Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-07-16

and styles himself n dead dog. In
the east, when man styles himself a
dog, he uttcrs the utmost term of self
nhncgntion. II is not term so strong
hi this country, where, if Il dog has a
fair chance, He sometimes shows more
nobility of character than some huFjai
specimens that we wot of; but the
many ours of the Oriental cities, as /
know by my own observation, are ut
tcrly dctcstablc. McphihoSheth gives
the utmost term of sclf-loathing when
he compares himself to dog. and dead
nj that
Consider the analogy, When the
command Is given from the palace ~
Heaven to the human soul to come, the
soul begins 10 trrmble. II says: 'Nhat
is God going to do with me now? Is
he going to destroy me? Is He going
to wrcal< his vengeance upon mc?"
There is more than one Mephiboshcth
trembling now. because God has sum-
moitcd him 10 the palace Of divine
grace. What are YOU Troubling about?
tod has no pleasure in the death of Il
sinner. lie does not send for you To hurt
you. lie sends for you to do you good.
\ Scotch preacher had the follow
ing circumstances brought under his
observation: There ,rHs poor woman
in the parish who was about tU he
turned out because She tohld not pay
her rent.
One night She heard loud knocking
at the door, and she made no answer,
and hid herself The rapping continu-
ed loudcr, louder, lbuder, hut she made
no answer and continued to hide her
self She was almost frightened unto
death. She said: That's the officer
of the law come to throw me out of my
home
A few days after Il Christian bhilan-
thropist met her in the street and said:
"My poor woman. where were you the
other night? | came round to your
house To pay your rent Why didn't
vou let me in? Were you at homc?'
why" she replied, was that
you?" "Ecs, that was me; | came to
pay your rent" why" she said, IF
had had any idea it was you | would
have LET you in. thought it was an
officer come To east me ont If my
home. Oh, soul. that loud knocking
AT thy gate to-day is not the sheriff
come to put you in Jail; it is the
best friend You ever had come To
be your security. You shiver with ter
ror because YOU think it i wrath. 1t
is mercy. Why, then, trcmblc before
the King of Heaven and earth calls
you to his palace? stop trembling and
start right away. oh" you say, Il
can't staff. have been So famed by
sin. and st famed ly evil Habit | rant
start. ain lame in Both feet My
friend, we come out with our prayers
and sympaihieS to help YOU up to the
palace. II you want t0 get to the pal
ace YOU may get there. Start now.
The Holy Spirit will help you. All you
have to do is just to throw yourself on
your face at the feet of of the King, as
Mcphihoshcth did.
MephibOsheth's caninal comparison
seems cXtravagant to the world, Isn't
when man has seen Himself as lie re-
ally is, and has seen how lie has been
treating the Lord there is no term We
Gcment enough to express his self-con-
uruSation. The dead dog of Mephi-
jn>b. ,us comparison fails to de-
sola ~ lie mans utter loathing of
hin.self. MephibOsheth's pOsturing
does not seem too ,Prostrdte:
When a soul is convicted first he
prav upright. Then the muscles of his
r..l, alax, and he is able to bow his
h,a' After awhile, by an almost SUI
pc .b. nan effort, he els down to
pray Ter awhile, when as seen
God aul on himself ,e trnv> h'.
self H. " l farYat ay. o. i..
ac' <e~see ourselves as tod
sees lis We would perish at the spec
tnele. ipu would have no time to
overhaul Other people: Your cry would
he. Esd, be merciful to me, sim
ner
I'D again: Mephibosheth in My text
stands for the disabled human SOUL
saved Tor the sake of another. Mephi-
bosheth would never have got into the
palace on his own account. Why did
David ransacL the realm to find that
poor man. and then bestow upon him
n great fortune, and command farmer
of the name of Hiba TO culture the
estate and give to this invalid
Mephibosheth half the proceeds every
year? Why did King David make
such a mighty stir about Il poor fellow
who would never be of any use to the
throne of Israel? 1t was for Jonathans
sake. IL was Robert Burns calls for
'auld lang sync." David could not
forget what Jonathan had done for
him in other days. Three times this
chapter has it that all this kindness on
the part of David to Mephibosheth was
for his father Jonathan'S sake. The
daughter of Peter Martyr, through the
vice of her husband, came down
to perjury. and the senate of Zurich
took care of her for her fathers
sake. Sometimes a person has applied to
you for help, and you have refused him,
but when you found he was the son or
brother of some one who had been your
benefactor in former days. and by n
glance you saw the resemblance of
your old friend in the face of the APP
plicant, you relented and you said: "Oh,
| will do this for your fathers sake. -"
You know by yOur experience what
my text means, Now, my friends, it is
on that principle that You and are to
get into the Kings palace.
The most important part of every
prayer is the last three or four words
of it.-"For Christ's sake" DO not rat
tie off those words as though they
were merely the finishing stroke of the
prayer They are the most important
part of the prayer. When in earnest
ness YOU go before God and say, For
Christ's sake" it rolls in. as it were,
upon Gods mind all the memories of
Bethlehem and Gcnnesaret and Col
gotha. When you say before God,
For Christ's sake, you hold before
Gods mind every groan. every tear,
every crimson drop of His only bcgot-
ten Son. If there is anything in all
the universe that will move God to an
act of royal benefaction. it is to say:
For Christs sake God is omnipo-
tent. hut iIc is not strong enough to
resist that cry, For Christ's sake" If
a little child should kneel behind Gods
throne and should say, For Christ's
sake" the great Jehovah would turn
around on His throne to look at her
and listen. No prayer ever gets to
Heaven but for Christ's sake. No soul