Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-13

said that in the first few years of his
public life Nero was set up as an eX-
nipple of ClcmenCy and kindness, but
he got worse and worse, the path de-
sccnding, until at Is years of age he
was the suicide. Ii 500 years OF life
time could not cure the antcdiluvians
nf their iniquity, | undertake to say
that all the ages of eternity would be
only prolongation OF depfayity.
but, says some one, Tin the next
life the evil surroundings will he
and good influences will he
and hence cxpurgation,
Qualification. hut ynu
must remember that tho righteous, all
their sins forgiven, pass right up into
Il heatiiic state, and then having passed
up into the bcatitic state, not needing
any other chance, that will leave all
those who have never been forgiven,
and who were impcnitcnt, alone
alone. and where are the salvablc in
pcctcd that DIR. Duff, who spent his
whole life in pointing the lIindoos to
Heaven, and DR. Abccl. who spent his
life in cvangclizlng China, and that
Judson, who spent his life in preaching
the gospel To Burmah-can it he cN-
pcctcd that they will be sent down from
some celestial missionary society tn ed.
ucatc and save those who wasted their
earthly existence
No. We are told distinctly that all
missionary and cvangclistir influences
will be ended forever, and the good,
having passed up Ia their bcatifc state,
all the morally bankrupt will he to-
gcthcr, and where are the Salvablc in
ilucnces to come from? Will spc he'd
or bad apple put in barrel of diseased
apples make the other apples good?
viii one who Is down be able
to lift others up? viii those
who have miscrably failed in the
business of this life be able to
pay the debts of other spiritual insolv-
cnts? viii million wrongs make one
right? Poncropolis was the city where
King Rufus of Thracia put all bad peo-
pie of his kingdom, and whenever there
were iniquitous people found in any
part of the land they were all sent to
Poneropolis. 1t was the great capital
of wickedneSS. Suppose man or II
woman had opened primary school in
Poneropolis, would the parents of
other cities have sent their children
there to be educated and reformed?
II man in this world was surround
ed with temptation, in the next world,
all the righteous having passed up into
the beatilic state, the association will
he more detcrioriating, depreciating
and down. You would not send to a
cholera or yellow fever hospital man
for his health, and the great lazarctto
of the future, in which are gathered
the disease and plague-strucl, will be a
poor place for moral recovery. The court
of Chateau BRAND. in order To make his
child courageous, made him sleep in
the turrctS of the castle, where the
winds howled and spectcrs were said
the sisters almost died of fright, but
the son aftcrward gives his account,
and he says: That gave NE nerves of
steel, and gave me courage that has
never faltcred." l'ut, my friends, do
not think the turrcts of darkness or
the spectral world swept by sirocco and
eurociydon, will ever prepare soul for
the eternal land of sunshine. l Won
der what is the curriculum in the Col
lcge Inferno, where n man having been
prepared by enough sin, enters and
goes up from freshman of iniquity Ia
sophomore of abomination, and
on up, from sophomore to junior, and
from junior to senior, and day of grad
uation comes, and the diploma is signed
by satan, the president, and all the
professional demoniacs attest the fact
that the candidate has been a sufficient
time under their drill, and then enters
Heaven. PandcmGnium, preparatory
school for celestial admission. All, my
friends, while satan and his cohorts
have fitted vast multitude for ruin,
they never fitted one soul for happi-
ness-never. Again, | wish You
further to notice that another
chance in another world means the
ruin of this Now, suppose a wicked
man is assured that after life time OF
wicllcdncss he can fix it up all right in
the future. That would be the democrat
ization of society, that would be the
demolition of the human race. There
are men who are now kept on the linn
its of sin by their fear. The fear that
if we are bad and unforgivcn here il
will not be well with us in the next eX-
istcnce is the chief influence that keeps
civilization from rushing back into
semi-barbarism, and keeps semi-bar-
barism from rushing back into mid
night savagery, and keeps savagery
from rushing back into extinction.
Now, the man is kept on the limits
of sin. But this idea of coming into
his soul, this idea of another chance, he
says, Go to, now; I'll get out of this
world all there is in it. Come gluttony
and revenge and uncleanness and all
sensualitics, and wait upon me. Ii
may abreviate my earthly life by disso
luteness, but that will only give me
Heavenly indulgence on a larger scale
in shorter length of time. | will
ovcrtake the righteous before long,
/ will only come in Heaven :
little late, and l will be n little
more fortunate than those who have
behaved themselves on earth and ther
went straight to the bosom of God, be
cause | will see more and have wider
excursion. and will come into Heaven
via Gehcnna, via shcol!' Hearers
Readers! Another chance in the ncNt
world means free license and the
demolition of this. Suppose you had !
case in court, and all the judges and
all the attorneys agreed in telling you
the first trial of tit would be tried
twice-the first trial would not be OF
very much importance, but the second
trial would decide everything.
On which trial would you put the
most expenditure? On which trial
would you employ the ablest counsel:
On which trial would you be the most
anxious to have the attendance oil
all the witnesses? oh" you would
say, ''if there are to be two trials
and the first trial does not amount
to much, the second trial being
everything, everything depending
upon that, l must have the
most eloquent attorney, and l must
have all my witnesses present, and
will expend my money on that" II
these men who are impenitent and who
are wicked felt there were two trials
and the first was of no great import
ance, and the second trial was the one
of vast and infinite Importance, all the
preparations for eternity would bt