The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-06

the soul of dead self and clothe IL
with the immortality of His right
eousness. Let us gaze down the path
way of His Way; let US open up the
windows of our soul to the blessed
light of His Truth; let us clarity the
atmosphere of the soul and permit
IL to breathe the Eternal Life of His
presence. Lift up the gates of the
natural mind, break down the insur-
mountable wall of the will, and let
the King Of Glory come in with the
true blessing of the certain Way, the
unfailing Truth and the Eternal Life.
Questioning of the Soul.-Jesus al
ways meets the honest doubt with
patient, loving answer. Thomas
couldn't understand and began to
question because he could not see
every inch of the way. He knew the
Fathers House was eternal in the
Heavens, and that there was place
there for him. Jesus said He was
going there, and that t : disciples
knew the way thither. Immediately
Thomas began to look around in his
own heart for the light that would
lead him to the Fathers House.
Questionings always come from with
in, but il they are honest questions,
with eager yearning after the truth,
then Jesus always answers them.
Have you doubts and questionings
in your heart, 0 soul? Go to Jesus
with them. Don't seek for the light
that can chase away all the dark
clouds of unbelief anywhere but in
if you do the clouds will gather
thicker and blacker about your soul
and you will never find the blessed
Way to the Fathers House. But 10
the eye of faith looking up sees the
eternal reality of the Fathers House
and longs to plant it's feet within it's
pearly gates, then Jesus will turn to
and say: "Why, dear heart, 1 am
the Way to the Fathers House. Do
not look within for thy way. Fix
your eyes on Me, for am the Way,
and the Truth and the Life: no man
cometh unto the Father but by Me-"
An Unerring Guide.-During the
years following the great gold dis.
coveries in California caravan after
caravan of eager seekers after the
yellow metal threaded their way across
the great trackless plains of the
west. Frontiersmen who could pilot
safely through the wide stretch of
wilderness and lead past the dangers
of che hostile Indian country were in
demand. The question always asked
by the cautious traveller was: "Have
you been over the route before?" To
have learned the landmarks that
made the way certain to the desired
haven, and to have found out the
perils Of the journey and be able to
guard against the lurking foe, were
qualifications in the guide which
made his services always in demand.
But let the incautious emigrant trust
himself to the leadership of an in
competent guide, or let him attempt
to make the journey alone, and ten
chances to one his bleaching bones
would be found later on the prairie,
silent and CHASTITY witnesses against
his mad folly.
In the journey from earth to the
Fathers House competent Guide il
needed to safely pilot the soul over
the desert wastes of the earthly pill
grimage, and around the hostile coun-
try. One who can always perceive
the presence of the lurking foe and
guard against his attack. Would you
dare to trust yourself in, the hands
| of one who has not been over the
way, who does not know every inch
of the way, or would you in mad folly
dare to attempt the journey alone?
Oh, soul, mark the sad wrecks by the
| roadside of life of those who have
chosen a false guide or who have at
tempted the journey alone! Let the
rafting bones and the grinning skulls
bear their message of solemn warn
ing to your soul, that you can never
safely make the journey from earth
to Heaven without you trust yourself
in the hands of the unerring Guide,
| Who is known as Christ Jesus, the
Way.
"The Way" Not ga Way."-The Way
came from the Father, and The Way
led back to the Father. Every road,
every pathway has its distinctive
landmarks by which it is identified,
and the point to which it leads made
plain and certain. The pathway of
the human will leads away from God
It's landmarks are found in the
wrecked lives, unsatisfied longings
and desires, it's restless seeking after
every conceivable and inconceiva BILE
thing in the world, while the soul
sickens and dies. But the pathway of
eternal hope leads through Jesus,
the Way, and the landmarks that
make it bright and shining Way are
the expressions of the Fathers will
| in the cradle, the cross and the tomb.
The cradle that received Gods gift to
| the world of Saviour. The cross OF
sacrifice, on which the Lamb of God.
the Siniess One, suffered for the sins
of the world. The tomb of hope from
which the Son of God came forth a
triumphant Victor over death. And
you, oh, soul, must pass over this Way