Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-07-30

ON my own wOrldlines,. Share ami
share alike must they in the misfor.
tune and the everlasting outrage.
Signed. sealed and delivered in the
presence of God and men and angels
and devils, IND all the generations #
earth and Heaven and itil, tGlf, iS9a."
oh, We 81 highly favored ancestry,
wake up this morning to n sense of
your opportunity and responsibility. |
think there must be an old cradle or
a fragment of Il cradle somewhere that
Noiild tel rt,'ry If midnight supplica-
tion in your behalf. Where !, tie Old
rocking chair IN which YOU were sung
to sleep with the holy hurScry rhyme.
Where i, the old clock that licked away
the moments Of that sickness on that
awful Hight when there were hut three
of YOU awalic-yuu and etod and
mother! l. there not an cd stan in
some c'o,ct? We beg you To turn over
IA new leaf this very day.
Oh, the power of ancestral piety. well
illustrated by n young man of New
York who attended a prayer meeting
o|'c night Ind asSrd ftr rraycr, ami
then went home and wrote down these
words: "Twcnty-iivc years ago this
night my mother went 60 Heavenly
beautiful. blessed mothrr-and | have
been alone, tossed mp and down upon
the pillows Of lifrs trmpcStuous ocean.
shalt cvyr z" to Heaven? She
told me must mFCt h;'r in
l.
hand in hers and turned her gentle.
loving eyes ON me, and gazcd earnestly
and long into my face. and then lifted
them to Heaven IN that last prayer,
site IiratCd that 7 might meet her in
| Heaven. wonder if ! ever siiall. Nv
mothers prayers. on! my Sweet,
blessed mothers prayers! Did ever a
boy have such 4 ihothcr rs had9 For
25 years | have not heard her pray
until tonight. ! have heard all her
prayers over again. They have had
in fact a terrible resurrection. Oh
how she was wont To pray. She prayed
~ they prayed tonight. 80 earnest,
/ So inportuulir. ~ hrllrvinrs Shall !
ever be a christian? She wis Chris
tldu. OH how bright, aud purr, and
! happy was her life. She wis cheer
| full and happy christian. There is my
mothers bible. have not opened it
| for years. Did She believe could ever
neglect her precious Bible? She
surely Thought would read it
much and oftca. How often has
| she read II tn me. How did she
| caii,c he Ia kncrl Ivy Inv little bed and
| put my little hands iiT mi the alta
tudc of prayer How has she lnclt 10y
me and over me, and have felt her
warm tears raining down upon my
| hands aud face. blessed mother, did
You pray in vain for your hoy? 1t shah
not hc in vain. Nh. no. no. it shall
not he Ia vain. will pray for myself.
| Who has sl1hcd dgainSt So mitch in
Strurtioh rs have Against 80 many
| precious prayers put up To Heaven
/ FIR me hs one df the most love
ly, tender, pit't's' c'intiding; trust,
ing of mothers in her Heavenly
| Fathers care and grace. She never
! doubted: ,h" beloved She always
prayed a. il she did. My Bible, nv
mothers Bible and my conscience teach
what | am AMI what | have made my
EFF Oh. the bitt'r pangs of an accus-
ing co,scicncc. ! rccd Savior mighty
to save must seek Him. | win.
am on IN, sea of existence and | can
never ret off from it. | am afloat.
No ausnnr. no ruddcr, no com
pos. no book of instructions,
ivt = have put them all away
fro mc. SAVIOR of the cri-hir".
SO 80 ryr'.'' tln rutv Vs. icr II
...r rev "a. Boz rso.c.- Prayv~ me,
20 nl ..'. -'Ny prc;hrc.. stand
..: ,,. dr.ruu. .ru. - Gods amaz-
'" ..-rcy ati .-Es'lcrs, for cyrr
.Sr1 hc liz, name: all | have
..Id am cunsecratc to Jesus, my
- <r and my tod" Oh. the power
Of 1trrl prayer. IIcarit Hear it!
I'd upF--;or moment t" those
who h.io(rviI parcntagc, and want To
tell You hhat the highest thrones in
Heaven Ind the mighticHt triumphs
and the B-fght"si crowns will he for
those WIN had evil parcutace, but who
by the grace u tod conqucrc l-con-
quercd. .iS good, aS useful, - splen.
did q gentleman as ! ever knew hal
for 4 fdthCr Il man WHO died BIAS
phcming tidl natil the hrighbors
had put their fingers in thcir car;
to shut oui the horror. One ct
the most consrcratcd and useful
Christian ministers Of to-day was the
son of Il drunken horse Jockey Tide of
evil tremendous in som, families. II is
like Niagara rIpi Is, and yet man have
elung tn q rpc'i All bc'h saved. There
i family in New York whose wealth
has rolled M into mlny millions that
was found by man who. after he
had Il vast estate, n back paper of
taclls because thy wcrs two cents
mere than he expected. Gripa grind
and gougs in the fourth generation
| suppose it will ne grin and grind and
gougc in tn twentieth generation.
; The thirst of irtoXicantS has burned
down through tile arteries of 80 years.
rugnacity or combltivcncs, character
} iZc other families Sometimes one
form of evil. sometimes another form
of evil. But it may be resisted, il has
been resisted. Ii the family frailty
be avaricc, cultivate unselfishncss
and charity, AMI teach your children
} never to eat an apple without OF
fering some body else half of it. Is the
family frailty combativeness, keep out
of the company of quicl-tempered peO
pie, and never answer an impertincnt
| question unless you have counted l0t
both ways, ana after you have written
) an angry letter keep'it week before
you send it and then burn it up. Is
the family frailty timidity and cow
ardicc, cultivate backbone; read
IL, L.. 81
Joshua or. Paul and see il You
can not get little iron in
, your blood. Find out what the family
frailty is, and set body, mind and soul
/ in battle array. Conquer You will.