Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1892-08-31


their dead in a tuiti,'. and Ia place that
bottle in the graves ri the departed;
and we have many specimens of the
ancient l.IChrymatuTic~. ar tear hotties,
i'm our museums.
When ON the way from the Holy Land
our ship touched ut cyprus, We went
back into the hills "f that island and
bought tear bottles which the natives
had dug out Of tn" ruins OF the old city.
There is nothin" more suggestive Ia IN"
than the tear bottles which | brought
home and put among my rurio>iiicS.
That was the kind nf bottle that my
text alludcS tn, when David cries, Put
thou my tears into thy bottle"
The text intimatc> that tod has an
intimate acquaintance and perpetual
remembrance of all our grirfS, and a
vial or lachrymat"ry. or bottle, in
| which he catches and saves our tears,
and bring to you the coincidence of
this Christian sentiment. Why talk
abou. grief: Alas. the world has its
pangs. and now. while speak, there
are thick darkncSscS Of soul that need
t. he lifted. There are many who are
about t. break under the assault of
temptation, and pcrchancc, If no words
appropriate to their ease he uttered,
they perish.
come on no FOOLS GRAND. Put upon
your wound no salvc compounded
by human quaclcry. but. pressing
straight To the mark. hail You rs a
vessel mii-sca cries Ia n passing craft,
ri
vessel which has Faith for u rudder,
and Prayer for sails, and Christ for
captain, and Heaven for an eternal
harlnr Catherine Ehcinfelt. n rrus-
sian. keeps a boat with which she
rc>cucs the drowning. When a
storm comes on the coast, and
other people go to their beds
to rest. she puts out in her boat
for the relief of the distressed, and hun
drcd> Of the drowning has She brought
safely To the beach. In this lfc-boat
of the Gospel | put out to-day, hoping,
by Gods help, to bring ashore at least
one soul that may now he sinking
in the pillows of temptation and
trouble. The tears that were once
| caught in the lachrymatories brought
up from lIerculaueum and Pompcii are
all gone. and the bottle is as dry the
scoria of the volcano that submerged
them. but not n with the bottle in
which God gath all our tears.
First. ! rcmars hat God keeps per-
rctually the trsrs o. repentance. Many
a man har-uwal,ered h, the NOM ng 50
wrctcl,cd from the niga hts dcbaucb that
| h.. his sobhed and wcJ,t. Pains IN the
head. aching in the 81 es, sick at heart,
and unfit to step IN D the light. He
gricves, not about hif misdoings. but
| only about its on5equences God
makes no record of sRch weeping. Of
all the million 49, that have gushed
as the result .ch mi>dcmcanOr,
| not one ever g.. into Gods bottle.
They Tried on The fevered check. or
were dashed down by the bloatcd hand.
or Fell into the red wine cup as it came
again to the lips. foaming with still
| worse intoxication. But when man
is sorry for his past and tries to do
| beitcr-when he mourns his wasted ad-
| vantages and bemOans his rejection of
Gods mercy, and cries amid the lacera-
tions of an aroused conscience for help
| out of this terrible prcdicamen then
God listens: then Heaven bows down:
| then sccptcrs of pardon are extended
from the throne: then his crying rcnds
the heart of Heavenly compassion:
then his tears are caught in Gods
bottle.
| You know the story Of Paradise and
the Peri. think it might I've put to
| higher adaptation. An angel starts
| from the throne of God to find what
thing il can on the earth worthy of he
ing carried back to Heaven. 1t goes
down through the gold and silver mines
Of earth. but finds nothing worthy OF
transportation tn the Celestial City.
| II goes down through the depths OF
the sea, where the pearls lie, and finds
nothing worthy of taking back to
| Heaven. Hut coming tn the foot Of Il
| mountain il sees wandcrer weeping
| over his evil ways. The tears of tn.
prodigal start, hut do not fall to the
| ground. for the angels wing catches
them. and with that treasure speeds
back To Heaven. God secs the angel
| coming. and says, "Echold the bright
est gem OF earth, and the brightest
| Jewel of lieaven-the tear of a sinner
repentance.
Oh. when see the Heavenly Shcp
herd bringing a lamb from the wilder.
| ness: when hear the quick tread oi
the prodigal fastening home to find his
| father; when see Il sailor hoy coming
| ON the wharf, and burrying away tC
beg his mothers pardon for long neg
| lcct and unkindneSs, when ] see the
houselcss coming to God for shelter
and the wrctchcd and the vile and the
| sin-hurncd. and the passion blasted APP
| pealing for mercy To a compassionate
God, | exclaim i'm ecstasy and triumph
more tears for Gods bottle.
Again. God keeps tender rcmem
brancc of all your sicllncsses How
| MANY of YOU are thoroughly sound in
body: Not one out of ten. do moi
exaggcratc. The vast ma iority of tn,
| race are constant subjects Of ailmcnt
| There is some one form of disease
| that YOU are particularly subject to
| You have "A weak side or back, or ar,
subject to headaches, or faintness, oil
| take a very strong blow to shiver the
golden bowls of life. or break tn,
| pitcher at the fountain. Many of YOU
have kept on in life through sheer
force of will You think no one car
un,lcrsi nd your distress Perhaps You