The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-23
seeking One stands for the will Of

pild-d letters over the archway Is in
scribed the word SELF, and under
meath is the declaration that you can
take anything with you into the
Broad Road which you desire, mat you
can do anything you wish while IN the
way, and that you can find any re-
ligion to suit your fancy except the
religion of the Strait Gate and Mar
row Way. The Strait Gate is solid n
massive and plain. 1t stands as a gio-
rious triumph of the ages, n the
one word GOD" blazes forth from the
keystone. And, in contrast to the
declaration in the stones of the Wlde
Gate that those entering could take
anything with them which they
wished. it is specifically stated at the
entrance to the Strait Gate that only
those will be admitted who leave sell
behind and accept Christ as the new
Leader.
The Guide Books.-Those which are
found at the entrance to the Broad
Way are almost innumerable. They
are being turned out as rapidly as man
can give advice and the printing press
can do the printing. They all pre-
tend to give explicit directions for the
finding of success and happiness and
honor and riches along the Broad
Road. At the entrance to the Narrow
Way the Word of God is offered to the
traveller, that it may become a lamp
unto the feet and a light unto the
path" which lies ahead. 1t
makes the way plain, and sets
one right when he wanders
into bypaths which for a time
look similar to the Narrow Way, but
soon lead to difficulty and darkness
and despair. 1t puts a song in the
mouth as one Journeys along the path,
and inspires hope in the heart as to
the certain blessing to which the Mar
row Way leads. This Guide Book
gives abundant biography of those
who have travelled the way before
Of Noah, who spent 100 years in car
rying out the one task the Lord had
given him to do in building the Ark
Of Abraham, whom the Lord led out
from the land Of his fathers to a land
which He promised to give to him
as an inheritance. OF Isaac, and ia
cob. and Moses, and Joshua, of Sam
uel, and David and hosts of Others
who lived before Christ came in the
flesh. OF Christ Himself, Who de
clared that He twas the Way, the
Truth and the Life" who overcamt
Satan and filled up many a pitfall II
the way that we might follow after
Him in safety.
This Guide Book also tells of thos'
who have chosen the Broad Way and
have persisted miserably by the way
side. Of the people before the foot
who would not listen to the word o,
the proud and willful at the tower o
Babel. OF Sodom and Gomorrah; o
the Pharaohs; of the heather nation
which withstood the onward marc
of Gods chosen people; of Nadab an
Abihu, who burnt strange fire befor
the Lord and were consumed; of thos
who through unbelief refused to en-
ter into the promised land and pei
ished in the wilderness; of the dis
obedient and faithless kings of /;
rael, beginning with King Saul, who
defeated in battle. fell upon his ow
sword. and ending with Zedekiah VIII
was the last king Of Judah before tn
final captivity; of the heather king
who were punished and destroyed; c
! wicked Herod and his desire to kill tn
babe Jesus; of Judas, who pretende
, to be walking the Narrow Way an
was on the Broad Road to d~estructio
as he planned to betray the Christ; {
, the rulers of the Jews, the Scribes an
Pharisees; of PLATE and Herod, an
9 the Roman soldiers and the mockin
throng which surrounded he eros
Oh. what a long list! just AXE yo,
Bible and make two lists. one of tho!
= who walked the Narrow Way and Il
=. other of those who sought the Wit
Gate and Broad Road, and you will 81
that Scripture bears out Christ in II
A statement that the many are found
the way which leadeth to d~estructio
n Nhiit TIC lCN pass thlouSH inc CtTd
: Gate into the Narrow Way which lea
q eth unto life.
Yes, and the true Guide Book is
# faithful record, because it also tel
of the failures of those who have ira
eled the Narrow Way. 1t tells how No;
d got drunk; how Moses lost his patien
,e and took glory to himself which b
r. longed to God, when he brought vat
It out of the rock for the complaint
people; how David, a man after Go,
r own heart, committed adultery a
murder; how Peter denied his Lon
and Paul and Barnabas had a conte
q ton which was so sharp that tn
m parted asunder. 1t tells of the hu1.
= failures in order that we, travelling t
ID same way, may be warned and help
- thereby.
he Entering the Narrow Way.-It is
Ia easy to enter the Broad WAY with
is Wide Gate that it is not necessary
ut tell how people drift or step into
al But entering the Narrow Way is a d
lie ferent matter, and requires some Sc,
ri ing in order to find the Strait Ga
re through which one must pass to o,
tIa b;xhvroy II &c mot o1uroxc -.