The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-11-10

serpent ana StlnpeIu llhe dill ouo0l'
Wine is mocker in the time OF
trouble and at all other times. Have
nothing to do with it.
In the next compartment L hnd
Sunday newspaper and trashy novel
Those who spend their time storing
their mind with such things have moth
ING else to help them in the time OF
trouble. Be careful what you read
In the next compartment | lind
wood, hay and stubble. These are
worthless things. You are gathering
into YOUR lives what you will need in
time to come. From habits OF think
ing, earnest study and hard work.
"A small balloon is in the next COM
partment. 1t represents the bubble OF
pleasure for which some young people
live. You strive very hard to get it,
but no sooner do you touch it than it
is gone. (touching the balloon, it eX-
plOdeS.
in the other compartment is some.
thing upon which many people depend.
You see it is a chain of gold and sill
YER. Money is valuable but it is a
poor thing to have as helpin sorrow
and death. And yet there are those
who work so hard for it that they fast
en- upon themselves the habit of love
for money, which is nothing less than
a chain of gold and silver, which
weighes down their soul. These chains
and this great weight would not help
one to swim when he needed a good
life preserver. Do not let US depend
upon such things for the time of
trouble. They are sure to fail.
Thank God there are life-preserv-
ers that are not so deceptive. The
other one which | have represents the
kind that every true christian has in
the time of need. Let us inspect this
also.
In the first compartment l find a
) Bible. The word of God is like SOL
id rock under ones feet when he feels
; himself sinking. Heaven and earth
shall pass away, but the promises o.
this book shall never fail.
? In the next compartment | find
chart. 1t is map of Darkest Afri
ca" Sometimes we have to pas
: through black forests like the one il
o Africa, but we have a map of tn
whole journey. I find here also
e map of the greatest city on earth
d London. If you were put down II
O that city, this would tell you jus
S where to 60. The Christian has
Il map of the heavenly city in his life
l. preserver. find here also compass
n Its needle always points toward tn
le north, and on the darkast sea it woul
t. tell you which way to take. five bt
N long to Christ, we have such
N compass. 1t is the voice of God sa!
ing: "This is the way, walk We in it.
x In another part find a telescope
a. That brings distant objects nea
X Some telescopes are so powerful tn;
ne if turned toward the moon, it wou
vi appear as large as if it can
n and settled on the Rocky mountain
IN and were seen from there with Il
III naked eye
In another compartment | find
nj large document called passport.
ed is signed by the secretary of state
le- this great nation. 1t describes m
I'm and says that I am a citizen of t
m. United States, and that | may free
ne travel in foreign lands, and am to
IS, protected. If you are christian "
U.s. have passport. 1t declares that "
10 belong to the heavenly country, tn
ed you are to be protected while don
OF here and that you are to be freely a
en- mitted into the heavenly city.
% In this life preserver is also ca
die. This is for the time of darkne'
re- If you believe in Christ, however da
ST. it may be; then shall your light bre
to, forth as the morning, and the glory
as the Lord shall be your reward. Y
lb- see; but touch this candle with Il
OF glass rod and instantly the can
lo' springs into light
cry But in the last part of this life p
ney server, we find something which
eel cludes everything else. What CO
'rV" we do if we did not have the H
u.s. Spirit to live in our hearts"
the We think of the Holy Spirit as
sup ING like a dove, because he so CT
me- upon Christ at his baptism in the j
lest dan; and perhaps because he is gen
lost beautiful, loving, swift and pure.
q Il l.