Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-20

that they still keep the old grulgc
good. % world of the greedy eye and
the hard heart, that will do; you may
sit down.
The second witness call in this case
| is Conscience. Who art thou, q Con
! science? What is your business?
Where were YOU born? What are Won
doing here? "Oh, says Conscience, IL
was born in Heaven. came down Ia
/ befricnd this man. | have lived with
him have instructed hiT'. | have
warned him. | showed him the right
and the wrong, advising him to take
the one and cschcw the other. |
have kindled great light il his
soul. With whip of scorpions |
have scnurgcd his wickedneSs,
and have tried To cheer him when do
ing right, and yet | am compelled to
testify on the stand to-day that he has
sometimes rejected my mission. oh,
how many cups of life have | pressed to
his lips that he dashed down, and how
often has he stood with his
hard heel ON the bleeding
heart of the Son of tod? 1t pains
against this Christi IN man, AMI vet |
must, in behalf of Him, who will in no
wi>r clear the guilty, say that this
Christian man has done wrong. lie has
been worldly. lie has been nrglrrtful.
lie has done a thousand things he
ought not tn have done, and left I'M
done "a thousand things he ought to
have done" That will do, Conscience.
You may sit down.
The third witness call in the ease
is an angel of tod. Bright and shin
ing one, what docst thou here? What
hast thou tn say against this man on
trial? oh" says the angel, II have
been Il messenger To him. | have
guarded him. | have watched him.
With this wing ] have defended him.
and oftcntimcS. when he knew it not,
| led him into green pastures aud be-
side the still waters snatched from
him the poisoned chaliceS.
When bad spirits came upon him to
destroy him fought them back with
infinite iirrccarss, and yet have 10
testify to-day that he has rejected NV
mission. lie has not done rs he ought
to have done. Though came from
the sky he drove me back. Though
with this wing | defended him, aud
though with this vo:c' | woDcl him.
hav.' to announce his multiplied imptr-
f,c:ions. dare not keep back the tcs-
timnny, for then should not dare to
appear again amongst the sinlc>s ones
hc ore the great White Throne
There is only one more witness 20 be
called IN behalf OF the prosecution,
and TINT is the great. the holy, til au-
guei, the omnipotcut Spirit of Gnl. We
low down before Him. Hoy Spirit.
knowcst thou this man? 'Oh, yes, -"
sIyS the Holy Onc, Il know him. have
Strivcn with him ten thousand times,
and though sometimes he did seem t.
repent. he fell back again as q ten from
his first estate Ten THOUSAND times
ten Thousand has he gricvcd M. al
though the Bible warned him, saying:
Hr'cyr not the Holy Ghost. Quench
not III" 81 irit.' Yes. he has driven me
back. Though | am the third person
u ,hr Trinity. he ha, tramp!cd ON nv
mission, and the blood of the atone
mcnt that J bought with which 10
cleans. his soul lac sometimes dcsDised.
. me rom the thrunc of Col to con
r and com -ort and sanctify. ami vet
..'. n that man an s.e what he Is
uparri with what, unresisted,
ruuii have made him"
: h" evidence On the rnrt Of tina
prosecution has closed. Now lot the
defrn,r bring on the rebuttal testi-
iHJGy.
have you. o Christian soul. to