Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-11

eternal release. Trouble has humbled
you, has enlarged you, has multiplied
your resources, has equipped you, has
loosened your grasp from the world
and frightened your grip on the next.
Oh! bless God for the east wind. II has
driven you into the harbor of Gods
sympathy
Nothing like trouble TO show us that
this world is an insucicut portion. IIo-
garth was about done with life. and he
wanted td paint the end of all things.
He put oil canvass shattered bottle, a
cracked bell, an unstrung harp, a sign
board of a tavern called THE Worlds
End falling down. a shipwreck, the
horses of Phocbus lying dead in the
clouds, the moon In her last quarter,
and the world on fire. One thing
more, said lIogarth. and my picture i,
done" Then he added the broken pal
ate of painter. Then he died. But
trouble, with hand nightier and more
skiliful than llogartn's, picture, tro
falling, falling moldcring. lying world
And we want something permanent to-
lay hold of, and we grasp with bn;h
hands after God and sa;: The Lord il
my light, the Lord Is my low. the
Lord is MY fortress, the Lord is my
sacrifice the Lord is my God
Bless tod for your trials. oh. nv
Christian friend! keep your spirits up
Ivy THE power of Christ's Gospel. Do
not surrender Do you not know that
when you give up otherS will givr up?
Nnu have ,,nrn,r.. q, nj nfh .,. ,,-;It
courage. The Romans went into the
battle, and by some accident there was
an inclination of the standard. The
standard upright meant forward march;
the inclination of the standard meant
surrender. Through the negligence OF
the man who carried the standard. and
the inclination of it, the ARMY surrcn-
dered. Oh! let us keep the standard
up, whether It be blown down by the
east wind. or the north wind. or the
south wind. No inclination to sur
render. Forward into the conflict.
There Is near Bombay tree that
they call the ''sorrowing tree. the pc
cularity OF which is il never puts forth
any bloom in the daytime. but in the
night puts out all its bloom and all its
redolence. And have to tell Won that
though Christian character puts forth
its sweetest blossoms in the darkness
of sickness. the darkness of financial
distress, the darkness of bereavement,
the darkness of death. weeping may
endure for night. but Joy cometh in
the morning" Across the harsh dis
cords of this world rolls the music Of
the skies-music that brea'Ss from the
lips, music that breaks from the harps
and rustles from the palms, music like
falling water over rocks. music
like wandering winds among leaves.
music like carolling birds among
forests, music ike ocean bill.
lows storming the Atlantic beach.
They shall hunger no more. neither
thirst anv more, neither shall the sun
linht ON them nor any heat: for the
Lamb which is In the midst of the
throne shall lead them to living fount-
aims of water, and God shall wipe away
Christian fleet approaching the harbor
Some of the ships come in with sails
rent and bulwarlSs knocked away. but
still afoat Nearer and nearer the
shining shore. Nearer and nearer eter-
nal anchorage. Haul away, my lads!
Some of the ships had mighty tom
mage. and others were shallops easily
lifted of the wind and wave. Some
were men-of-war and armed of the
thunders of Christian battle, and 9th.
ers We're unpretending tugs taking 9TH
ers through the "Narrows," and some
were coasters that never ventured ont
into the deep seas of Christian expert
ence: but they are all coming nearer
the wharf-brigantine, galleon, line
of-battle ship, long boat, pinnace, war
frigate-and as they come into the har-
Dor find that they are driven by the
long. loud, terrific blast of the east
wind. 1t is through much tribulation
that you are to enter into the kingdom
of God.
You have blessed God for the north
wind, and blessed Him for the south
wind. and blessed him for the west
wind; can you not in the light of this
subject bless Him for the east wind?
Nearer, my God. to Thee.
Nearer to Thee,
Zen though 1t be q cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer. my God. to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.