Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-06
EVENING SHADES.
When the Life Rays OF Sunshine Fall
Ashanti
Aud Deepen to the twilight OF Death.
Night Repentance to the Heart Come.
-Talmagc's sermon the shadows
That Close Round Mt the End.

llr. IalmagcS subject Sunday lights
up the sorrows of this life and sounds
the Gospcl of good cheer for all whu
VIII receive it. His text was Luke
NNiv. -: Abide with rs. for it is
toward evening"
Two Villagers. having concluded their
GRAND in Jerusalem. have started out
M th' city gate and are on their way Ia
Emmaus, the place of their residence.
They 90 with u sad heart. Jesus,
who had been ir admiration
and their joy, had been basrly mas
sacred and cutomhcd. As with sad
face and broken heart they pass oil
their way, a stranger accostS them.
They tell him their anNictics aud bit
tcrncS, of soul. lie in turn talks IL
them, nightly cNpounding the Scrip
lures. lie throws over them the fas-
"inatiun of intelligent conversation.
They forget the time, and notice not
the objects they pass, and before they
are aware, have come UP in front OF
their house. They pause he ore the en-
trance and attempted tn FER
Suade the stranger To tarry
with them. They press upon him their
h"sritalitirS. Night is coming ON, and
he may meet providing wild beast, or
Ice obliged tn lie unshcltcrcd from the
dew. lie can not go much further
now. Why not stop there, and con-
tinuc their pleasant conversation?
They take him Ivy the arm and insist
upon his coming in. addressing him in
the words: Abide with Us, fur il 5 to-
ward evening"
The candies are lighted. the table is
spread, pleasant socialiticS are en-
kindlcd They rejoice in the presence
of the stranger guest. lie asks bless
ing nTon the bread they eat, and he
hands Tircc of il to each. suddenly
ami with overwhelming power the
thought flashes upon the as'ouiShcd
pcoplc-it i, the lord. And ~ they sit
in breath c>s wonder. looking upon the
re ,urrrctcd body of Jesus, lie vanished
Tn" interview was ended. lie was
gone.
With many of us it i, bright, sun
shiny day of prosperity. There is not
u cloud in the sky, not a leaf rustling
in the forest. No chill In the air. But
we can not expect all this to last. lie
is not an intelligent man who expects
perpetual daylight of joy. The sun
will after a while near the horizon.
The shadows will lcngthcn. While
speak many of MS stand in the very
hour described in the text, "for
it is toward evening" The request
of the text is appropriate for
some before me, for with them it Is
toward the evening of old age. They
have pass d the meridian of life. They
are some l.n..s startled to think how
old they Df" They do not. however,
like to lave 4, Ncrs to remark upon it.
II othc'- .0g-cSt their approximation
toward F.., BILE appearance, they
say. ~ ny, "a rot 80 Old. after all. .
They do. .Ta-ci, notice that they
can not .a quite :" n uCh as
once. 1ncy can not walk T't
so fast. They can not rcal ruit'
80 we'll without sTcctac.cS they can
not so easily recover from o cough
or an occasional ailment. The nryr
lost their taste iCr mcrrimCn' .a.S
are surprised at the quick p.~~sry ri
the year. They say that it srca Ny
little while ago that they were boys.
They are going little down hill
There is something in their he lth,
something in their vis;oa, somcthis e
t.s,.l VA 3. something in their q
ur 1850. i.,loa~, S"mytG'Uc
.,smrrhirg l,ura.,t. ~ulcthi4. within
{, remind .hvH That At l. 'uv 'Yt even.
ing.
The great want of all such is to have
Jesus a bidc with them. 1t is dismal
thing to he getting old with put the Ic,
iuvcnating influence of rr!ig on. When
we step on the down grade of life and
see that I dips to the verge of the
cold riv r, we want to behold some one
near who will help us across it,
When the sight loses its power e
glance and gather up. we need tho
faith that can illuminc. When we feel
the failure of tn" ear, we need the clcuI
tones of that voice which in oldcn
Tins broke up the silence of the deaf
with Cadcnccs of mercy. When the aS
men death hcw down whole fore, T.
of strength and beauty around Us and
We are left ia solitude, we need the
dove of divine mercy to sing in OUT
branches. When the shadows begin ia
fall and we feel that the day is far
spent, we need most of all to suppl.
cate the strong, benciiccnt Jesus in the
prayer Of the villagers, Abide witt
us, for it is toward evening""
The request of the text is an appro-
pirate exclamation for all those who
are approached in the gloomy hour Of
temptation. There is nothing easier
than II be gOoi-naturcl when every,
hing pleas 5, o. To be humble when
there is nothing to oppose us. or for,
giving when we have no induccmcnt tc
fraud. But you have felt the crap
pie of some temptation. Your nature
ut some time quakcd and groaned
under the Internal force. Iou felt
that the devil was after you. You
saw your Christian graccs retrcatinr
You feared that you would fall in
the awful wrc>tlc with sin and b,
thrown into the dust. The gloon
thickcned. The first indications Of the
night were seen in all the trcmb ing Oi
Your soul; in all the Internal suggcs
tions of Satan, in all the Surging up OF
tumultuous passions and excitement,
You felt with awful emphasis that il
was toward evening. In the tempted
hour you ncel to ask Jesus to abide
with YOU. You can beat back the mon
ster that would devour you. You car
unhorsc the sin that would ride yor
down. You can sharpen the battle
AZ with which you split the head
Of helmcted abomination. Who
helped Paul shake the brazcn-gatec
heart of Felix? Who acted like 4
good sailor when ali the crew howleC
in the Mediterranean shipwrecl1? Who
helped the martyrs to he firm wher
one word of recantation would hay,
uufastcncd the withes of the stakes
and put out the kindling fires Nher
the night of the soul came on and al
the dcnizens of darkness came riding
upon the winds of perdition-who gave
strength to the soul? Who gave calm
ness to the heart? Who broke the spell
of Internal enchantmcnt? lie who
heard the request of the villagers
abide with us, for it is toward eve
ming"
One of the forts of France was at
tackled and the outworks were takeI
before night. The besieging army
lay down thinking there was but lit
tie to do in the morning, and that the
soldicry in the fort could be easily made
to surrender. But during the night
through a back stairs, they escaped
into the country. In the morning tn,
besieged army sprang upon the battle
ments, but found that their prey wa.