The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-04-06

ing formula might be employed by
the novice as an ELEMENTARY lesson
First, seek the kingdom of Heaven
and its righteousness. (See Matthew
Willy All things whatsoever We
would that men should do to you, do
We even SO to them. If thine eye Of
fcnd thee, pluck it out or, in other
words, "quit your meanness, cease
from evil and learn to do good. Lay
aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily bcset thee, and prac-
tice loyalty to your wife, fidelity to
society, and reverence for the author
Of your existence. Conduct square,
honest, unselfish, uncompromising
life, which your better nature teach
es you is right, and when You have a
good fence around your soul to keep
the Devil from jumping into your
"postcd pasture" you might profita-
bly, review your work, and see that
there arc no hog-holes through which
a little litter of ugly temper and
prejudice might creep, and ultimate
ly destroy your little shcaves at the
time of harvest. After making this
preparation for religion" you might
add to your faith virtue. and to
virtue knowledge, obedience, temper
ance, charity and quite an extensive
list of other Christian graccs, which
will do no harm and which triple
plate the Christian character, and
better prepare it for a higher grade
of perfect spiritual life when shot out
into eternity.
Religion is the Christians reward
for dilligcnt industry in the cultlva-
ton of a purer and better life; it is
enjoyed differently, according to the
physical temperament of the Christ
ian. A convert of bilious and en-
ccphalic compound temperament
would be skeptic at first in embrac-
ing religion, or rather in its real en-
ioymcnt, but once IN, we might ever
afterward expect very noisy Christ
ian. n bilious, Emphatic Christ
ian would give us a character often
found in happy tears, but no noise.
Sanguine, bilious and Emphatic
makes an earnest worker, an lSk-
fine thinker, but he neither weeps,
cries nor laughs-hc 1rorks.
The different churches are all
right, and no scotch-block to obstruct
the passagc-way to a nan who is
earnestly seeking "fnger-board'
which will direct him correctly the
way to Heaven. The small differ
ences, so loudly painted by sensa-
tional church organs, dyspcptic min
listers. and others who seek cheap
literary notoriety before the great
court of Jehovah arc "color-blind."
AS to the mode of baptism, plural
itv of the God head, physical position
of administering the sacraments, the
degrees of Fahrenheit to which the
sinner may be exposed after death,
etc. etc, they are small side-shows
of minor INTERESTINGLY Gods lit
tie naughty children quarreling over
baublcs. Heaven is made up OF
Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterlans
and all other denominations, besides
others who have never belonged to
the militant Church. "4All roads
lead to Rome" Christ is the way.
Worship God worship Him Just as
your heart and conscience teaches
YOU is honest and right, and you will
have a religion which He will help
you guard with jealous care.
Religion is not superstltlons'
ghostIy inauguration; it is the prep
aration of a qualification of purer,
better life. which wo will enjoy II we
prepare ourselves, and the preparation
means a well-spcnt life.
FRANK LINDSEY.
Bilious Collie Prevented.