The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-09-06

all too dearly that the way that seems
right to man ends in death and dis
aster. There Is no way of knowing
what will take place on the morrow or
even within the next hour. An eXplor-
er or tourist going into u strange un-
known country will want guidance as
TO what lies before him. We take
much care In securing all the infor-
nation we can before starting into
new territory. Many think II neces-
sary to prepare for passing to the un-
known land beyond the grave, but af-
ter all each new day brings such dan.
gers and such opportunities that to be
ready for them needs to have the feet
guided into the right way. AZ 1t Is not
In man to direct his own steps there
Is a need for the guidance of one to
whom tomorrow Is as open as yester-
| day.
Then by nature man Is so self-willed
and self-suflicient he needs higher In.
telligence than his own to guide him.
This Is humilating but again history
| tells the truth. Ever since Cain in his
( self-will chose the wrong way it has
, been true that "the way of man Is
forward and strange" as the Pr0yerb
says. Moses knew something of this
when he declared in his last worl to
the people In Deut. 36 20, 81 know that
after my death ye will utterly turn
aside from the way and evil will befall
you"
| Again we are so prone to. wander
from the right way. AS the prophet
says "All we like sheep have turned
everyone to his own way" Like sheep
we wander, go astray and without
sense keep on going. further and furtk-
er astray. Everyone does it" seems
/ to be sufficient guidance when we
/ know well that the voice of the people
/ Is far from being the voice Of God.
| 1t is true that the majority may many
/ times appear to be right, but numbers
don't always count. There were four
hundred and fifty prophets opposed to
one, but that one, Elijah, was right and
! the crowd was wrong.
| II. Because of the Character Of the
Way Before Us.
1t is difficult way for the Chris.
tian in these times. Bogs and mire
are on either side and the way daily
grows narrower. The master himself
warns us in Matt. 7:13, II, that wide
is the gate and broad the way that
leadeth to destruction, and strait Is
the gate and narrow the way which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that
find It," SO difficult is the way before
the Christian, beset by the snares, pit
falls and straps of Satan, and so
strewn with the allurements and at.
fractions of the world that left to him
self he would surely come to destruc.
ton. He needs always the guidance
of the one who alone knows all the
difficulties and how to pass them. Not
only difficult, but dangerous is The way.
There are increasingly large numbers
who are as infatuated with the sup
posed importance and self-sufiicency
of man that they think there is no need
for Divine guidance. But such are the
days in which we live, "perilous
times" the Apostle Paul calls them
that Divine guidance is not only de-
srable, but imperative. Many are
being swept from old moorlngs to drift
out and make shipwreck. 1t is well
for us to hasten to Jeremlahs eXhor
tatiOn to task for the old paths where
is the good way and walk therein and
find rest fGs your souls" Jer, GIG.
~. Because of What the Lord Is a;
Guide.
He knows all the way that lies un
tried and unknown before the Chris
tian's feet. He is omniscient. 1t wa!
the Lord, not Moses, who led the peo
pie of Israel of old, and it is the Lore
who would guide his people in safet.
today. A story is told of a little bo!
from which we all may learn. During
. storm mother sought to rescue |
family of six children. AS the waite
burst open the door of her home, sh
tied her baby on her shoulder and tool
, q boy of six in her arms. To her four
teen-year-old daughter she said, "yo,
must carry one child" (which one,
, said the girl. The mother looked a
, the two, one Of four, one Of two, un
, able to choose. Ben, her boy Of clever
,, said, "Ma, I'll take the little one.
; "The water is too deep for you," tn
dispairing mother said. "It's deep 70
! true" answered the boy, "but Jesus
q tall man." They started, the pothe
, calling to her children, but soon Be
, ceased to answer. The mother an
: the others soon reached a place @
, safety. When the tide went dow
:. next day little Ben tramped to thel
and put his little charge into the motl
g er's arms. Had he followed her tn
night before he would soon have bee
beyond his depth. But unconscious
4, he had turned aside and followed
bank that years before had marked
boundary. The vater was to his wais
!, and a step or two on either side woul
/. have been fatal, but the child trod tn
: narrow path in safety till he reache
: a house where man came down an
: took the children in. The path Of I'll
y Christian is beset with dangers, bl
he may tread 1t with perfect safet
whom no has the Guidance of the LOr,