Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-08-17
CHRISTIAN Z, ID AYOR.
Young Poop es Week'y.1
Topic, August II: Practical Uses OF

Topic, August II: Pract cal Uses Of
the Bible-Ps. 119: 97-1O5.
1t is only very inexperienced people
or very ignorant ones who do not respect
| the practical wisdom Of The Bible.
have heard young men sueer at the
suggestion Of keeping one day out Of
seven as a day Of rest, but those who
have studied the needs of the human
body tell US that the Importance OF this
weeklyrest can hardly be over-estimated
The Mosaic law, so far as 1t relates to
physical health, is in accordance with
the most recent discoveries in hygiene,
while it is acknowledged to be the
foundation of the laws of all civilized
nations. The one who 70 lows its pre-
cepts in regard to temporal matters
even, can say with David, "Thou
through thy commandments hast made
me wiser than mine enemies.
But this is very far from being the
greatest service the Bible renders its
followers. For the sake of living close
to Christ and keeping in the path the
Bible marks out for us, the Christian
refrains from entering "overy evil path. "
Each year impuritY and intemperance
STAY their thousands AID their tens Of
thousands, but have no power over the
one who has accepted the Word of God
as the rule of his life.
Perhaps some of you say that the
Bible is not alone in warning lis against
such pcrils. And the suggestion is
true. Over the gate through which we
enter upon any OF these downward
paths, human experience has written,
"The end thereof is death" But how
many young men, as they pass into the
fashionable saloon, realize that there is
any warning in the shabby figure which
sta ggers past them7 How many OF
them who are just entering upon bust
ness career, and forming a passion for
money getting, take to themselves any
lesson from the hard faced miser who
looks upon poverty as the sin which
can not be forgiven? Literature over
flows with warnings. History is full of
til EN-. In the book of human life we
find them written upon every page
But experience proves that it is not
enough to utter warnings against sin.
The Bible does more than to point
out every evil course and the ruin in
which it ends. 1t shows a better way.
1t proves that though the path leading
TO life may be. narrow, there are flowers
growing beside it, and overhead the blue
sky smiles serenely. 1t teaches that
duty and happiness are not strangers,
Is some have supposed, but rather are
Sis ers, and walk hand in hand. The
command, "Thou shalt not" was not |
sufficient to keep human beings from
sin. 1t needed the voice of Jesus, |
lender and appealing, crying, "Come |
INTO me"
The Bible is light on our way when
the void about is darkest. Did you
ever stop to think how little we know
# future life except what comes to us
rom the pages of this book? The man
who defined death as taking leap into
he dark, expressed the feeling of most
whose hearts have not been illumined
Dy the divine hope of the gospel of
Christ.
Golf stockings cover multitude of
Inns.
Racers strip themselves that they
nay outstiip others.
Always look on the bright side-but
walk on the shady side.
s. mpatby for man after he's down
S twin brother TO mockery.
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