Newport weekly independent., 1902-08-22

cause the Devil is the architect and he builds for time and not eternity, anG seeks to give the souls of his followers all that they will ever get. The Mar row Way has a Strait Gate and con tracted roadway, because this life is but pilgrimage and the home of the soul is in Heaven.
 The Two Gates.-They are alike in that they both stand at the begin ming of the ways and admit the traveller to the road he seeks to travel. But the one is wide and easily entered. The other is strait and is only found by seeking. One stands for the will of man. The other represents the will of God. The Wide Gate is attractive and gives promise beyond of all that the heart could desire or long after. In gilded letters over the archway is in- scribed the word SELF, and under heath is the declaration that you can take anything with you into the Broad Road which you desire, that you can do anything you wish while in the way, and that you can find any re- igion to suit your fancy except the religion of the Strait Gate and Mar row Way. The Strait Gate is solid and massive and plain. It stands as glo- rlous triumph of the ages, and the one word "GOD" blazes forth from the keystone. And, in contrast to the declaration in the stones of the Wide 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 self 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 "lamp unto the feet and a light unto the path" which lies ahead. It makes the way plain, and sets one right when he wanders into bypaths which for time look similar to the Narrow Way, but soon lead to difficulty and darkness and despair. It puts 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 land which He promised to give to him as an inheritance. Of Isaac, and Ja- 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 overcame Satan and filled up many a pitfall in the way that we might follow after Him in safety.
 This Guide Book also tells of those who have chosen the Broad Way and have perished miserably by the way side. Of the people before the flood who would not listen to the word of Noah but chose their own way. Of the proud and willful at the tower of Babel. Of Sodom and Gomorrah; of the PharaOhs; of the heather nations which withstood the onward march of Gods chosen people; of Nadab and Abihu, who burnt strange fire before the Lord and were consumed; of those who through unbelief refused to en- ter into the promised land and per- ished in the wilderness; of the dis obedient and faithless kings of Is- rael, beginning with King Saul, who, defeated in battle, fell upon his own sword, and ending with Zedekiah who was the last king of Judah before the final captivity; of the heather kings who were punished and destroyed; of wicked Herod and his desire to kill the babe Jesus; of Judas, who pretended to be walking the Narrow Way and was on the Broad Road to destruction as he planned to betray the Christ; of the rulers of the Jews, the Scribes and Pharisees; of Pilate and Herod, and the Roman soldiers and the mocking throng which surrounded the cross. Oh, what long list! Just take your Bible and make two lists, one of those