The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-24


and would have made his treas
ures real, had he kept 1T. TO us
Is given keyilower-the mind,
which can open tor us the store
house Of the worlds knowledge;
but how many of us forget the
things that are best and fill our
minds and hearts with those
things that are low and deerad-
ing: so that when we go out into
the world and place our lives TO
the test of usefulness, we find we
are carrying only leaves. BY lis
tening to and indulglng in lowd
stories and low conversation we
fill our minds so full of worthless
waste, that should we wait to ap.
ply it in the acquisition of useful
knowledge IN later life, we find
ourselves sadly handicapped in
our efforts. AS to profanity, tor
that sin there is absolutely no
reason or excuse. 1t has been
SAID that the man who lies or
steals may gain something by it;
but the man who swears serves
the devil for the lowest wages of
any one in his employ because he
gains nothing whatever by it.
Look out for the rock, Low Con
versatlon and Profanity. Do not
imperll the safety of your vessel
upon it.
1.-THE next we notice is marked
Cigarettes. How many bright
hopes and promising futures
have been shattered upon this
rock. How many are rashly
drifting on to the same fate. Our
jails and asylums are crowded
with wrecks from this source.
Nearly every day we may read of
some levoitiug CRIME which has
been com mitted through the IN
h1ence of cigarettes and the dope
habit. The young man who be-
gins the use of cigarettes may
well write this IN his diary. 81
have this day taken the first step
TO make OF my life total failure.
How long 1t will take, God alone
can tell"
"As we look farther we see the
next one is marked Intemper.
ance. Notice the shattered hulks
lying around this one. Hark to
the breezes bearing to us the de-
spairlng cries of souls plunglng
for the last time into the re-
morseless depths. And yet in
spite of all these warnings, wit
ness the endless procession pur-
sueing the same course and at
last suffering the sane fate. Be
ware of the rock. Intemperance.
"We notice another marked
Sceptlcism and Infidelity. This
one certainly has not been very
dangerous, because we see few
wrecks close around it: but look;
farther on in the course IN which
this rock lies, see the vast NUN
Ger. Some have even reached
the entrance to the harbor but
none have ever Ell cred all who
have struck on this rock have
gone down. Listen to what Tho
mas Pane, one of the greatest In.
idels, says as the end of his voy-
age draws near; 81 am about t \
take a leapinto the dark" 4" Young
man steer far from the rock
marked Scepticism. You may
not realize your danger until far
on your voyage: but rest assur-
ed you will reilize 1T then. For
you there shall be no beacon light
to guide you safely into port, no
cheerful welcome as your bark
touches the shore, but only dark
ness and despair.
eve see still other buoys
marked Deception. Dishonesty,
Worldly Lusts, Pride, etc add
we ask ourselves as it possible
with all the confronting US to
make the voyage safely 2" But
do not despair. Look On yon-
der shore of the sea on which we
are about to em bark there stands
radiant cross from which a
CLEAN of light reaches even to the
shore on which we stand; and IN
this light we see passage free
from all dangers; and we hear a
voice saying Launch out into
the deep. Put your trust in me
and | will guide you safely all the
way
Let us then accept Christ as