pay your own ways
and since this differs So much FROM
what | have heard I'm regard to the
rah, way believe II is the wrong
way,
Herr a. another rond ON either side
a. arr houses of sinful entertainments
and invitations tu comc IN, and dine und
rst: hu, from the luul,s ~ tho people
who smud on the piazza am vcty sep
tain that II Is the wrong house
and the wrong way Here Is
another road II u very hcnu-
unl and mncndamkcd The horses
hoofs clattcr and ring, and they who
ride over Il spin along the highway,
until suddenly they find that the ruad
breaks over an cmhnuknenL aud they
uy TO halt, aud they saw the h,t In tho
mouth ot the fiery stccd, and cry 'lio'
No" But Il Va too late, aud--crash'-
they 20 over the en- bankmcnt. We shall
turn. this morning aud scc II we can
not hnd n different kind Of n road.
lou have heard ~ the Appiun Way
TWAS $50 miles long. 1t was twenty
four feet wide. and on either side tho
mad was path for foot passengers II
was made out of rocks cut IN hcNaguuhl
shape aud fitted together. What o road
Il must have been, Made " smooth.
hard rock. $50 miles long. No wonder
that in the construction OF 1t the treas
urcs NJ q whole cmpirc were exhausted.
because of invaders. and the elements,
hd timc--,hc old conqucror who tears
1 up q road MS Inc goes over ii there II
nothing loft of that structure excepting
aruin lmt have this morning To- tell
4 JON of n road built before tho App'1u
Way. aud yet it IL us good rs when hrsl
constructed Millions of souls have
gone over IT, Millions moro will come
The prophets and apostles, too,
puteu,d ,lls roaj while here below
We therefore WIN, without dlawhN'
Sull WALTZ IN Christ the good old way
IAN highway shall no. there, aud
way. and II shall hc called the way "'
holiness, and the unclcan shalt not
pass over u; hut It shall he for those
the wnyfnriur turn, though foolT. shall
not ctr therein No lion shall hc there
nor any rlvcnuus beast shau 60 vi
hcrron. IL shall not ho found '1'r'
but The redeemed shall walk There, aud
mq rausomtd OF the Lord shall r'turl
and como to ZION with songs anu over
hsting iov upon thcir headsl they shat
obiaiu JOY anl vlnduc-@, amt sorrow
md sighing shall flee away
1 FIRST, this road of the text is 'h'
Kings highway In the diligence N"'
dashoy the llcrnard pass ot the Alps
mile after mile. aud There Is not 50 nu''
@a rcbhlc tu Jar the wheels YOU "
esct bridges which cro,s chnslnS thh
make you hold Your breath. under pr"
hcting rock. along hy dangerous pre-
Pieces through tunnels adriit with t''
heltings NJ the glnCicrs, aud, p'rhaP
icr thc first time. learn tho majesty @
aroad built aud supported 10y govern
hcnt authority. Wei, my lord IN
Alhg decided Ia huild highway r"n
tarth to Heaven II should span nl
'he chnsms az human wrctchcdnc-s, ;
should tunnel all the mountains %
~rihly difficulty. IL should bc WIZ
| ,aongh and strong enough to h".d nv
thousand millions NJ the human race
| nso many 81 them should ever ho bow
" should be- blustrd out of the 'Rn'
wAgcs"nnd ccmcntcd with the blood q
We Cross, aud bc lifted amid the shout
ing OF angels aud the cNccrntion ot t'
owls
The king sent his son tu build tina