The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-23
THE TWO HIGHWAYS
One Leads to Life, the Other Ends
in Destruction.
The bible Is the Guide Book ana
Christ the Leader-sermon by
the .Hfghway and Dyway"
Preacher.
downright, lsqa, by A. n. Kellogg News
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copyright, 1924 by A n. hetoss WV"
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Text: Enter we in at the strait gate;
for wide is the gate. and broad is the
wav. that leadeth to destruction. ano
many there be which go in thereat: be-
cause strait Is the gate, ana mario" u
the way. which leadeth unto lie, and
few there be that find it.-Mat ':lS' IL
The Figure.-ln this text Christ has
given us a figure which easily and
clearly illustrates the thought that
the soul in this life is moving on to-
wards a destiny which reaches beyond
time into eternity. Two gate"ays
and two roads are mentioned, each
with it's destination definitely hxed;
one ending in the blackness OF the pot
tomless pit and the other reaching the
eternal glories OF Heaven, where the
soul is clothed upon with lmhortal-
itv. One road is crowded with the many
who press through the Wide Gate; the
other echoes with the footsteps OF the
few who have sought and founu the
Strait Gate and entered in thereat' n
command sounds forth in the nearing
of all travellers entering these TWO
WAYS which is authoritative n posi-
tive. God meets every soul n cries:
ENTER We in at the Strait Gate." The
many are so engrossed IN CHASING the
butterfly of worldly gain and pleasure
which fits just before them that they
fail to hear and heed. The few stop
to listen and then begin to seek; L
in fulfillment of the Divine prom
Use. "he that seeketh findeth," the lit
tie wicket gate OF Bunyan's Pilgrim is
seen to lie just ahead. and a knock at
the door admits to the Narrow way
as it did to that earnest traveller whose
journeyings we have followed with
such absorbed interest.
Broad is the road that leads to death,
And thousands walk together there;
But Wisdom shows a narrow path,
With here and there a Traveller.
" Deny myself and take thy cross,
Is the Redeemer's great command:
All men must count their gold but dross.
II they would gain the Heavenly land.
The Two Ways.-In the day in which
the words of our text were spoken the
roads or highways were the main ar
teries of communication and trade be
tween cities and there was generally
but one road leading from point to
point, so that OF Lord used an illustra'
ton which would appeal forcibly te
His hearers. In this day, when the
country is covered with its network
of railroads. and many excellent road
ways lead from city to city, the figure
has lost much of its meaning. 1t i;
hard to find the city of any consider
able size which is not reached by tive
or more roads or railroads, but in thu
days of our Lord there was the on
road between cities over which tn
travel and commerce passed. Further
more, the cities of those days wer'
walled and gateways opened out upol
the highway, and through these gate
ways all must pass who sought t.
travel by that road.
Rome had built her highways broa'
and long from the large cities of tn
then known world back to the HON
of the Caesars and the center of til
worlds power. While the commercial
life of the world was flowing over thes
splendid highways and the many wer
passing to and fro bent on the worlc
: ~ ambitions and aims, with Rome a
the center, the devout jews though
, and hope were conferred in Jerusalem
. and the narrow, rugged pathways G
. Palestine were Travelled by the pi
grims as they .~journeyed toward it t
i keep the feast days and worship til
d true God. May it not have been tina
the thought of the two ways first cam
. to Jesus as He journeyed towards j,
O rusalem when He was IL years of ag
and probably for the first time saw an
d crossed the great roadway built b
e Rome from Damascus to the sout
through Palestine? Here was Ron
and her great highways on the OF
hanu and Jerusalem and the mario
rugged road which led over the brow
Mount Oliyet and on into the city
the temple gate on the other. There
- a forcible contrast here which wou
s. have readily suggested itself to tho
who listened to our Lord as He spoil
Is these words which would not at fir
lie occur to us.
IL A Wide Gate and q Broad Way cha
~ acterize the read which leads to d
y struction, and a Strait Gate and a Ma
~ row Way the road which leads to lii
e Why is it that mans way should be
:. such a grand scale and appear so {
!, tractive, and Gods way so limited al
- the Strait Gate thereto so hard to fin
% The Broad Way spreads out into all t
y world and takes in everything and en-
e in destruction. The Narrow Way lea
e through the world to a definite poi
- where the soul drinks in life eterr
and finds full scope for its powers. Z
Broad Road yields a present rewa
at the sacrifice of the eternal welfa
of the soul. The Narrow Road lea
from the allurements of the wor
past the pitfalls and snares of t
Devil, to the sure reward of the
theirs house. The Broad Road ha:
Wide Gate and expanding roadbed,
l., cause the Devil is the architect and
~ builds for time and not eternity, a
!, =. seeks to give the souls of his follow,
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