The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05
Good Roads and Rnd.

conss Make saq,sn me to go ln the path of Thy
 boHt baa in roaSs ss o0uTRSTy TSeyy fnow know Se rough road the dangerous road. the steep, the stony road. But there are worse roads than are to be found in
 As we are beginning a new year, Il new period of life. it Is important to know which road to avoid and which We must avoid, I put first Unbelief.
 This is a very bad road indeed. For the man who does not believe in the Jesus Christ is travelling in the dark. Could there be anything more miser- able than to travel through 'life's jour ney without love or hope, and with the man who never opens his Bible, church-what is life? A dark, cheer less road. A very bad road, indeed.
 Then there is seif-deception. That is very dangerous road. You meet d man and he tells you where he Is go- ing. Yop know he is on the wrong walks in the. way of his own choosing. He says Gods way is too hard for him. too narrow; there Is too much climb be hedged in by rules and command ments; he likes his oHn way best. All the ways of a man are clean in his 9wn eyes" Yet Yet such people deceive because it is an easy way" Alas, not so-it gets rougher and worse as they go on. You cannot & travel straight on way of .salvation,the right road-the Kings highway.
 Then there is Bad Company. That is a dirty, dangerous road, and It ends in destruction. More people have been ruined by bad company than by any thing else. From the day when Eve listened to the serpent's whisper till xyaC prhan liafnnad n companions evil words, the result has been ever the same. Nothing IS so tn- fectious as sin.
 drunkard without becoming a drunkard yourself; nor stay with the profane and unclean unless you wish to be like them. You cannot touch filth and not
 Many a man is ruined by the com pany of a Goddess. careless or silly woman. The wisest and strongest have
 Delilah ruined samson: his heather wives ruined Solomon; Jezebel ruined Ahab Just as good woman is the greatest blessing in the world, a bad woman is plague spot in mans
 Beware, my friends. of how you get into the dangerous road of bad com pany. Beware of those who mocks at religion. If one sneers at the Bible, and laughs at prayer, avoid him as you would poison; for. he is poison. and
 
 you become as bad as himself.
 Avoid those who use bad language. It Is more dangerous than smallpox. Avoid the sir of drunkenness. At the last 1t stingeth like an adder. ," Avoid those who disobey their parents. No good comes of one who Is ashamed of his mother. or desplses the wishes of his father.
 And what is the good road? The way of Gods Commandments-the way of believers. That is a good road, and pleasant. When we tread that path we are happy because we kno'R where 1t leads. It is the Kings highway. and it leads to the royal city, and to our home, which Jesus has prepared for us. It leads us to the friends Ngone before, and who are waiting us there. The tiny hands of the little child, the worn, thin hands of the wife, the strong hands of the father beckon us
 The Eternal City which we seek nev- CT disappoints-"Jerus the gold our song city is" Home and love and peace and rest await us there Above all Jesus Himself is there. and will receive us into ths house not made with hands, eternal in the Heaven"
 An! Brother, Gods road is good road. true and tried-keep to it. When our journey Is done we shall feel tired. and be glad to rest. People will say that we Pare dead. but we shall only be sleeping. We shall nave left be- hind the wornout garment of the body, and by and by shall wake up in the presence of God. and be satisfied"