Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-01-02

cease worldly business. You know
very well that yoI will soon pass out
of that partnership You know that
beyond certain point of all the
millions of dollars worth of goods
sold You will not handle a yard of
cloth, or a pound of sugar, or a pen
ny'S worth. After that, il confiagra-
ton should sweep all Washington into
ashes it would not touch you and
would not damage you. If every cash
Ter should abscond, and every bank
suspend payment, and every insurance
company fail, it would not affect you.
oh how insignificant is business this
side the grave with business on the
other side the grave. llavs you
made any Purchases for etcr-
nifty? Have You any securities
that will last forever? Are You job
bling for time when You might be
wholrsaiing for eternity? Is there
any question SO broad at the base, 50
altitudInous, So overshadowing rs the
question, What must | do to be
saved" Or is it a domestic question?
I l. il something about father or moth
or ar husband or wife or son or dauGh-
/ ter that is the more important Iucs-
ton? You know by universal and in
! eXoraLle law the relation will soon he
/ broken up Father Will be gone. moth
cr will bc gone, children will be gone,
| YOU will bc gone, but after that the
| question of the text will begin To- har-
I vest its chief gains, or deplorc its worst
losses, or roll up its mightie>t magni-
tudes. or sweep its vaSter circles.
/ Oh. what n question what an i'm
/ portaut question. l. there any ques-
tion that compares with il in import
ance? Wat l. il now tn Napoleon III
whether he triumphcd or surrendered
at sedan. whether he died at the Tuil-
cries or ChiNelhur>t, whether he was
emperor or exile Because he was laid
out in the coffin in the dress of field
marshal, did that give him any better
chance for the future than if he had
been laid out in plain shroud? What
! difference will il soon make to YOU or
To me whether in this world we walked
or rode, whether we were bowed to or
maltrcated. whether we were applaud
cd or Kissed at, welcomed in or kicked
|
ment of the future and burning in
every splendor or every grief and over
arching or undergirding all time and
all eternity will be the plain, startling,
infinite. stupendous question Of the
text, What must | do to he saved?'
Again, characterize this question
of the agitatcd Jail keeper a. ono
crushed out by his misfortuneS, pressed
out by his mi>fortuncs. The falling al
the pcnitcntiarv, his occupation wa:
gone. BESIDES that the flight of 4;
prisoner was ordinarily the death O
the Tailor lie was held responsible
II all had gone well; il the prison walls
had not been shaken of the carth
quake: if the prisoners had all stat,
quiet in the stocks: if the morning sun
light had calmly dropped on the Jail
er's pillow, do You think he woul,
have hurled this rei-hot question
from mis- soul into the ear of his apps
tolic prisoners? An, no. You know
rs well as do il was the earthquake,
that reused him IN. And it is trouble
that starts a great many people to ask
ing the same question. 1t has been 5,
with multitude of you. Your ap
parel is not as bright as it once was
Why have you changed the garb? d,
you not like solferino and crimson an,
purple as well as once? Yes, but yol
say: While | was prosperous and hap
py those colors were accoriant Wit
my feelings. Vow they would DC dis
cord to NV SOU" And so yc1 nav,
:t.e,l ~ ia -1--'---- :--c,-' zap
-, .Tac ,orld y Giteren
Once you said 'Oi cr!d onl
have it quiet little. .er' 1t is to-
quiet.
Some people say that they would no
bring back their departed friends from
Heaven even if they had the opportun
ity. but if you had the opportunity yo
would bring back your loved ones, an,
soon their feet would be sounding il
the hall. and soon their voices woul
be heard in the family, and tine oil
times would come back just as the fes
tai days of Christmas and Thanksgiy
ing-days gone forever. Oh, il is tn
earthquake that startled you to ask
ing this questionable earthquake O
domestic misfortune. Death is S
cruel 81 dcvouring So relentless, tina
when it swallows up our love-
ones we must have some one t
whom we can carry our torn an
bleeding hearts. We need balsau
better than anything that ever exude
from earthly tree to heal the pang O
the soul. 1t is pleasant to have GU
| frIa nd toll
how sorry they are and try to breal
up the loneliness, bu: nothing but tn
!, hand of Jesus Christ can take tn
bruised soul and put it in his bosom
hushing il with the lullaby of Heaven
O brother! q sister, The graveston
will never he lifted from your hear
until Christ lifts it. Was il not tn
, loss of your friends, or the persecution
OF your enemies, or the overthrow O
your worldly estate ii not n
earthquake that started You out I
ask this stupendous question of IN,
text?
But | remark again, l character
ize this question of the agitated jai
keeper as hasty, urgent and immedi
ate lie put it on tine run. BY tn
light of his torch as he goes to Loo
for the apostles behold his face, Sc
the startled look and see the earnes,
ness. No one can doubt by that Loo
that the man is in earnest. He mus
have that question answered befor
, the earth stops rocking. or perhap
he will never have it answered a
all. Is that the way, my brother
my sister, you are putting thi
! question? Is it on the run? Is it nasty
Is it urgent? Is it immediate? II it
not, it will not bc answered That
the only kind of question that is an
swered. 1t is the urgent and immedi
ate question of the gospel Christ an
swers A great many are asking thi
question. but they drawl it out, an,
there is Indifference in their name
as if they do not mean it. Make it al
urgent question anG ,hen you viii
have it answered befors an hour passes
before a minute passes When a maj
. with all the earnestncss OF his sou
, cries out for God, he finds Him, an,
finds him right away.
Oh. are there not in this house to
day those who are postponinC unit