The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-12-29

Stepping Heavenwood.' hut 1t would
not be for long. No. never did like
religious books When | read. read
for fun and for mental improvement
You must not expect laymen. and es-
peciaily young people. to read the same
books as do the ministers"
Not expect laymen To read the SANE
kind of literature rs ministers: No
Bnt would have laymen use common
sense I'm their selections OF books. /
would have them treat the brain IN ref
erence Ia Its mental food on the same
principle as we would treat the pi,ysic-
al body. You restrict your stomach to
one kind OF diet long enoncli. and you
Will starve your physical body 10 death,
no matter what kind OF food you may
take. What did your husband die OFF,"
] | asked "A lady some time ago From
! starvation" she answered. .ifc had an
ineurablc disease, but that disease did
not directly Kill him. We could only
feed him on beefsteak and toast. We
bought him the very best steak In the
market. but beefsteak has not all the
| ingredients in 1t 10 support life. and SO
he gradually starved and passed
away" Are you going TO restrict your
mind and soul tn only one kind of men
tai food? II you are broker. is the
full extent of your reading to be found
In perusing the columns of stock mar
kets In the morning newspapers? Ii
you are lawyer. are you only going
to read about the forensic giants Of
the past who won their memorable vic
tories at the bar or spend most of your
time in studying your new cases? If
you are tired mother. when night
comes and all the children are in bed
are you going TO simply while away
your evening hours reading novel
ind crying over some princess who
never lived? With what books are you
feeding your soul? l am not talking
about the Bible now. What other hooks
are you reading that arc deepening and
widening your intellectual and spiritu-
al life? Are you reading any such
books at all?
The Greatest Book of All.
But, IL It is necessary for Us TO read
spiritual books for mental food. how
much more necessary IL it that we as
Christian students should read and
love that greatest OF all books which l
God has given TO Us to he our guidel /
we have read how the great masters \
OF literature loved their books DR. /
Geikie tells US that when Henry /
Thomas Buckle, the distinguished his /
torian. was dying bis last words on
earth were, My poor books; my poor
boolssr" When Lefbnitz died lie died \
with one OF his precious books In his
hand. When Death came 10 cali Rob-
ert Southey he found him an old white
haired man, kissing and stroking the
books he was too weak TO open aud too !
blind TO read. Cicero's greatest desire
.0h. take all that have. but leave me
alR books" Could there be n better
picture than that which Cunningham
Geikfc drew Of the love which these
in literature bore their hoolzs7
Should that love be greater than the
ove Christians ought to bear the book
Il books which God gave to Us TO show
rs the way of life? II spiritual books
ire essential for our mental food.
should We not feed upon this book,
which is wholly divine?
want you to class books among the [
lest of friends and the worst of enc
MES AS Loyoia the wounded soldier /,
# fortune became Loyola the soldier :
f Christ by reading THE Lives OF die
Saints" SO I want the good books to
1T you and purify you and make you
gospel messenger among men As
'ad books are the worst enemies OF
want to enlist your help
n fighting them at every step. IF .
yer the devil had an agent on earth. /
have been one spake the dying :.
uthor OF pernieious book. "Oh. that +
could destroy that bookr' l want
on to fight these evil books wherever q
on go. | want you to see that your
brary shelves are cleared of the ).
icperA" want you to zee that your :,
hiidren never are allowed to touch
ad book. And furthermore want /
on, By the help of God. to scatter {.
orth the copies Of that one book
'hich shall vet traEple over all evil
ooks, because It Is the Sword or the
pirt," which shall never fail -
May God teach us one and all to Dill =
" our leads upon the promises and a
re as Christ would have Us lire. be- Ii
'use We loye the odd book" r
II thou~art merry. here are airs:
Il melancholy. here are prayers: l.
Is studious. here are those things writ
Which may deserve thy ablest Wit: ~
Il hungry, here Is food divine:
II thirsty. nectar. heavenly Wine :
Read then. but first myself prepare
To read with zeal and mark with carr:
And when thou readest what hero l.
writ CO
Let thy best practice second II. u
90 tw!cs each preeept shall be-
First In the book and next In thee CO
Copyright 1901 by Louis Klopsch.
Driving Out the Men. I'll
The president of the Northwestern n
livcrsity In his report to the trustees
that institution says tie coeduca- VI